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Physicians per 1,000 people: ranking of countries
180 countries ranked by their latest value (2018–2023). Cuba is highest at 9.54; Niger is lowest at 0.04.
World 1.86 (2022)Median country 1.67180 countries
Physicians: world and regions, 1994–2023
WorldEast Asia & PacificEurope & Central AsiaLatin America & CaribbeanMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & PakistanNorth AmericaSouth AsiaSub-Saharan Africa
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)Regional lines are World Bank aggregates.
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Latest value for each country; the year column shows when it was reported.
180 shown
| # | Country | Region | Physicians | Year | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cuba | Latin America & Caribbean | 9.54 | 2021 | |
| 2 | Monaco | Europe & Central Asia | 8.61 | 2020 | |
| 3 | Seychelles | Sub-Saharan Africa | 6.60 | 2022 | |
| 4 | Greece | Europe & Central Asia | 6.58 | 2022 | |
| 5 | Portugal | Europe & Central Asia | 5.85 | 2022 | |
| 6 | Georgia | Europe & Central Asia | 5.64 | 2023 | |
| 7 | Austria | Europe & Central Asia | 5.51 | 2023 | |
| 8 | Russia | Europe & Central Asia | 5.11 | 2022 | |
| 9 | Argentina | Latin America & Caribbean | 5.11 | 2023 | |
| 10 | Andorra | Europe & Central Asia | 5.07 | 2023 | |
| 11 | Norway | Europe & Central Asia | 4.97 | 2023 | |
| 12 | Belarus | Europe & Central Asia | 4.72 | 2023 | |
| 13 | Uruguay | Latin America & Caribbean | 4.67 | 2022 | |
| 14 | San Marino | Europe & Central Asia | 4.63 | 2023 | |
| 15 | Germany | Europe & Central Asia | 4.53 | 2022 | |
| 16 | Malta | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 4.51 | 2022 | |
| 17 | Denmark | Europe & Central Asia | 4.50 | 2021 | |
| 18 | Switzerland | Europe & Central Asia | 4.48 | 2022 | |
| 19 | Lithuania | Europe & Central Asia | 4.47 | 2022 | |
| 20 | Sweden | Europe & Central Asia | 4.41 | 2021 | |
| 21 | Iceland | Europe & Central Asia | 4.37 | 2023 | |
| 22 | Czechia | Europe & Central Asia | 4.35 | 2022 | |
| 23 | Bulgaria | Europe & Central Asia | 4.33 | 2022 | |
| 24 | Spain | Europe & Central Asia | 4.29 | 2022 | |
| 25 | Saint Lucia | Latin America & Caribbean | 4.23 | 2020 | |
| 26 | Italy | Europe & Central Asia | 4.19 | 2022 | |
| 27 | Trinidad and Tobago | Latin America & Caribbean | 4.16 | 2021 | |
| 28 | Mongolia | East Asia & Pacific | 4.13 | 2022 | |
| 29 | Australia | East Asia & Pacific | 4.09 | 2022 | |
| 30 | Poland | Europe & Central Asia | 4.03 | 2023 | |
| 31 | Moldova | Europe & Central Asia | 4.02 | 2023 | |
| 32 | Croatia | Europe & Central Asia | 3.91 | 2022 | |
| 33 | Paraguay | Latin America & Caribbean | 3.89 | 2022 | |
| 34 | Netherlands | Europe & Central Asia | 3.88 | 2022 | |
| 35 | Ireland | Europe & Central Asia | 3.88 | 2023 | |
| 36 | Israel | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 3.80 | 2023 | |
| 37 | Kazakhstan | Europe & Central Asia | 3.75 | 2023 | |
| 38 | Slovakia | Europe & Central Asia | 3.70 | 2022 | |
| 39 | United States | North America | 3.68 | 2022 | |
| 40 | Romania | Europe & Central Asia | 3.62 | 2022 | |
| 41 | New Zealand | East Asia & Pacific | 3.61 | 2022 | |
| 42 | Finland | Europe & Central Asia | 3.61 | 2021 | |
| 43 | Belgium | Europe & Central Asia | 3.57 | 2022 | |
| 44 | Cyprus | Europe & Central Asia | 3.56 | 2022 | |
| 45 | Ukraine | Europe & Central Asia | 3.53 | 2023 | |
| 46 | Estonia | Europe & Central Asia | 3.47 | 2022 | |
| 47 | Hungary | Europe & Central Asia | 3.46 | 2022 | |
| 48 | Saudi Arabia | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 3.41 | 2023 | |
| 49 | Latvia | Europe & Central Asia | 3.40 | 2022 | |
| 50 | Slovenia | Europe & Central Asia | 3.37 | 2022 | |
| 51 | Armenia | Europe & Central Asia | 3.36 | 2022 | |
| 52 | Chile | Latin America & Caribbean | 3.33 | 2023 | |
| 53 | United Kingdom | Europe & Central Asia | 3.30 | 2023 | |
| 54 | France | Europe & Central Asia | 3.28 | 2022 | |
| 55 | Azerbaijan | Europe & Central Asia | 3.19 | 2022 | |
| 56 | China | East Asia & Pacific | 3.11 | 2022 | |
| 57 | Serbia | Europe & Central Asia | 3.10 | 2022 | |
| 58 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | Latin America & Caribbean | 3.08 | 2018 | |
| 59 | Qatar | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 3.02 | 2023 | |
| 60 | United Arab Emirates | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 2.99 | 2023 | |
| 61 | Barbados | Latin America & Caribbean | 2.96 | 2022 | |
| 62 | North Macedonia | Europe & Central Asia | 2.94 | 2022 | |
| 63 | Jordan | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 2.85 | 2022 | |
| 64 | Singapore | East Asia & Pacific | 2.83 | 2022 | |
| 65 | Canada | North America | 2.82 | 2023 | |
| 66 | Uzbekistan | Europe & Central Asia | 2.81 | 2021 | |
| 67 | Montenegro | Europe & Central Asia | 2.78 | 2023 | |
| 68 | Costa Rica | Latin America & Caribbean | 2.69 | 2022 | |
| 69 | Lebanon | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 2.68 | 2020 | |
| 70 | Japan | East Asia & Pacific | 2.65 | 2022 | |
| 71 | South Korea | East Asia & Pacific | 2.61 | 2022 | |
| 72 | Mexico | Latin America & Caribbean | 2.59 | 2022 | |
| 73 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Europe & Central Asia | 2.58 | 2019 | |
| 74 | Colombia | Latin America & Caribbean | 2.54 | 2023 | |
| 75 | Dominican Republic | Latin America & Caribbean | 2.43 | 2023 | |
| 76 | Brazil | Latin America & Caribbean | 2.36 | 2023 | |
| 77 | Malaysia | East Asia & Pacific | 2.34 | 2023 | |
| 78 | Ecuador | Latin America & Caribbean | 2.31 | 2020 | |
| 79 | Kuwait | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 2.27 | 2020 | |
| 80 | Türkiye | Europe & Central Asia | 2.24 | 2022 | |
| 81 | Maldives | South Asia | 2.23 | 2019 | |
| 82 | West Bank and Gaza | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 2.17 | 2018 | |
| 83 | Oman | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 1.99 | 2022 | |
| 84 | Turkmenistan | Europe & Central Asia | 1.93 | 2023 | |
| 85 | Brunei | East Asia & Pacific | 1.89 | 2021 | |
| 86 | Albania | Europe & Central Asia | 1.88 | 2020 | |
| 87 | Tajikistan | Europe & Central Asia | 1.87 | 2023 | |
| 88 | Iran | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 1.81 | 2023 | |
| 89 | Palau | East Asia & Pacific | 1.81 | 2023 | |
| 90 | Peru | Latin America & Caribbean | 1.69 | 2023 | |
| 91 | Algeria | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 1.66 | 2022 | |
| 92 | Panama | Latin America & Caribbean | 1.62 | 2022 | |
| 93 | El Salvador | Latin America & Caribbean | 1.62 | 2023 | |
| 94 | Kyrgyzstan | Europe & Central Asia | 1.57 | 2023 | |
| 95 | Syria | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 1.52 | 2021 | |
| 96 | Mauritius | Sub-Saharan Africa | 1.44 | 2022 | |
| 97 | Guyana | Latin America & Caribbean | 1.39 | 2020 | |
| 98 | Grenada | Latin America & Caribbean | 1.38 | 2018 | |
| 99 | Suriname | Latin America & Caribbean | 1.35 | 2023 | |
| 100 | Tuvalu | East Asia & Pacific | 1.35 | 2020 | |
| 101 | Tunisia | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 1.31 | 2021 | |
| 102 | Bolivia | Latin America & Caribbean | 1.28 | 2021 | |
| 103 | Guatemala | Latin America & Caribbean | 1.28 | 2020 | |
| 104 | Pakistan | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 1.16 | 2021 | |
| 105 | Dominica | Latin America & Caribbean | 1.16 | 2018 | |
| 106 | Sri Lanka | South Asia | 1.14 | 2023 | |
| 107 | Vietnam | East Asia & Pacific | 1.11 | 2021 | |
| 108 | Belize | Latin America & Caribbean | 1.09 | 2018 | |
| 109 | Iraq | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 1.02 | 2022 | |
| 110 | Tonga | East Asia & Pacific | 1.01 | 2021 | |
| 111 | Nepal | South Asia | 1.01 | 2023 | |
| 112 | Micronesia | East Asia & Pacific | 0.97 | 2020 | |
| 113 | South Africa | Sub-Saharan Africa | 0.79 | 2022 | |
| 114 | Philippines | East Asia & Pacific | 0.79 | 2021 | |
| 115 | Myanmar | East Asia & Pacific | 0.76 | 2019 | |
| 116 | Timor-Leste | East Asia & Pacific | 0.75 | 2020 | |
| 117 | Bahrain | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 0.74 | 2020 | |
| 118 | Morocco | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 0.74 | 2021 | |
| 119 | Cabo Verde | Sub-Saharan Africa | 0.73 | 2023 | |
| 120 | India | South Asia | 0.72 | 2020 | |
| 121 | Bangladesh | South Asia | 0.72 | 2023 | |
| 122 | Nicaragua | Latin America & Caribbean | 0.68 | 2018 | |
| 123 | Egypt | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 0.67 | 2020 | |
| 124 | Samoa | East Asia & Pacific | 0.56 | 2021 | |
| 125 | Eswatini | Sub-Saharan Africa | 0.56 | 2023 | |
| 126 | Bhutan | South Asia | 0.55 | 2022 | |
| 127 | Namibia | Sub-Saharan Africa | 0.55 | 2022 | |
| 128 | Thailand | East Asia & Pacific | 0.54 | 2021 | |
| 129 | Indonesia | East Asia & Pacific | 0.52 | 2023 | |
| 130 | Gabon | Sub-Saharan Africa | 0.52 | 2022 | |
| 131 | Honduras | Latin America & Caribbean | 0.49 | 2020 | |
| 132 | São Tomé and Príncipe | Sub-Saharan Africa | 0.46 | 2022 | |
| 133 | Jamaica | Latin America & Caribbean | 0.46 | 2023 | |
| 134 | Comoros | Sub-Saharan Africa | 0.42 | 2022 | |
| 135 | Nigeria | Sub-Saharan Africa | 0.38 | 2023 | |
| 136 | Botswana | Sub-Saharan Africa | 0.38 | 2023 | |
| 137 | Laos | East Asia & Pacific | 0.33 | 2022 | |
| 138 | Zambia | Sub-Saharan Africa | 0.32 | 2022 | |
| 139 | Afghanistan | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 0.32 | 2023 | |
| 140 | Haiti | Latin America & Caribbean | 0.29 | 2022 | |
| 141 | Kenya | Sub-Saharan Africa | 0.29 | 2023 | |
| 142 | Ghana | Sub-Saharan Africa | 0.27 | 2023 | |
| 143 | Mauritania | Sub-Saharan Africa | 0.26 | 2022 | |
| 144 | Guinea-Bissau | Sub-Saharan Africa | 0.25 | 2022 | |
| 145 | Angola | Sub-Saharan Africa | 0.24 | 2022 | |
| 146 | Solomon Islands | East Asia & Pacific | 0.24 | 2023 | |
| 147 | Lesotho | Sub-Saharan Africa | 0.23 | 2022 | |
| 148 | Benin | Sub-Saharan Africa | 0.22 | 2023 | |
| 149 | Cambodia | East Asia & Pacific | 0.21 | 2019 | |
| 150 | Djibouti | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 0.21 | 2022 | |
| 151 | Guinea | Sub-Saharan Africa | 0.21 | 2022 | |
| 152 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | Sub-Saharan Africa | 0.21 | 2022 | |
| 153 | Uganda | Sub-Saharan Africa | 0.19 | 2022 | |
| 154 | Mali | Sub-Saharan Africa | 0.19 | 2023 | |
| 155 | Liberia | Sub-Saharan Africa | 0.18 | 2022 | |
| 156 | Mozambique | Sub-Saharan Africa | 0.17 | 2022 | |
| 157 | Republic of the Congo | Sub-Saharan Africa | 0.17 | 2022 | |
| 158 | Madagascar | Sub-Saharan Africa | 0.17 | 2022 | |
| 159 | Côte d'Ivoire | Sub-Saharan Africa | 0.17 | 2023 | |
| 160 | Vanuatu | East Asia & Pacific | 0.16 | 2019 | |
| 161 | Equatorial Guinea | Sub-Saharan Africa | 0.15 | 2022 | |
| 162 | Burkina Faso | Sub-Saharan Africa | 0.15 | 2022 | |
| 163 | Ethiopia | Sub-Saharan Africa | 0.14 | 2023 | |
| 164 | Cameroon | Sub-Saharan Africa | 0.14 | 2022 | |
| 165 | Zimbabwe | Sub-Saharan Africa | 0.14 | 2023 | |
| 166 | Sierra Leone | Sub-Saharan Africa | 0.13 | 2022 | |
| 167 | Tanzania | Sub-Saharan Africa | 0.13 | 2022 | |
| 168 | Senegal | Sub-Saharan Africa | 0.11 | 2023 | |
| 169 | Yemen | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 0.10 | 2023 | |
| 170 | Rwanda | Sub-Saharan Africa | 0.09 | 2022 | |
| 171 | The Gambia | Sub-Saharan Africa | 0.09 | 2023 | |
| 172 | Eritrea | Sub-Saharan Africa | 0.09 | 2022 | |
| 173 | Chad | Sub-Saharan Africa | 0.09 | 2023 | |
| 174 | Togo | Sub-Saharan Africa | 0.08 | 2022 | |
| 175 | Burundi | Sub-Saharan Africa | 0.08 | 2022 | |
| 176 | Central African Republic | Sub-Saharan Africa | 0.07 | 2023 | |
| 177 | Papua New Guinea | East Asia & Pacific | 0.06 | 2023 | |
| 178 | Malawi | Sub-Saharan Africa | 0.05 | 2022 | |
| 179 | South Sudan | Sub-Saharan Africa | 0.04 | 2022 | |
| 180 | Niger | Sub-Saharan Africa | 0.04 | 2023 |
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)Physicians (per 1,000 people)