Physicians

per 1,000 people, 1960–2018

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    1960 Ranking
    1. Israel 2.47
    2. Hungary 1.50
    3. Bulgaria 1.41
    4. Switzerland 1.40
    5. Argentina 1.35
    6. Belgium 1.30
    7. Greece 1.30
    8. Romania 1.27
    9. Iceland 1.20
    10. Austria 1.20
    11. Norway 1.20
    12. Greenland 1.17
    13. Netherlands 1.10
    14. United States 1.10
    15. Uruguay 1.06
    16. Channel Islands 1.02
    17. Sweden 1.00
    18. Japan 1.00
    19. Poland 1.00
    20. Luxembourg 1.00
    21. Cuba 0.95
    22. Mongolia 0.91
    23. Malta 0.89
    24. Kuwait 0.87
    25. United Kingdom 0.80
    26. Portugal 0.80
    27. Lebanon 0.78
    28. Venezuela 0.67
    29. Chile 0.56
    30. Kiribati 0.54
    31. Paraguay 0.53
    32. Peru 0.51
    33. Suriname 0.51
    34. Bahamas 0.50
    35. Fiji 0.50
    36. Bahrain 0.45
    37. Samoa 0.44
    38. Singapore 0.42
    39. Trinidad and Tobago 0.42
    40. Macau 0.41
    41. Ecuador 0.40
    42. Egypt 0.39
    43. Costa Rica 0.39
    44. Jamaica 0.39
    45. Tonga 0.38
    46. Brazil 0.37
    47. Panama 0.36
    48. Colombia 0.35
    49. Jordan 0.35
    50. Nicaragua 0.34
    51. Barbados 0.33
    52. Hong Kong 0.33
    53. Seychelles 0.31
    54. Turkey 0.30
    55. Saint Thomas and Principe 0.30
    56. Antigua and Barbuda 0.29
    57. Vanuatu 0.28
    58. Albania 0.28
    59. Bolivia 0.27
    60. Guyana 0.26
    61. Isle of Man 0.25
    62. Iran 0.24
    63. Belize 0.24
    64. Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.24
    65. Sri Lanka 0.22
    66. Grenada 0.22
    67. Syria 0.22
    68. Mauritius 0.22
    69. India 0.21
    70. Zimbabwe 0.20
    71. Iraq 0.20
    72. El Salvador 0.19
    73. Solomon Islands 0.19
    74. Pakistan 0.19
    75. Guatemala 0.18
    76. Algeria 0.17
    77. Equatorial Guinea 0.17
    78. Djibouti 0.16
    79. Libya 0.15
    80. Brunei 0.15
    81. Philippines 0.15
    82. Malaysia 0.14
    83. Saint Lucia 0.14
    84. Dominica 0.13
    85. Thailand 0.13
    86. Dominican Republic 0.12
    87. Gabon 0.12
    88. Madagascar 0.12
    89. Zambia 0.11
    90. Morocco 0.11
    91. Haiti 0.11
    92. Swaziland 0.10
    93. Tunisia 0.10
    94. Saint Vincent and Grenadines 0.10
    95. Kenya 0.09
    96. Honduras 0.08
    97. Liberia 0.08
    98. Cape Verde 0.08
    99. Uganda 0.07
    100. Angola 0.07
    101. Burma (Myanmar) 0.07
    102. Saudi Arabia 0.06
    103. Congo (Brazzaville) 0.06
    104. Tanzania 0.06
    105. Ghana 0.05
    106. Sierra Leone 0.05
    107. Guinea Bissau 0.05
    108. Senegal 0.04
    109. Mozambique 0.04
    110. Gambia 0.04
    111. Botswana 0.04
    112. Lesotho 0.04
    113. Benin 0.04
    114. Guinea 0.04
    115. Afghanistan 0.04
    116. Cameroon 0.03
    117. Ivory Coast 0.03
    118. Sudan 0.03
    119. Oman 0.03
    120. Cambodia 0.03
    121. Malawi 0.03
    122. Somalia 0.02
    123. Mauritania 0.02
    124. Yemen 0.02
    125. Indonesia 0.02
    126. Togo 0.02
    127. Central African Republic 0.02
    128. Laos 0.02
    129. Nigeria 0.02
    130. Congo (Kinshasa) 0.02
    131. Chad 0.01
    132. Mali 0.01
    133. Nepal 0.01
    134. Niger 0.01
    135. Burkina Faso 0.01
    136. Burundi 0.01
    137. Ethiopia 0.01
    138. Rwanda 0.01
    2018 Ranking
    1. Cuba 8.42
    2. Georgia 7.12
    3. Lithuania 6.35
    4. Israel 4.63
    5. Maldives 4.56
    6. Estonia 4.48
    7. Trinidad and Tobago 4.17
    8. Czech Republic 4.12
    9. Iceland 4.08
    10. Italy 3.98
    11. New Zealand 3.59
    12. Hungary 3.41
    13. Ireland 3.31
    14. France 3.27
    15. Norway 2.92
    16. Costa Rica 2.89
    17. United Kingdom 2.81
    18. Montenegro 2.76
    19. Saudi Arabia 2.61
    20. Chile 2.59
    21. Mauritius 2.53
    22. United Arab Emirates 2.53
    23. Qatar 2.49
    24. Colombia 2.19
    25. Brazil 2.16
    26. Lebanon 2.10
    27. Oman 2.00
    28. Algeria 1.72
    29. Iran 1.58
    30. Paraguay 1.35
    31. Suriname 1.21
    32. Zambia 1.19
    33. Sri Lanka 1.00
    34. Pakistan 0.98
    35. Nicaragua 0.98
    36. India 0.86
    37. Thailand 0.81
    38. Guyana 0.80
    39. Nepal 0.75
    40. Timor Leste 0.72
    41. Iraq 0.71
    42. Burma (Myanmar) 0.68
    43. Bangladesh 0.58
    44. Egypt 0.45
    45. Indonesia 0.43
    46. Bhutan 0.42
    47. Namibia 0.42
    48. Nigeria 0.38
    49. Guatemala 0.36
    50. Haiti 0.23
    51. Zimbabwe 0.21
    52. Mauritania 0.19
    53. Kenya 0.16
    54. Rwanda 0.13
    55. Mali 0.13
    56. Mozambique 0.08
    57. Benin 0.08
    58. Togo 0.08
    59. Ethiopia 0.08
    60. Papua New Guinea 0.07
    61. Malawi 0.04

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    Source: WHO