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Doctors (medical practitioners) — density per 10,000 population

Name: Doctors (medical practitioners) — density per 10,000 population
Creator: World Bank (World Development Indicators), sourced from WHO Global Health Observatory
Keywords: statistic-of-the-day, ai-generated, health workforce, doctors, physicians, health system capacity, access to care, human resources for health

Number of medical doctors per 10,000 people by country (latest year available, mostly 2019–2023). WHO/World Bank comparable data.

Source: World Bank (World Development Indicators), sourced from WHO Global Health Observatory•182 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average

18.5per 10,000 people

Median: 15.9per 10,000 people

Countries Covered

182

with available data

Highest

Greece

61.4per 10,000 people

Lowest

South Sudan

0.2per 10,000 people

Top 5 Countries

1Greece61.4per 10,000 people

2Georgia61.0per 10,000 people

3Portugal56.0per 10,000 people

4Norway54.5per 10,000 people

5Sweden54.0per 10,000 people

By Region

Europe39.2per 10,000 people(32 countries)

Oceania38.3per 10,000 people(2 countries)

South America29.1per 10,000 people(7 countries)

North America19.3per 10,000 people(4 countries)

Asia18.6per 10,000 people(25 countries)

Key Findings

•Doctor availability varies by more than two orders of magnitude across countries, reflecting major differences in health-system capacity.
•High-income countries in Europe and parts of the Gulf typically report much higher doctor density than low-income countries.
•Some small countries and territories can show unusually high densities due to concentrated medical labor markets and small denominators.
•Low doctor density often coincides with broader shortages in health workforce and infrastructure, but it is not the sole determinant of health outcomes.

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (0.2per 10,000 people)High (87.0per 10,000 people)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 18.5per 10,000 people)

Europe (32)

Oceania (2)

South America (7)

North America (4)

Asia (25)

Other (103)

Africa (9)

About This Statistic

This statistic measures the availability of medical doctors (physicians/medical practitioners) relative to population size, reported as the number of doctors per 10,000 people. It is a widely used indicator of health-system capacity and access to clinical care.

Countries with higher doctor density generally have greater access to diagnosis and treatment, but comparisons should be made carefully: definitions (who counts as a “medical doctor”), public vs. private sector coverage, and the year of observation can differ across national reporting systems. The values below use the internationally compiled series published by the World Bank (sourced from WHO’s Global Health Observatory and national administrative sources), selecting the latest available year for each country in the 2019–2023 window where possible.

Full Data

Rank ↑	Country ↕	Value ↕
1	Greece	61.4per 10,000 people
2	Georgia	61.0per 10,000 people
3	Portugal	56.0per 10,000 people
4	Norway	54.5per 10,000 people
5	Sweden	54.0per 10,000 people
6	Belarus	51.7per 10,000 people
7	Uruguay	50.2per 10,000 people
8	Bulgaria	46.8per 10,000 people
9	Iceland	45.6per 10,000 people
10	Germany	45.1per 10,000 people
11	Finland	44.7per 10,000 people
12	Lithuania	44.6per 10,000 people
13	Switzerland	44.1per 10,000 people
14	Denmark	43.7per 10,000 people
15	Faroe Islands	43.4per 10,000 people
16	Russian Federation	43.0per 10,000 people
17	Czech Republic	40.7per 10,000 people
18	Spain	40.6per 10,000 people
19	Italy	40.0per 10,000 people
20	Australia	40.0per 10,000 people
21	Kazakhstan	39.6per 10,000 people
22	Argentina	39.6per 10,000 people
23	Netherlands	39.5per 10,000 people
24	Fiji	38.1per 10,000 people
25	Mongolia	37.2per 10,000 people
26	Ireland	37.0per 10,000 people
27	New Zealand	36.6per 10,000 people
28	Israel	36.4per 10,000 people
29	Slovakia	36.2per 10,000 people
30	Samoa	36.2per 10,000 people
31	Greenland	35.9per 10,000 people
32	Estonia	34.6per 10,000 people
33	Cyprus	34.1per 10,000 people
34	France	34.0per 10,000 people
35	Hungary	33.8per 10,000 people
36	Slovenia	33.7per 10,000 people
37	Dominica	33.2per 10,000 people
38	Latvia	33.0per 10,000 people
39	Croatia	32.7per 10,000 people
40	Romania	32.5per 10,000 people
41	Luxembourg	32.4per 10,000 people
42	United Kingdom	31.8per 10,000 people
43	Moldova, Republic of	31.7per 10,000 people
44	Bermuda	31.4per 10,000 people
45	State of Palestine	31.1per 10,000 people
46	Belgium	31.0per 10,000 people
47	Serbia	30.6per 10,000 people
48	Austria	30.6per 10,000 people
49	Trinidad and Tobago	30.4per 10,000 people
50	Ukraine	30.0per 10,000 people
51	Lebanon	29.7per 10,000 people
52	Montenegro	29.7per 10,000 people
53	Mauritius	29.2per 10,000 people
54	United Arab Emirates	29.1per 10,000 people
55	Bosnia and Herzegovina	28.7per 10,000 people
56	The Republic of North Macedonia	28.0per 10,000 people
57	Chile	26.7per 10,000 people
58	United States of America	26.2per 10,000 people
59	Japan	26.1per 10,000 people
60	Saudi Arabia	26.0per 10,000 people
61	South Korea	25.7per 10,000 people
62	Jordan	25.4per 10,000 people
63	Singapore	25.3per 10,000 people
64	Qatar	24.9per 10,000 people
65	Colombia	24.8per 10,000 people
66	Libya	24.6per 10,000 people
67	Mexico	24.4per 10,000 people
68	Canada	24.1per 10,000 people
69	Poland	24.1per 10,000 people
70	Uzbekistan	24.0per 10,000 people
71	Ecuador	23.7per 10,000 people
72	People's Republic of China	23.6per 10,000 people
73	Kuwait	23.6per 10,000 people
74	Brazil	23.1per 10,000 people
75	Benin	23.0per 10,000 people
76	Malta	22.7per 10,000 people
77	Seychelles	22.3per 10,000 people
78	Bahamas	21.8per 10,000 people
79	Tajikistan	21.1per 10,000 people
80	Oman	20.0per 10,000 people
81	Türkiye	19.3per 10,000 people
82	Algeria	19.2per 10,000 people
83	Kyrgyzstan	18.2per 10,000 people
84	Venezuela	17.3per 10,000 people
85	Panama	16.7per 10,000 people
86	Bolivia	16.7per 10,000 people
87	Dominican Republic	16.4per 10,000 people
88	Islamic Republic of Iran	16.3per 10,000 people
89	El Salvador	16.1per 10,000 people
90	Maldives	16.0per 10,000 people
91	Cayman Islands	15.9per 10,000 people
92	Malaysia	15.8per 10,000 people
93	Peru	15.6per 10,000 people
94	Afghanistan	15.6per 10,000 people
95	Syrian Arab Republic	15.0per 10,000 people
96	Jamaica	13.2per 10,000 people
97	Paraguay	13.0per 10,000 people
98	Albania	12.9per 10,000 people
99	Tunisia	12.5per 10,000 people
100	Armenia	12.1per 10,000 people
101	Costa Rica	11.7per 10,000 people
102	Suriname	11.5per 10,000 people
103	Botswana	11.5per 10,000 people
104	Solomon Islands	11.4per 10,000 people
105	Sri Lanka	11.1per 10,000 people
106	Pakistan	10.8per 10,000 people
107	Nicaragua	10.3per 10,000 people
108	Belize	10.3per 10,000 people
109	Iraq	9.6per 10,000 people
110	Bahrain	9.6per 10,000 people
111	India	9.3per 10,000 people
112	Cuba	9.1per 10,000 people
113	South Africa	9.1per 10,000 people
114	Nepal	8.7per 10,000 people
115	Vietnam	8.6per 10,000 people
116	Philippines	8.3per 10,000 people
117	Andorra	8.3per 10,000 people
118	Morocco	8.0per 10,000 people
119	Thailand	8.0per 10,000 people
120	Egypt	7.8per 10,000 people
121	Myanmar	7.7per 10,000 people
122	Timor-Leste	7.6per 10,000 people
123	Guyana	7.1per 10,000 people
124	Indonesia	6.7per 10,000 people
125	Cape Verde	6.6per 10,000 people
126	Bangladesh	6.4per 10,000 people
127	Gabon	4.0per 10,000 people
128	Lao People's Democratic Republic	4.0per 10,000 people
129	Namibia	4.0per 10,000 people
130	Nigeria	4.0per 10,000 people
131	Honduras	3.7per 10,000 people
132	Sudan	3.4per 10,000 people
133	Yemen	3.1per 10,000 people
134	Ghana	2.8per 10,000 people
135	Djibouti	2.7per 10,000 people
136	Cote d'Ivoire	2.6per 10,000 people
137	Angola	2.6per 10,000 people
138	Guatemala	2.5per 10,000 people
139	Cambodia	2.4per 10,000 people
140	Haiti	2.3per 10,000 people
141	Madagascar	2.3per 10,000 people
142	Uganda	2.2per 10,000 people
143	Kenya	2.1per 10,000 people
144	Zambia	2.1per 10,000 people
145	Zimbabwe	2.0per 10,000 people
146	Eswatini	2.0per 10,000 people
147	Comoros	1.9per 10,000 people
148	Barbados	1.9per 10,000 people
149	Mauritania	1.4per 10,000 people
150	Vanuatu	1.4per 10,000 people
151	Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	1.3per 10,000 people
152	Mali	1.3per 10,000 people
153	New Caledonia	1.3per 10,000 people
154	Rwanda	1.3per 10,000 people
155	Republic of the Congo	1.2per 10,000 people
156	Republic of The Gambia	1.2per 10,000 people
157	Burundi	1.1per 10,000 people
158	Cameroon	1.1per 10,000 people
159	Ethiopia	1.1per 10,000 people
160	United Republic of Tanzania	1.1per 10,000 people
161	Democratic Republic of the Congo	1.0per 10,000 people
162	Guinea	1.0per 10,000 people
163	Mozambique	1.0per 10,000 people
164	Burkina Faso	1.0per 10,000 people
165	Senegal	0.8per 10,000 people
166	Central African Republic	0.7per 10,000 people
167	Lesotho	0.7per 10,000 people
168	Papua New Guinea	0.7per 10,000 people
169	Togo	0.7per 10,000 people
170	Malawi	0.5per 10,000 people
171	Chad	0.4per 10,000 people
172	Eritrea	0.4per 10,000 people
173	Niger	0.4per 10,000 people
174	Antigua and Barbuda	0.3per 10,000 people
175	Bhutan	0.3per 10,000 people
176	Brunei Darussalam	0.3per 10,000 people
177	Equatorial Guinea	0.2per 10,000 people
178	Liberia	0.2per 10,000 people
179	Guinea-Bissau	0.2per 10,000 people
180	Sierra Leone	0.2per 10,000 people
181	Somalia	0.2per 10,000 people
182	South Sudan	0.2per 10,000 people

Showing 182 of 182 countries

Topics

#statistic-of-the-day #ai-generated #health workforce #doctors #physicians #health system capacity #access to care #human resources for health

Data Source

This data comes from World Bank (World Development Indicators), sourced from WHO Global Health Observatory (2022).

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