Physicians (per 1,000 people) by Country
As of 2021, Cuba leads globally in physicians (per 1,000 people) at 9.5, followed by Monaco, Seychelles, Greece. At the lower end, Niger, South Sudan, Malawi rank among the lowest. The global median is 1.7 (Peru). This indicator falls under the "Health" category and is sourced from the World Bank World Development Indicators. Data is available for 174 countries.
All Countries Ranked
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| # | Country | Physicians (per 1,000 people) | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Cuba | 9.5 | 2021 |
| 2 |  Monaco | 8.6 | 2020 |
| 3 |  Seychelles | 6.6 | 2022 |
| 4 |  Greece | 6.6 | 2022 |
| 5 |  Portugal | 5.9 | 2022 |
| 6 |  Georgia | 5.6 | 2023 |
| 7 |  Austria | 5.5 | 2023 |
| 8 |  Russia | 5.1 | 2022 |
| 9 |  Argentina | 5.1 | 2023 |
| 10 |  Andorra | 5.1 | 2023 |
| 11 |  Norway | 5 | 2023 |
| 12 |  Belarus | 4.7 | 2023 |
| 13 |  Uruguay | 4.7 | 2022 |
| 14 |  San Marino | 4.6 | 2023 |
| 15 |  Germany | 4.5 | 2022 |
| 16 |  Malta | 4.5 | 2022 |
| 17 |  Denmark | 4.5 | 2021 |
| 18 |  Switzerland | 4.5 | 2022 |
| 19 |  Lithuania | 4.5 | 2022 |
| 20 |  Sweden | 4.4 | 2021 |
| 21 |  Iceland | 4.4 | 2023 |
| 22 |  Czechia | 4.4 | 2022 |
| 23 |  Bulgaria | 4.3 | 2022 |
| 24 |  Spain | 4.3 | 2022 |
| 25 |  St. Lucia | 4.2 | 2020 |
| 26 |  Italy | 4.2 | 2022 |
| 27 |  Trinidad and Tobago | 4.2 | 2021 |
| 28 |  Mongolia | 4.1 | 2022 |
| 29 |  Australia | 4.1 | 2022 |
| 30 |  Poland | 4 | 2023 |
| 31 |  Moldova | 4 | 2023 |
| 32 |  Croatia | 3.9 | 2022 |
| 33 |  Paraguay | 3.9 | 2022 |
| 34 |  Netherlands | 3.9 | 2022 |
| 35 |  Ireland | 3.9 | 2023 |
| 36 |  Israel | 3.8 | 2023 |
| 37 |  Kazakhstan | 3.8 | 2023 |
| 38 |  Slovakia | 3.7 | 2022 |
| 39 |  United States | 3.7 | 2022 |
| 40 |  Romania | 3.6 | 2022 |
| 41 |  New Zealand | 3.6 | 2022 |
| 42 |  Finland | 3.6 | 2021 |
| 43 |  Belgium | 3.6 | 2022 |
| 44 |  Cyprus | 3.6 | 2022 |
| 45 |  Ukraine | 3.5 | 2023 |
| 46 |  Estonia | 3.5 | 2022 |
| 47 |  Hungary | 3.5 | 2022 |
| 48 |  Saudi Arabia | 3.4 | 2023 |
| 49 |  Latvia | 3.4 | 2022 |
| 50 |  Slovenia | 3.4 | 2022 |
| 51 |  Armenia | 3.4 | 2022 |
| 52 |  Chile | 3.3 | 2023 |
| 53 |  United Kingdom | 3.3 | 2023 |
| 54 |  France | 3.3 | 2022 |
| 55 |  Azerbaijan | 3.2 | 2022 |
| 56 |  China | 3.1 | 2022 |
| 57 |  Serbia | 3.1 | 2022 |
| 58 |  Qatar | 3 | 2023 |
| 59 |  United Arab Emirates | 3 | 2023 |
| 60 |  Barbados | 3 | 2022 |
| 61 |  North Macedonia | 2.9 | 2022 |
| 62 |  Jordan | 2.9 | 2022 |
| 63 |  Singapore | 2.8 | 2022 |
| 64 |  Canada | 2.8 | 2023 |
| 65 |  Uzbekistan | 2.8 | 2021 |
| 66 |  Montenegro | 2.8 | 2023 |
| 67 |  Costa Rica | 2.7 | 2022 |
| 68 |  Lebanon | 2.7 | 2020 |
| 69 |  Japan | 2.6 | 2022 |
| 70 |  South Korea | 2.6 | 2022 |
| 71 |  Mexico | 2.6 | 2022 |
| 72 |  Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2.6 | 2019 |
| 73 |  Colombia | 2.5 | 2023 |
| 74 |  Dominican Republic | 2.4 | 2023 |
| 75 |  Brazil | 2.4 | 2023 |
| 76 |  Malaysia | 2.3 | 2023 |
| 77 |  Ecuador | 2.3 | 2020 |
| 78 |  Kuwait | 2.3 | 2020 |
| 79 |  Türkiye | 2.2 | 2022 |
| 80 |  Maldives | 2.2 | 2019 |
| 81 |  Oman | 2 | 2022 |
| 82 |  Turkmenistan | 1.9 | 2023 |
| 83 |  Brunei | 1.9 | 2021 |
| 84 |  Albania | 1.9 | 2020 |
| 85 |  Tajikistan | 1.9 | 2023 |
| 86 |  Iran | 1.8 | 2023 |
| 87 |  Palau | 1.8 | 2023 |
| 88 |  Peru | 1.7 | 2023 |
| 89 |  Algeria | 1.7 | 2022 |
| 90 |  Panama | 1.6 | 2022 |
| 91 |  El Salvador | 1.6 | 2023 |
| 92 |  Kyrgyzstan | 1.6 | 2023 |
| 93 |  Syria | 1.5 | 2021 |
| 94 |  Mauritius | 1.4 | 2022 |
| 95 |  Guyana | 1.4 | 2020 |
| 96 |  Suriname | 1.4 | 2023 |
| 97 |  Tuvalu | 1.3 | 2020 |
| 98 |  Tunisia | 1.3 | 2021 |
| 99 |  Bolivia | 1.3 | 2021 |
| 100 |  Guatemala | 1.3 | 2020 |
| 101 |  Pakistan | 1.2 | 2021 |
| 102 |  Sri Lanka | 1.1 | 2023 |
| 103 |  Vietnam | 1.1 | 2021 |
| 104 |  Iraq | 1 | 2022 |
| 105 |  Tonga | 1 | 2021 |
| 106 |  Nepal | 1 | 2023 |
| 107 |  Micronesia | 1 | 2020 |
| 108 |  South Africa | 0.8 | 2022 |
| 109 |  Philippines | 0.8 | 2021 |
| 110 |  Myanmar | 0.8 | 2019 |
| 111 |  Timor-Leste | 0.8 | 2020 |
| 112 |  Bahrain | 0.7 | 2020 |
| 113 |  Morocco | 0.7 | 2021 |
| 114 |  Cabo Verde | 0.7 | 2023 |
| 115 |  India | 0.7 | 2020 |
| 116 |  Bangladesh | 0.7 | 2023 |
| 117 |  Egypt | 0.7 | 2020 |
| 118 |  Samoa | 0.6 | 2021 |
| 119 |  Eswatini | 0.6 | 2023 |
| 120 |  Namibia | 0.6 | 2022 |
| 121 |  Bhutan | 0.6 | 2022 |
| 122 |  Thailand | 0.5 | 2021 |
| 123 |  Indonesia | 0.5 | 2023 |
| 124 |  Gabon | 0.5 | 2022 |
| 125 |  Honduras | 0.5 | 2020 |
| 126 |  Sao Tome and Principe | 0.5 | 2022 |
| 127 |  Jamaica | 0.5 | 2023 |
| 128 |  Comoros | 0.4 | 2022 |
| 129 |  Nigeria | 0.4 | 2023 |
| 130 |  Botswana | 0.4 | 2023 |
| 131 |  Laos | 0.3 | 2022 |
| 132 |  Zambia | 0.3 | 2022 |
| 133 |  Afghanistan | 0.3 | 2023 |
| 134 |  Haiti | 0.3 | 2022 |
| 135 |  Kenya | 0.3 | 2023 |
| 136 |  Ghana | 0.3 | 2023 |
| 137 |  Mauritania | 0.3 | 2022 |
| 138 |  Guinea-Bissau | 0.3 | 2022 |
| 139 |  Angola | 0.2 | 2022 |
| 140 |  Solomon Islands | 0.2 | 2023 |
| 141 |  Lesotho | 0.2 | 2022 |
| 142 |  Benin | 0.2 | 2023 |
| 143 |  Djibouti | 0.2 | 2022 |
| 144 |  Cambodia | 0.2 | 2019 |
| 145 |  Guinea | 0.2 | 2022 |
| 146 |  DR Congo | 0.2 | 2022 |
| 147 |  Uganda | 0.2 | 2022 |
| 148 |  Mali | 0.2 | 2023 |
| 149 |  Liberia | 0.2 | 2022 |
| 150 |  Mozambique | 0.2 | 2022 |
| 151 |  Republic of the Congo | 0.2 | 2022 |
| 152 |  Madagascar | 0.2 | 2022 |
| 153 |  Côte d'Ivoire | 0.2 | 2023 |
| 154 |  Vanuatu | 0.2 | 2019 |
| 155 |  Equatorial Guinea | 0.2 | 2022 |
| 156 |  Burkina Faso | 0.1 | 2022 |
| 157 |  Ethiopia | 0.1 | 2023 |
| 158 |  Cameroon | 0.1 | 2022 |
| 159 |  Zimbabwe | 0.1 | 2023 |
| 160 |  Sierra Leone | 0.1 | 2022 |
| 161 |  Tanzania | 0.1 | 2022 |
| 162 |  Senegal | 0.1 | 2023 |
| 163 |  Yemen | 0.1 | 2023 |
| 164 |  The Gambia | 0.1 | 2023 |
| 165 |  Rwanda | 0.1 | 2022 |
| 166 |  Eritrea | 0.1 | 2022 |
| 167 |  Chad | 0.1 | 2023 |
| 168 |  Togo | 0.1 | 2022 |
| 169 |  Burundi | 0.1 | 2022 |
| 170 |  Central African Republic | 0.1 | 2023 |
| 171 |  Papua New Guinea | 0.1 | 2023 |
| 172 |  Malawi | 0.1 | 2022 |
| 173 |  South Sudan | 0 | 2022 |
| 174 |  Niger | 0 | 2023 |
Frequently Asked Questions
Which country has the highest physicians (per 1,000 people) in 2021?
Cuba ranks #1 with physicians (per 1,000 people) of 9.5 as of 2021, based on data from the World Bank World Development Indicators.
Which country has the lowest physicians (per 1,000 people)?
Niger ranks last (#174) with 0 as of 2021.
What is the global median for physicians (per 1,000 people)?
The median value is 1.7 (Peru, ranked #88 out of 174 countries).
How many countries report data for physicians (per 1,000 people)?
174 countries have available data for physicians (per 1,000 people). Data is sourced from the World Bank World Development Indicators and updated regularly.
What category does physicians (per 1,000 people) belong to?
Physicians (per 1,000 people) is classified under the "Health" category. Statistics of the World tracks 337 indicators across 27 categories.