Physicians per 1,000 people, 1960–2019 Info Edit Download | Share Twitter Facebook LinkedIn Reddit Email World Map Line Chart Bar Chart Tree Map Rank List Calc Table Data Table Select one or more countries to highlight All Countries (High to Low) All Countries (High to Low) All Countries (Low to High) Selected Countries (High to Low) Selected Countries (Low to High) Select a starting year 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 Select an ending year 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 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. Norway 1.20 10. Iceland 1.20 11. Austria 1.20 12. Greenland 1.17 13. United States 1.10 14. Netherlands 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. Saint Thomas and Principe 0.30 55. Turkey 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. Philippines 0.15 81. Malaysia 0.14 82. Saint Lucia 0.14 83. Dominica 0.13 84. Thailand 0.13 85. Dominican Republic 0.12 86. Gabon 0.12 87. Madagascar 0.12 88. Zambia 0.11 89. Morocco 0.11 90. Haiti 0.11 91. Swaziland 0.10 92. Saint Vincent and Grenadines 0.10 93. Tunisia 0.10 94. Kenya 0.09 95. Honduras 0.08 96. Liberia 0.08 97. Cape Verde 0.08 98. Uganda 0.07 99. Angola 0.07 100. Burma (Myanmar) 0.07 101. Saudi Arabia 0.06 102. Congo (Brazzaville) 0.06 103. Tanzania 0.06 104. Sierra Leone 0.05 105. Ghana 0.05 106. Guinea Bissau 0.05 107. Senegal 0.04 108. Gambia 0.04 109. Mozambique 0.04 110. Botswana 0.04 111. Lesotho 0.04 112. Benin 0.04 113. Guinea 0.04 114. Afghanistan 0.04 115. Cameroon 0.03 116. Ivory Coast 0.03 117. Oman 0.03 118. Sudan 0.03 119. Cambodia 0.03 120. Malawi 0.03 121. Mauritania 0.02 122. Somalia 0.02 123. Yemen 0.02 124. Togo 0.02 125. Indonesia 0.02 126. Laos 0.02 127. Central African Republic 0.02 128. Nigeria 0.02 129. Congo (Kinshasa) 0.02 130. Chad 0.01 131. Mali 0.01 132. Nepal 0.01 133. Burkina Faso 0.01 134. Niger 0.01 135. Burundi 0.01 136. Ethiopia 0.01 137. Rwanda 0.01 2019 Ranking 1. Italy 8.01 2. Georgia 7.08 3. Belgium 5.96 4. United Kingdom 5.82 5. Israel 5.47 6. Lithuania 5.04 7. Norway 4.89 8. Trinidad and Tobago 4.48 9. Iceland 4.14 10. Czech Republic 4.12 11. Ireland 3.35 12. Moldova 2.56 13. Canada 2.44 14. Brazil 2.31 15. Oman 1.93 16. Albania 1.65 17. Panama 1.63 18. Dominican Republic 1.45 19. Sri Lanka 1.15 20. Pakistan 1.12 21. India 0.93 22. Thailand 0.92 23. Nepal 0.81 24. South Africa 0.79 25. Timor Leste 0.77 26. Egypt 0.75 27. Burma (Myanmar) 0.74 28. Bangladesh 0.64 29. Indonesia 0.47 30. Bhutan 0.46 31. Ivory Coast 0.16 32. Rwanda 0.12 33. Gambia 0.11 34. Ghana 0.11 35. Burkina Faso 0.09 36. Senegal 0.09 37. Mozambique 0.09 38. Togo 0.08 39. Papua New Guinea 0.07 40. Benin 0.07 41. Chad 0.05 Related Physicians & Nurses Datasets Nurses and midwives, per 1,000 people, 1990–2019 Physicians include generalist and specialist medical practitioners. Source: WHO