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Women among physicians
Compare women among physicians across 55 ISO-mapped countries or territories using one fixed 2024 UN SDG Global Database slice.
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Key Insights
Global Average
46.6%
Median: 47.4%
Countries Covered
55
with available data
Highest
Mongolia
77.1%
Lowest
South Sudan
11.2%
Top 5 Countries
1Mongolia77.1%
2Georgia74.2%
3Belarus73.7%
4Dominican Republic72.6%
5Tuvalu70.6%
By Region
Key Findings
- •55 ISO-mapped countries or territories have a finite 2024 observation in the selected slice.
- •Mongolia has the highest published value (77.1 %).
- •South Sudan has the lowest published value (11.2 %).
Country Rankings
Top 10 Countries
Bottom 10 Countries
Data Analysis
Value Distribution
How countries are distributed across the value range
Low (11.2%)High (77.1%)
Regional Comparison
Average values by world region (Global avg: 46.6%)
About This Statistic
Female share of physicians in the official SDG health-worker distribution series.
MapTheory retains one fixed year, unit and explicit dimension slice. Only finite ISO-mapped observations are included; aggregates, missing values, non-ISO geographies and conflicting duplicates are excluded. No values are estimated or imputed by MapTheory.
Methodology
Female share of physicians in the official SDG health-worker distribution series.
Full Data
| Rank ↑ | Country ↕ | Value ↕ |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mongolia | 77.1% |
| 2 | Georgia | 74.2% |
| 3 | Belarus | 73.7% |
| 4 | Dominican Republic | 72.6% |
| 5 | Tuvalu | 70.6% |
| 6 | Kazakhstan | 68.7% |
| 7 | Kyrgyzstan | 65.9% |
| 8 | Montenegro | 63.8% |
| 9 | Cape Verde | 61.2% |
| 10 | Indonesia | 60.2% |
| 11 | Turkmenistan | 60.1% |
| 12 | Morocco | 59.5% |
| 13 | Malaysia | 58.5% |
| 14 | San Marino | 54.1% |
| 15 | Honduras | 53.6% |
| 16 | South Africa | 53.5% |
| 17 | Antigua and Barbuda | 52.6% |
| 18 | Lesotho | 51.3% |
| 19 | Madagascar | 51.3% |
| 20 | Austria | 50.1% |
| 21 | Brazil | 49.3% |
| 22 | New Zealand | 49.2% |
| 23 | Oman | 48.6% |
| 24 | Guatemala | 48.1% |
| 25 | Andorra | 48.0% |
| 26 | Iceland | 47.6% |
| 27 | Mozambique | 47.5% |
| 28 | Canada | 47.4% |
| 29 | Ireland | 47.3% |
| 30 | Botswana | 47.2% |
| 31 | Chile | 46.0% |
| 32 | Eswatini | 45.3% |
| 33 | Republic of the Congo | 45.0% |
| 34 | Israel | 43.6% |
| 35 | Papua New Guinea | 43.5% |
| 36 | Uganda | 42.3% |
| 37 | Peru | 42.0% |
| 38 | Kenya | 40.1% |
| 39 | Zambia | 38.6% |
| 40 | Ghana | 37.7% |
| 41 | Senegal | 37.6% |
| 42 | Qatar | 37.3% |
| 43 | Nigeria | 37.1% |
| 44 | Guinea | 34.7% |
| 45 | Nepal | 33.6% |
| 46 | Guinea-Bissau | 33.6% |
| 47 | Solomon Islands | 32.3% |
| 48 | Benin | 30.8% |
| 49 | Cote d'Ivoire | 30.8% |
| 50 | Jordan | 29.3% |
| 51 | Rwanda | 26.4% |
| 52 | Chad | 17.5% |
| 53 | Togo | 17.5% |
| 54 | Mali | 16.7% |
| 55 | South Sudan | 11.2% |
Showing 55 of 55 countries
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Data Source
This data comes from United Nations SDG Global Database (2024).
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