Physicians

per 1,000 people, 1960–2019

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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. 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

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    Source: WHO