Physicians

per 1,000 people · OBSERVED 2014–2023

Practising physicians per 1,000 people, from the most recent year a count was reported.

Nations ranked
174
Highest
9.54
Lowest
0.04
Observed
2014–2023

This table mixes vintages: each publisher carries a nation’s latest available year, so the observations here run from 2014 to 2023 — every row shows its own.

Press a row — the specimen turns over to its label. Bars are drawn to the highest value. Highest, not best: this page orders figures, it does not grade nations.

  1. 01 Cuba
    9.54 2021
    Observed 2021 · WHO / World Bank
  2. 8.61 2020
    Observed 2020 · WHO / World Bank
  3. 6.60 2022
    Observed 2022 · WHO / World Bank
  4. 6.58 2022
    Observed 2022 · WHO / World Bank
  5. 5.85 2022
    Observed 2022 · WHO / World Bank
  6. 5.64 2023
    Observed 2023 · WHO / World Bank
  7. 5.51 2023
    Observed 2023 · WHO / World Bank
  8. 5.11 2022
    Observed 2022 · WHO / World Bank
  9. 5.11 2023
    Observed 2023 · WHO / World Bank
  10. 5.07 2023
    Observed 2023 · WHO / World Bank
  11. 4.97 2023
    Observed 2023 · WHO / World Bank
  12. 4.72 2023
    Observed 2023 · WHO / World Bank
  13. 4.67 2022
    Observed 2022 · WHO / World Bank
  14. 4.63 2023
    Observed 2023 · WHO / World Bank
  15. 4.53 2022
    Observed 2022 · WHO / World Bank
  16. 4.51 2022
    Observed 2022 · WHO / World Bank
  17. 4.50 2021
    Observed 2021 · WHO / World Bank
  18. 4.48 2022
    Observed 2022 · WHO / World Bank
  19. 4.47 2022
    Observed 2022 · WHO / World Bank
  20. 4.41 2021
    Observed 2021 · WHO / World Bank
  21. 4.37 2023
    Observed 2023 · WHO / World Bank
  22. 4.35 2022
    Observed 2022 · WHO / World Bank
  23. 4.33 2022
    Observed 2022 · WHO / World Bank
  24. 4.29 2022
    Observed 2022 · WHO / World Bank
  25. 4.19 2022
    Observed 2022 · WHO / World Bank
  26. Observed 2021 · WHO / World Bank
  27. 4.13 2022
    Observed 2022 · WHO / World Bank
  28. 4.09 2022
    Observed 2022 · WHO / World Bank
  29. 4.03 2023
    Observed 2023 · WHO / World Bank
  30. 4.02 2023
    Observed 2023 · WHO / World Bank
  31. 3.91 2022
    Observed 2022 · WHO / World Bank
  32. 3.89 2022
    Observed 2022 · WHO / World Bank
  33. 3.88 2022
    Observed 2022 · WHO / World Bank
  34. 3.88 2023
    Observed 2023 · WHO / World Bank
  35. 3.75 2023
    Observed 2023 · WHO / World Bank
  36. 3.70 2022
    Observed 2022 · WHO / World Bank
  37. 3.68 2022
    Observed 2022 · WHO / World Bank
  38. 3.63 2017
    Observed 2017 · WHO / World Bank
  39. 3.63 2022
    Observed 2022 · WHO / World Bank
  40. 3.61 2022
    Observed 2022 · WHO / World Bank
  41. 3.61 2021
    Observed 2021 · WHO / World Bank
  42. 3.57 2022
    Observed 2022 · WHO / World Bank
  43. 3.56 2022
    Observed 2022 · WHO / World Bank
  44. 3.53 2023
    Observed 2023 · WHO / World Bank
  45. 3.47 2022
    Observed 2022 · WHO / World Bank
  46. 3.46 2022
    Observed 2022 · WHO / World Bank
  47. 3.41 2023
    Observed 2023 · WHO / World Bank
  48. 3.40 2022
    Observed 2022 · WHO / World Bank
  49. 3.37 2022
    Observed 2022 · WHO / World Bank
  50. 3.36 2022
    Observed 2022 · WHO / World Bank
  51. 3.33 2023
    Observed 2023 · WHO / World Bank
  52. 3.30 2023
    Observed 2023 · WHO / World Bank
  53. 3.28 2022
    Observed 2022 · WHO / World Bank
  54. 3.19 2022
    Observed 2022 · WHO / World Bank
  55. 3.11 2022
    Observed 2022 · WHO / World Bank
  56. 3.10 2022
    Observed 2022 · WHO / World Bank
  57. 3.02 2023
    Observed 2023 · WHO / World Bank
  58. Observed 2023 · WHO / World Bank
  59. 2.98 2017
    Observed 2017 · WHO / World Bank
  60. 2.94 2022
    Observed 2022 · WHO / World Bank
  61. 2.85 2022
    Observed 2022 · WHO / World Bank
  62. 2.82 2023
    Observed 2023 · WHO / World Bank
  63. 2.81 2021
    Observed 2021 · WHO / World Bank
  64. 2.78 2023
    Observed 2023 · WHO / World Bank
  65. 2.69 2022
    Observed 2022 · WHO / World Bank
  66. 2.68 2020
    Observed 2020 · WHO / World Bank
  67. 2.65 2022
    Observed 2022 · WHO / World Bank
  68. 2.61 2022
    Observed 2022 · WHO / World Bank
  69. 2.59 2022
    Observed 2022 · WHO / World Bank
  70. Observed 2019 · WHO / World Bank
  71. 2.54 2023
    Observed 2023 · WHO / World Bank
  72. 2.43 2023
    Observed 2023 · WHO / World Bank
  73. 2.36 2023
    Observed 2023 · WHO / World Bank
  74. 2.34 2023
    Observed 2023 · WHO / World Bank
  75. 2.31 2020
    Observed 2020 · WHO / World Bank
  76. 2.27 2020
    Observed 2020 · WHO / World Bank
  77. 2.24 2022
    Observed 2022 · WHO / World Bank
  78. 2.17 2018
    Observed 2018 · WHO / World Bank
  79. 2.04 2017
    Observed 2017 · WHO / World Bank
  80. 80 Oman
    1.99 2022
    Observed 2022 · WHO / World Bank
  81. 1.93 2023
    Observed 2023 · WHO / World Bank
  82. 1.90 2017
    Observed 2017 · WHO / World Bank
  83. 1.89 2021
    Observed 2021 · WHO / World Bank
  84. 1.88 2020
    Observed 2020 · WHO / World Bank
  85. 1.87 2023
    Observed 2023 · WHO / World Bank
  86. 86 Iran
    1.81 2023
    Observed 2023 · WHO / World Bank
  87. 87 Peru
    1.69 2023
    Observed 2023 · WHO / World Bank
  88. 1.66 2017
    Observed 2017 · WHO / World Bank
  89. 1.66 2022
    Observed 2022 · WHO / World Bank
  90. 1.63 2022
    Observed 2022 · WHO / World Bank
  91. 1.62 2023
    Observed 2023 · WHO / World Bank
  92. 1.57 2023
    Observed 2023 · WHO / World Bank
  93. 1.52 2021
    Observed 2021 · WHO / World Bank
  94. 1.44 2022
    Observed 2022 · WHO / World Bank
  95. 1.39 2020
    Observed 2020 · WHO / World Bank
  96. 1.35 2023
    Observed 2023 · WHO / World Bank
  97. 1.31 2021
    Observed 2021 · WHO / World Bank
  98. 1.28 2021
    Observed 2021 · WHO / World Bank
  99. 1.28 2020
    Observed 2020 · WHO / World Bank
  100. 1.16 2021
    Observed 2021 · WHO / World Bank
  101. 1.14 2023
    Observed 2023 · WHO / World Bank
  102. 1.11 2021
    Observed 2021 · WHO / World Bank
  103. 103 Belize
    1.09 2018
    Observed 2018 · WHO / World Bank
  104. 104 Iraq
    1.02 2022
    Observed 2022 · WHO / World Bank
  105. 105 Nepal
    1.01 2023
    Observed 2023 · WHO / World Bank
  106. 106 Fiji
    0.81 2015
    Observed 2015 · WHO / World Bank
  107. 0.79 2022
    Observed 2022 · WHO / World Bank
  108. 0.79 2021
    Observed 2021 · WHO / World Bank
  109. 0.76 2019
    Observed 2019 · WHO / World Bank
  110. 0.75 2020
    Observed 2020 · WHO / World Bank
  111. 0.74 2021
    Observed 2021 · WHO / World Bank
  112. 0.73 2023
    Observed 2023 · WHO / World Bank
  113. 113 India
    0.72 2020
    Observed 2020 · WHO / World Bank
  114. 0.72 2023
    Observed 2023 · WHO / World Bank
  115. 0.68 2018
    Observed 2018 · WHO / World Bank
  116. 116 Egypt
    0.67 2020
    Observed 2020 · WHO / World Bank
  117. 0.56 2023
    Observed 2023 · WHO / World Bank
  118. 118 Bhutan
    0.55 2022
    Observed 2022 · WHO / World Bank
  119. 0.55 2022
    Observed 2022 · WHO / World Bank
  120. 0.54 2021
    Observed 2021 · WHO / World Bank
  121. 0.52 2023
    Observed 2023 · WHO / World Bank
  122. 122 Gabon
    0.52 2022
    Observed 2022 · WHO / World Bank
  123. 0.49 2020
    Observed 2020 · WHO / World Bank
  124. Observed 2022 · WHO / World Bank
  125. 0.46 2023
    Observed 2023 · WHO / World Bank
  126. 0.42 2022
    Observed 2022 · WHO / World Bank
  127. 0.38 2023
    Observed 2023 · WHO / World Bank
  128. 0.38 2023
    Observed 2023 · WHO / World Bank
  129. 129 Laos
    0.33 2022
    Observed 2022 · WHO / World Bank
  130. 130 Zambia
    0.32 2022
    Observed 2022 · WHO / World Bank
  131. 0.32 2023
    Observed 2023 · WHO / World Bank
  132. 132 Haiti
    0.29 2022
    Observed 2022 · WHO / World Bank
  133. 133 Kenya
    0.29 2023
    Observed 2023 · WHO / World Bank
  134. 134 Ghana
    0.27 2023
    Observed 2023 · WHO / World Bank
  135. 0.26 2022
    Observed 2022 · WHO / World Bank
  136. 0.25 2022
    Observed 2022 · WHO / World Bank
  137. 137 Sudan
    0.25 2017
    Observed 2017 · WHO / World Bank
  138. 138 Angola
    0.24 2022
    Observed 2022 · WHO / World Bank
  139. 0.24 2023
    Observed 2023 · WHO / World Bank
  140. 0.23 2022
    Observed 2022 · WHO / World Bank
  141. 141 Benin
    0.22 2023
    Observed 2023 · WHO / World Bank
  142. 0.21 2019
    Observed 2019 · WHO / World Bank
  143. 0.21 2022
    Observed 2022 · WHO / World Bank
  144. 144 Guinea
    0.21 2022
    Observed 2022 · WHO / World Bank
  145. 0.21 2022
    Observed 2022 · WHO / World Bank
  146. 146 Uganda
    0.19 2022
    Observed 2022 · WHO / World Bank
  147. 147 Mali
    0.19 2023
    Observed 2023 · WHO / World Bank
  148. 0.18 2022
    Observed 2022 · WHO / World Bank
  149. 0.17 2022
    Observed 2022 · WHO / World Bank
  150. 150 Congo
    0.17 2022
    Observed 2022 · WHO / World Bank
  151. 0.17 2022
    Observed 2022 · WHO / World Bank
  152. 0.17 2023
    Observed 2023 · WHO / World Bank
  153. 0.16 2019
    Observed 2019 · WHO / World Bank
  154. 0.15 2022
    Observed 2022 · WHO / World Bank
  155. 0.15 2022
    Observed 2022 · WHO / World Bank
  156. 0.14 2023
    Observed 2023 · WHO / World Bank
  157. 0.14 2022
    Observed 2022 · WHO / World Bank
  158. 0.14 2023
    Observed 2023 · WHO / World Bank
  159. 0.13 2022
    Observed 2022 · WHO / World Bank
  160. 0.13 2022
    Observed 2022 · WHO / World Bank
  161. 0.11 2023
    Observed 2023 · WHO / World Bank
  162. 162 Yemen
    0.10 2023
    Observed 2023 · WHO / World Bank
  163. 163 Gambia
    0.09 2023
    Observed 2023 · WHO / World Bank
  164. 163 Rwanda
    0.09 2022
    Observed 2022 · WHO / World Bank
  165. 0.09 2022
    Observed 2022 · WHO / World Bank
  166. 166 Chad
    0.09 2023
    Observed 2023 · WHO / World Bank
  167. 167 Togo
    0.08 2022
    Observed 2022 · WHO / World Bank
  168. 0.08 2022
    Observed 2022 · WHO / World Bank
  169. Observed 2023 · WHO / World Bank
  170. 0.06 2023
    Observed 2023 · WHO / World Bank
  171. 171 Malawi
    0.05 2022
    Observed 2022 · WHO / World Bank
  172. 0.05 2014
    Observed 2014 · WHO / World Bank
  173. 0.04 2022
    Observed 2022 · WHO / World Bank
  174. 174 Niger
    0.04 2023
    Observed 2023 · WHO / World Bank

Not observed

12 nations publish no figure for this indicator in the sources below. Absence is a fact about the world’s statistical apparatus, not a zero — these nations hold their place as hatched gaps, and a gap has no underside to turn over.

  • AntarcticaNOT OBSERVED

    Antarctica has no permanent population and no national government — it is administered under the Antarctic Treaty. No statistical agency compiles national indicators for it, so there is nothing here to report.

  • Falkland IslandsNOT OBSERVED

    The Falkland Islands are a British Overseas Territory, administered by the United Kingdom; sovereignty is disputed by Argentina. They are not a separate reporting entity in World Bank datasets.

  • The French Southern and Antarctic Lands have no permanent civilian population. They are administered from Réunion as an overseas territory of France and are not a separate reporting entity in international datasets.

  • GreenlandNOT OBSERVED
  • KosovoNOT OBSERVED
  • LiechtensteinNOT OBSERVED
  • New CaledoniaNOT OBSERVED
  • Northern CyprusNOT OBSERVED

    Northern Cyprus is recognised as a state by Türkiye alone. It is not a member of the United Nations or the World Bank, and does not appear as a separate entity in the datasets these indicators are drawn from.

  • Puerto RicoNOT OBSERVED
  • SomalilandNOT OBSERVED

    Somaliland declared independence in 1991 and has not been recognised by the United Nations or any member state. Where its figures are collected at all, they are reported within Somalia's.

  • TaiwanNOT OBSERVED

    Taiwan is not a member of the United Nations, and is excluded from the World Bank and UN series that supply most of this dossier. Its own statistical agencies publish extensively.

  • Vatican CityNOT OBSERVED

    Vatican City has a resident population of a few hundred and does not compile the economic and social series these indicators are drawn from.

Source

Global Health Observatory (WHO, via World Bank WDI) — WHO / World Bank · CC BY 4.0 · accessed 2026-08-14.

Table assembled 2026-08-14 from each nation’s latest published observation. The same figure, with the same source, sits on each nation’s dossier. Gaps render as absences, never as zeros.