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Physicians per 1,000 people
per 1,000
proxy measurestatistical agency datahigher is better
What it measures
Physical access to a doctor (proxy for waiting times and appointment availability, which are not measured consistently across countries).From published value to score
- Published value. Native scale: doctors per 1,000 people, positive.
- Transform: value (no transform).
- Goalposts (fixed for all years; 2.5th and 97.5th percentiles of all observed country-years): worst = 0.043 scores 0, best = 5.30 scores 100.
- Direction: higher is better, no flip.
- Clip and scale: anything below the worst goalpost scores 0 and anything above the best scores 100; multiply by 100.
Goalposts come from 2,858 observed country-years since 2000. Coverage: 195 countries · 2,858 observed country-years · 1,442 carried forward (max 5 years) · last year with ≥100 countries observed: 2022. Open any country row below to see this calculation applied to its value.
Where the numbers come from
Downloaded from
World Bank API v2, series SH.MED.PHYS.ZS (World Development Indicators) · series page · metadata · source updated 2026-07-13 · fetched 2026-10-04Built from several sources, each contributing as follows
- WHO National Health Workforce Accounts (Global Health Workforce Statistics) underlying data — Physician counts reported by countries to WHO, the main source for most economies.
- OECD Health Statistics underlying data — Physician counts for OECD member countries.
- World Bank WDI produces the series — Combines the two sources with country-reported data and divides by population to give physicians per 1,000 people.
Source statement as published by the data provider (verbatim)
Global Health Workforce Statistics, World Health Organization (WHO); Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD); Country data
Physicians include generalist and specialist medical practitioners.
Every country row below has a “verify” link to this series filtered to that country, so each value can be checked against the source.
History
Dots mark years with a published observation; flat stretches are carried forward.
Countries ranked on this indicator
174 countries have a usable value for 2024 (174 carried forward from an earlier year); 43 have none within 5 years.
| # | Country | Value | Observed | Score | Verify |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cuba | 9.54 | carried from 2021 | 100 | source ↗ |
| 2 | Monaco | 8.61 | carried from 2020 | 100 | source ↗ |
| 3 | Seychelles | 6.60 | carried from 2022 | 100 | source ↗ |
| 4 | Greece | 6.58 | carried from 2022 | 100 | source ↗ |
| 5 | Portugal | 5.85 | carried from 2022 | 100 | source ↗ |
| 6 | Georgia | 5.64 | carried from 2023 | 100 | source ↗ |
| 7 | Austria | 5.51 | carried from 2023 | 100 | source ↗ |
| 8 | Russian Federation | 5.11 | carried from 2022 | 97 | source ↗ |
| 9 | Argentina | 5.11 | carried from 2023 | 96 | source ↗ |
| 10 | Andorra | 5.07 | carried from 2023 | 96 | source ↗ |
| 11 | Norway | 4.97 | carried from 2023 | 94 | source ↗ |
| 12 | Belarus | 4.72 | carried from 2023 | 89 | source ↗ |
| 13 | Uruguay | 4.67 | carried from 2022 | 88 | source ↗ |
| 14 | San Marino | 4.63 | carried from 2023 | 87 | source ↗ |
| 15 | Germany | 4.53 | carried from 2022 | 86 | source ↗ |
| 16 | Malta | 4.51 | carried from 2022 | 85 | source ↗ |
| 17 | Denmark | 4.50 | carried from 2021 | 85 | source ↗ |
| 18 | Switzerland | 4.48 | carried from 2022 | 84 | source ↗ |
| 19 | Lithuania | 4.47 | carried from 2022 | 84 | source ↗ |
| 20 | Sweden | 4.41 | carried from 2021 | 83 | source ↗ |
| 21 | Iceland | 4.37 | carried from 2023 | 82 | source ↗ |
| 22 | Czechia | 4.35 | carried from 2022 | 82 | source ↗ |
| 23 | Bulgaria | 4.33 | carried from 2022 | 82 | source ↗ |
| 24 | Spain | 4.29 | carried from 2022 | 81 | source ↗ |
| 25 | St. Lucia | 4.23 | carried from 2020 | 80 | source ↗ |
| 26 | Italy | 4.19 | carried from 2022 | 79 | source ↗ |
| 27 | Trinidad and Tobago | 4.16 | carried from 2021 | 78 | source ↗ |
| 28 | Mongolia | 4.13 | carried from 2022 | 78 | source ↗ |
| 29 | Australia | 4.09 | carried from 2022 | 77 | source ↗ |
| 30 | Poland | 4.03 | carried from 2023 | 76 | source ↗ |
| 31 | Moldova | 4.02 | carried from 2023 | 76 | source ↗ |
| 32 | Croatia | 3.91 | carried from 2022 | 74 | source ↗ |
| 33 | Paraguay | 3.89 | carried from 2022 | 73 | source ↗ |
| 34 | Netherlands | 3.88 | carried from 2022 | 73 | source ↗ |
| 35 | Ireland | 3.88 | carried from 2023 | 73 | source ↗ |
| 36 | Israel | 3.80 | carried from 2023 | 72 | source ↗ |
| 37 | Kazakhstan | 3.75 | carried from 2023 | 71 | source ↗ |
| 38 | Slovak Republic | 3.70 | carried from 2022 | 70 | source ↗ |
| 39 | United States | 3.68 | carried from 2022 | 69 | source ↗ |
| 40 | Romania | 3.63 | carried from 2022 | 68 | source ↗ |
| 41 | New Zealand | 3.61 | carried from 2022 | 68 | source ↗ |
| 42 | Finland | 3.61 | carried from 2021 | 68 | source ↗ |
| 43 | Belgium | 3.57 | carried from 2022 | 67 | source ↗ |
| 44 | Cyprus | 3.56 | carried from 2022 | 67 | source ↗ |
| 45 | Ukraine | 3.53 | carried from 2023 | 66 | source ↗ |
| 46 | Estonia | 3.47 | carried from 2022 | 65 | source ↗ |
| 47 | Hungary | 3.46 | carried from 2022 | 65 | source ↗ |
| 48 | Saudi Arabia | 3.41 | carried from 2023 | 64 | source ↗ |
| 49 | Latvia | 3.40 | carried from 2022 | 64 | source ↗ |
| 50 | Slovenia | 3.37 | carried from 2022 | 63 | source ↗ |
| 51 | Armenia | 3.36 | carried from 2022 | 63 | source ↗ |
| 52 | Chile | 3.33 | carried from 2023 | 63 | source ↗ |
| 53 | United Kingdom | 3.30 | carried from 2023 | 62 | source ↗ |
| 54 | France | 3.28 | carried from 2022 | 62 | source ↗ |
| 55 | Azerbaijan | 3.19 | carried from 2022 | 60 | source ↗ |
| 56 | China | 3.11 | carried from 2022 | 58 | source ↗ |
| 57 | Serbia | 3.10 | carried from 2022 | 58 | source ↗ |
| 58 | Qatar | 3.02 | carried from 2023 | 57 | source ↗ |
| 59 | United Arab Emirates | 2.99 | carried from 2023 | 56 | source ↗ |
| 60 | Barbados | 2.96 | carried from 2022 | 56 | source ↗ |
| 61 | North Macedonia | 2.94 | carried from 2022 | 55 | source ↗ |
| 62 | Jordan | 2.85 | carried from 2022 | 53 | source ↗ |
| 63 | Singapore | 2.83 | carried from 2022 | 53 | source ↗ |
| 64 | Canada | 2.82 | carried from 2023 | 53 | source ↗ |
| 65 | Uzbekistan | 2.81 | carried from 2021 | 53 | source ↗ |
| 66 | Montenegro | 2.78 | carried from 2023 | 52 | source ↗ |
| 67 | Costa Rica | 2.69 | carried from 2022 | 50 | source ↗ |
| 68 | Lebanon | 2.68 | carried from 2020 | 50 | source ↗ |
| 69 | Japan | 2.65 | carried from 2022 | 50 | source ↗ |
| 70 | Korea, Rep. | 2.61 | carried from 2022 | 49 | source ↗ |
| 71 | Mexico | 2.59 | carried from 2022 | 48 | source ↗ |
| 72 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2.58 | carried from 2019 | 48 | source ↗ |
| 73 | Colombia | 2.54 | carried from 2023 | 47 | source ↗ |
| 74 | Dominican Republic | 2.43 | carried from 2023 | 45 | source ↗ |
| 75 | Brazil | 2.36 | carried from 2023 | 44 | source ↗ |
| 76 | Malaysia | 2.34 | carried from 2023 | 44 | source ↗ |
| 77 | Ecuador | 2.31 | carried from 2020 | 43 | source ↗ |
| 78 | Kuwait | 2.27 | carried from 2020 | 42 | source ↗ |
| 79 | Turkiye | 2.24 | carried from 2022 | 42 | source ↗ |
| 80 | Maldives | 2.23 | carried from 2019 | 42 | source ↗ |
| 81 | Oman | 1.99 | carried from 2022 | 37 | source ↗ |
| 82 | Turkmenistan | 1.93 | carried from 2023 | 36 | source ↗ |
| 83 | Brunei Darussalam | 1.89 | carried from 2021 | 35 | source ↗ |
| 84 | Albania | 1.88 | carried from 2020 | 35 | source ↗ |
| 85 | Tajikistan | 1.87 | carried from 2023 | 35 | source ↗ |
| 86 | Iran, Islamic Rep. | 1.81 | carried from 2023 | 34 | source ↗ |
| 87 | Palau | 1.81 | carried from 2023 | 34 | source ↗ |
| 88 | Peru | 1.69 | carried from 2023 | 31 | source ↗ |
| 89 | Algeria | 1.66 | carried from 2022 | 31 | source ↗ |
| 90 | Panama | 1.63 | carried from 2022 | 30 | source ↗ |
| 91 | El Salvador | 1.62 | carried from 2023 | 30 | source ↗ |
| 92 | Kyrgyz Republic | 1.57 | carried from 2023 | 29 | source ↗ |
| 93 | Syrian Arab Republic | 1.52 | carried from 2021 | 28 | source ↗ |
| 94 | Mauritius | 1.44 | carried from 2022 | 27 | source ↗ |
| 95 | Guyana | 1.39 | carried from 2020 | 26 | source ↗ |
| 96 | Suriname | 1.35 | carried from 2023 | 25 | source ↗ |
| 97 | Tuvalu | 1.35 | carried from 2020 | 25 | source ↗ |
| 98 | Tunisia | 1.31 | carried from 2021 | 24 | source ↗ |
| 99 | Bolivia | 1.28 | carried from 2021 | 24 | source ↗ |
| 100 | Guatemala | 1.28 | carried from 2020 | 24 | source ↗ |
| 101 | Pakistan | 1.16 | carried from 2021 | 21 | source ↗ |
| 102 | Sri Lanka | 1.14 | carried from 2023 | 21 | source ↗ |
| 103 | Viet Nam | 1.11 | carried from 2021 | 20 | source ↗ |
| 104 | Iraq | 1.02 | carried from 2022 | 19 | source ↗ |
| 105 | Tonga | 1.01 | carried from 2021 | 19 | source ↗ |
| 106 | Nepal | 1.01 | carried from 2023 | 18 | source ↗ |
| 107 | Micronesia, Fed. Sts. | 0.974 | carried from 2020 | 18 | source ↗ |
| 108 | South Africa | 0.794 | carried from 2022 | 14 | source ↗ |
| 109 | Philippines | 0.792 | carried from 2021 | 14 | source ↗ |
| 110 | Myanmar | 0.757 | carried from 2019 | 14 | source ↗ |
| 111 | Timor-Leste | 0.752 | carried from 2020 | 14 | source ↗ |
| 112 | Bahrain | 0.741 | carried from 2020 | 13 | source ↗ |
| 113 | Morocco | 0.740 | carried from 2021 | 13 | source ↗ |
| 114 | Cabo Verde | 0.730 | carried from 2023 | 13 | source ↗ |
| 115 | India | 0.723 | carried from 2020 | 13 | source ↗ |
| 116 | Bangladesh | 0.722 | carried from 2023 | 13 | source ↗ |
| 117 | Egypt, Arab Rep. | 0.671 | carried from 2020 | 12 | source ↗ |
| 118 | Samoa | 0.561 | carried from 2021 | 10 | source ↗ |
| 119 | Eswatini | 0.557 | carried from 2023 | 10 | source ↗ |
| 120 | Bhutan | 0.553 | carried from 2022 | 10 | source ↗ |
| 121 | Namibia | 0.553 | carried from 2022 | 10 | source ↗ |
| 122 | Thailand | 0.541 | carried from 2021 | 10 | source ↗ |
| 123 | Indonesia | 0.524 | carried from 2023 | 9 | source ↗ |
| 124 | Gabon | 0.521 | carried from 2022 | 9 | source ↗ |
| 125 | Honduras | 0.489 | carried from 2020 | 9 | source ↗ |
| 126 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.464 | carried from 2022 | 8 | source ↗ |
| 127 | Jamaica | 0.460 | carried from 2023 | 8 | source ↗ |
| 128 | Comoros | 0.424 | carried from 2022 | 7 | source ↗ |
| 129 | Nigeria | 0.380 | carried from 2023 | 6 | source ↗ |
| 130 | Botswana | 0.379 | carried from 2023 | 6 | source ↗ |
| 131 | Lao PDR | 0.331 | carried from 2022 | 6 | source ↗ |
| 132 | Zambia | 0.324 | carried from 2022 | 5 | source ↗ |
| 133 | Afghanistan | 0.317 | carried from 2023 | 5 | source ↗ |
| 134 | Haiti | 0.292 | carried from 2022 | 5 | source ↗ |
| 135 | Kenya | 0.289 | carried from 2023 | 5 | source ↗ |
| 136 | Ghana | 0.266 | carried from 2023 | 4 | source ↗ |
| 137 | Mauritania | 0.261 | carried from 2022 | 4 | source ↗ |
| 138 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.252 | carried from 2022 | 4 | source ↗ |
| 139 | Angola | 0.244 | carried from 2022 | 4 | source ↗ |
| 140 | Solomon Islands | 0.238 | carried from 2023 | 4 | source ↗ |
| 141 | Lesotho | 0.235 | carried from 2022 | 4 | source ↗ |
| 142 | Benin | 0.216 | carried from 2023 | 3 | source ↗ |
| 143 | Djibouti | 0.211 | carried from 2022 | 3 | source ↗ |
| 144 | Cambodia | 0.211 | carried from 2019 | 3 | source ↗ |
| 145 | Guinea | 0.210 | carried from 2022 | 3 | source ↗ |
| 146 | Congo, Dem. Rep. | 0.208 | carried from 2022 | 3 | source ↗ |
| 147 | Uganda | 0.191 | carried from 2022 | 3 | source ↗ |
| 148 | Mali | 0.188 | carried from 2023 | 3 | source ↗ |
| 149 | Liberia | 0.178 | carried from 2022 | 3 | source ↗ |
| 150 | Mozambique | 0.175 | carried from 2022 | 3 | source ↗ |
| 151 | Congo, Rep. | 0.173 | carried from 2022 | 3 | source ↗ |
| 152 | Madagascar | 0.172 | carried from 2022 | 3 | source ↗ |
| 153 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.166 | carried from 2023 | 2 | source ↗ |
| 154 | Vanuatu | 0.164 | carried from 2019 | 2 | source ↗ |
| 155 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.153 | carried from 2022 | 2 | source ↗ |
| 156 | Burkina Faso | 0.148 | carried from 2022 | 2 | source ↗ |
| 157 | Ethiopia | 0.143 | carried from 2023 | 2 | source ↗ |
| 158 | Cameroon | 0.136 | carried from 2022 | 2 | source ↗ |
| 159 | Zimbabwe | 0.136 | carried from 2023 | 2 | source ↗ |
| 160 | Sierra Leone | 0.134 | carried from 2022 | 2 | source ↗ |
| 161 | Tanzania | 0.134 | carried from 2022 | 2 | source ↗ |
| 162 | Senegal | 0.109 | carried from 2023 | 1 | source ↗ |
| 163 | Yemen, Rep. | 0.098 | carried from 2023 | 1 | source ↗ |
| 164 | Gambia, The | 0.090 | carried from 2023 | 1 | source ↗ |
| 165 | Rwanda | 0.090 | carried from 2022 | 1 | source ↗ |
| 166 | Eritrea | 0.088 | carried from 2022 | 1 | source ↗ |
| 167 | Chad | 0.085 | carried from 2023 | 1 | source ↗ |
| 168 | Togo | 0.080 | carried from 2022 | 1 | source ↗ |
| 169 | Burundi | 0.078 | carried from 2022 | 1 | source ↗ |
| 170 | Central African Republic | 0.074 | carried from 2023 | 1 | source ↗ |
| 171 | Papua New Guinea | 0.061 | carried from 2023 | 0 | source ↗ |
| 172 | Malawi | 0.054 | carried from 2022 | 0 | source ↗ |
| 173 | South Sudan | 0.041 | carried from 2022 | 0 | source ↗ |
| 174 | Niger | 0.038 | carried from 2023 | 0 | source ↗ |
No official value for 2024: 43 countries
Aruba, American Samoa, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, The, Belize, Bermuda, Channel Islands, Curacao, Cayman Islands, Dominica, Fiji, Faroe Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Greenland, Guam, Hong Kong SAR, China, Isle of Man, Kiribati, St. Kitts and Nevis, Libya, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Macao SAR, China, St. Martin (French part), Marshall Islands, Northern Mariana Islands, New Caledonia, Nicaragua, Naoero, Puerto Rico (US), Korea, Dem. People's Rep., West Bank and Gaza, French Polynesia, Sudan, Somalia, Fed. Rep., Sint Maarten (Dutch part), Turks and Caicos Islands, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Venezuela, RB, British Virgin Islands, Virgin Islands (U.S.), Kosovo