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Density of physicians (per 10 000 population)

Compare density of physicians (per 10 000 population) across 60 countries or territories using one fixed 2023 WHO reference slice.

Source: World Health Organization•60 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average
21.5per 10 000 population
Median: 18.1per 10 000 population
Countries Covered
60
with available data
Highest
Belgium
65.3per 10 000 population
Lowest
Niger
0.4per 10 000 population
Top 5 Countries
1Belgium65.3per 10 000 population
2Lithuania61.0per 10 000 population
3Georgia56.4per 10 000 population
4Austria55.2per 10 000 population
5Argentina51.1per 10 000 population
By Region
Europe46.9per 10 000 population(9 countries)
South America30.0per 10 000 population(5 countries)
North America28.2per 10 000 population(1 countries)
Asia19.9per 10 000 population(12 countries)
Other15.2per 10 000 population(29 countries)
Key Findings
  • •60 ISO-mapped countries or territories have a finite per 10 000 population observation in the fixed 2023 slice.
  • •Belgium has the highest published value (65.25 per 10 000 population).
  • •Niger has the lowest published value (0.38 per 10 000 population).

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (0.4per 10 000 population)High (65.3per 10 000 population)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 21.5per 10 000 population)

Europe (9)
South America (5)
North America (1)
Asia (12)
Other (29)
Africa (4)

Percentile Profile

The curve shows how values change from the lowest to the highest country. Steep sections reveal inequality or outliers.

0th percentile · lowest100th percentile · highest

About This Statistic

The number of physicians includes generalists, specialist medical practitioners and medical doctors not further defined, in the given national and/or subnational area. Depending on the nature of the original data source, this may include practising (active) physicians only or all registered physicians. The ISCO-08 codes included here are 221, 2211 and 2212. The WHO framework for classifying health workers draws on the latest revisions of international classifications, including the International Standard Classification of Occupations (revision 2008), the International Standard Classification of Education (revision 2011) and the International Standard Industrial Classification of All Economic Activities (revision 4).

MapTheory uses only finite ISO-mapped observations from the fixed 2023 WHO slice recorded below. Aggregates, missing values, non-ISO geographies, conflicting duplicate observations, and every other year or dimension slice are excluded; MapTheory never imputes or interpolates missing countries.

Methodology

The number of physicians includes generalists, specialist medical practitioners and medical doctors not further defined, in the given national and/or subnational area. Depending on the nature of the original data source, this may include practising (active) physicians only or all registered physicians. The ISCO-08 codes included here are 221, 2211 and 2212. The WHO framework for classifying health workers draws on the latest revisions of international classifications, including the International Standard Classification of Occupations (revision 2008), the International Standard Classification of Education (revision 2011) and the International Standard Industrial Classification of All Economic Activities (revision 4).

Full Data

Rank ↑Country ↕Value ↕
1Belgium65.3per 10 000 population
2Lithuania61.0per 10 000 population
3Georgia56.4per 10 000 population
4Austria55.2per 10 000 population
5Argentina51.1per 10 000 population
6Andorra50.7per 10 000 population
7Norway49.8per 10 000 population
8Belarus47.2per 10 000 population
9San Marino46.3per 10 000 population
10Iceland43.7per 10 000 population
11Poland40.3per 10 000 population
12Moldova, Republic of40.2per 10 000 population
13Ireland38.8per 10 000 population
14Israel38.0per 10 000 population
15Kazakhstan37.5per 10 000 population
16Ukraine35.3per 10 000 population
17Saudi Arabia34.1per 10 000 population
18Chile33.3per 10 000 population
19United Kingdom33.0per 10 000 population
20Qatar30.2per 10 000 population
21United Arab Emirates29.9per 10 000 population
22Canada28.2per 10 000 population
23Montenegro27.8per 10 000 population
24Colombia25.4per 10 000 population
25Dominican Republic24.3per 10 000 population
26Brazil23.6per 10 000 population
27Malaysia23.4per 10 000 population
28Turkmenistan19.3per 10 000 population
29Tajikistan18.7per 10 000 population
30Islamic Republic of Iran18.1per 10 000 population
31Palau18.1per 10 000 population
32Peru16.9per 10 000 population
33El Salvador16.2per 10 000 population
34Kyrgyzstan15.7per 10 000 population
35Suriname13.6per 10 000 population
36Sri Lanka11.4per 10 000 population
37Nepal10.1per 10 000 population
38Cape Verde7.3per 10 000 population
39Bangladesh7.2per 10 000 population
40Eswatini5.6per 10 000 population
41Indonesia5.2per 10 000 population
42Jamaica4.6per 10 000 population
43Nigeria3.8per 10 000 population
44Botswana3.8per 10 000 population
45Afghanistan3.2per 10 000 population
46Kenya2.9per 10 000 population
47Ghana2.7per 10 000 population
48Solomon Islands2.4per 10 000 population
49Benin2.2per 10 000 population
50Mali1.9per 10 000 population
51Cote d'Ivoire1.7per 10 000 population
52Ethiopia1.4per 10 000 population
53Zimbabwe1.4per 10 000 population
54Senegal1.1per 10 000 population
55Yemen1.0per 10 000 population
56Republic of The Gambia0.9per 10 000 population
57Chad0.9per 10 000 population
58Central African Republic0.7per 10 000 population
59Papua New Guinea0.6per 10 000 population
60Niger0.4per 10 000 population
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Topics

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Data Source

This data comes from World Health Organization (2023).

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