technology2017
Number of biomedical engineers
Compare number of biomedical engineers across 139 countries or territories using one fixed 2017 WHO reference slice.
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Key Insights
Global Average
5,792.4count
Median: 52.0count
Countries Covered
139
with available data
Highest
People's Republic of China
661,030.0count
Lowest
Liberia
0.0count
Top 5 Countries
1People's Republic of China661,030.0count
2Japan41,000.0count
3India30,000.0count
4United States of America22,000.0count
5Italy8,477.0count
By Region
Asia33,697.1count(22 countries)
North America6,410.8count(4 countries)
Europe847.2count(31 countries)
South America749.4count(7 countries)
Africa368.7count(7 countries)
Key Findings
- •139 ISO-mapped countries or territories have a finite count observation in the fixed 2017 slice.
- •People's Republic of China has the highest published value (661030 count).
- •Guinea has the lowest published value (0 count).
Country Rankings
Top 10 Countries
Bottom 10 Countries
Data Analysis
Value Distribution
How countries are distributed across the value range
Low (0.0count)High (661,030.0count)
Regional Comparison
Average values by world region (Global avg: 5,792.4count)
Asia (22)
North America (4)
Europe (31)
South America (7)
Africa (7)
Oceania (2)
Other (66)
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
Number of biomedical engineers
MapTheory uses only finite ISO-mapped observations from the fixed 2017 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
Number of biomedical engineers
Full Data
| Rank ↑ | Country ↕ | Value ↕ |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | People's Republic of China | 661,030.0count |
| 2 | Japan | 41,000.0count |
| 3 | India | 30,000.0count |
| 4 | United States of America | 22,000.0count |
| 5 | Italy | 8,477.0count |
| 6 | United Kingdom | 3,500.0count |
| 7 | Mexico | 3,000.0count |
| 8 | Jordan | 2,370.0count |
| 9 | Portugal | 2,060.0count |
| 10 | Germany | 2,050.0count |
| 11 | Colombia | 2,000.0count |
| 12 | Israel | 2,000.0count |
| 13 | Argentina | 1,500.0count |
| 14 | Romania | 1,250.0count |
| 15 | Pakistan | 1,200.0count |
| 16 | Sweden | 1,137.0count |
| 17 | Vietnam | 1,000.0count |
| 18 | Spain | 1,000.0count |
| 19 | Egypt | 1,000.0count |
| 20 | Türkiye | 960.0count |
| 21 | Finland | 850.0count |
| 22 | Malaysia | 800.0count |
| 23 | Austria | 800.0count |
| 24 | Lebanon | 750.0count |
| 25 | Chile | 650.0count |
| 26 | Canada | 642.0count |
| 27 | France | 600.0count |
| 28 | Singapore | 600.0count |
| 29 | Brazil | 600.0count |
| 30 | Ethiopia | 500.0count |
| 31 | Netherlands | 500.0count |
| 32 | Belgium | 500.0count |
| 33 | Denmark | 450.0count |
| 34 | Ghana | 450.0count |
| 35 | Hungary | 400.0count |
| 36 | Sudan | 365.0count |
| 37 | Peru | 360.0count |
| 38 | Ukraine | 350.0count |
| 39 | Ireland | 330.0count |
| 40 | Panama | 325.0count |
| 41 | Australia | 320.0count |
| 42 | Greece | 300.0count |
| 43 | Saudi Arabia | 300.0count |
| 44 | Serbia | 300.0count |
| 45 | South Africa | 300.0count |
| 46 | Nigeria | 280.0count |
| 47 | Croatia | 250.0count |
| 48 | Georgia | 250.0count |
| 49 | Lithuania | 250.0count |
| 50 | Mongolia | 240.0count |
| 51 | El Salvador | 231.0count |
| 52 | Latvia | 220.0count |
| 53 | Cuba | 200.0count |
| 54 | Slovenia | 174.0count |
| 55 | Poland | 163.0count |
| 56 | Yemen | 150.0count |
| 57 | Ecuador | 126.0count |
| 58 | Switzerland | 120.0count |
| 59 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 100.0count |
| 60 | Dominican Republic | 100.0count |
| 61 | Moldova, Republic of | 90.0count |
| 62 | Costa Rica | 85.0count |
| 63 | Slovakia | 63.0count |
| 64 | Estonia | 60.0count |
| 65 | Paraguay | 60.0count |
| 66 | Venezuela | 60.0count |
| 67 | Iceland | 56.0count |
| 68 | Indonesia | 55.0count |
| 69 | Albania | 55.0count |
| 70 | Botswana | 52.0count |
| 71 | Haiti | 50.0count |
| 72 | Cote d'Ivoire | 50.0count |
| 73 | Kenya | 50.0count |
| 74 | Philippines | 50.0count |
| 75 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 50.0count |
| 76 | Uganda | 49.0count |
| 77 | Bolivia | 45.0count |
| 78 | Libya | 40.0count |
| 79 | Trinidad and Tobago | 40.0count |
| 80 | Bulgaria | 35.0count |
| 81 | New Zealand | 26.0count |
| 82 | Senegal | 23.0count |
| 83 | Tunisia | 20.0count |
| 84 | United Republic of Tanzania | 20.0count |
| 85 | Cameroon | 19.0count |
| 86 | Zambia | 18.0count |
| 87 | Benin | 16.0count |
| 88 | Cyprus | 15.0count |
| 89 | Montenegro | 15.0count |
| 90 | Rwanda | 15.0count |
| 91 | Chad | 12.0count |
| 92 | Bangladesh | 12.0count |
| 93 | Uruguay | 10.0count |
| 94 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 7.0count |
| 95 | Bhutan | 6.0count |
| 96 | South Korea | 5.0count |
| 97 | Malawi | 5.0count |
| 98 | Suriname | 5.0count |
| 99 | Tajikistan | 5.0count |
| 100 | Thailand | 5.0count |
| 101 | The Republic of North Macedonia | 5.0count |
| 102 | Burkina Faso | 4.0count |
| 103 | Sri Lanka | 3.0count |
| 104 | Republic of The Gambia | 3.0count |
| 105 | Kiribati | 3.0count |
| 106 | Kyrgyzstan | 3.0count |
| 107 | United Arab Emirates | 3.0count |
| 108 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 2.0count |
| 109 | Russian Federation | 2.0count |
| 110 | Seychelles | 2.0count |
| 111 | Bahrain | 2.0count |
| 112 | Myanmar | 1.0count |
| 113 | Burundi | 1.0count |
| 114 | Republic of the Congo | 1.0count |
| 115 | Czech Republic | 1.0count |
| 116 | Fiji | 1.0count |
| 117 | Djibouti | 1.0count |
| 118 | Grenada | 1.0count |
| 119 | Guatemala | 1.0count |
| 120 | Guyana | 1.0count |
| 121 | Honduras | 1.0count |
| 122 | Islamic Republic of Iran | 1.0count |
| 123 | Jamaica | 1.0count |
| 124 | Kuwait | 1.0count |
| 125 | Maldives | 1.0count |
| 126 | Mozambique | 1.0count |
| 127 | Namibia | 1.0count |
| 128 | Nepal | 1.0count |
| 129 | Vanuatu | 1.0count |
| 130 | Norway | 1.0count |
| 131 | Timor-Leste | 1.0count |
| 132 | Sierra Leone | 1.0count |
| 133 | Eswatini | 1.0count |
| 134 | Afghanistan | 1.0count |
| 135 | Algeria | 1.0count |
| 136 | Barbados | 1.0count |
| 137 | Belize | 1.0count |
| 138 | Guinea | 0.0count |
| 139 | Liberia | 0.0count |
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Data Source
This data comes from World Health Organization (2017).
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