Physicians
per 1,000 people · higher ranks first
187 of 216 countries report a figure for physicians
World average: 2.1 /1,000
| Rank | Country | Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Cuba | 9.5 /1,000 | 2021 | |
| #2 | Monaco | 8.6 /1,000 | 2020 | |
| #3 | Seychelles | 6.6 /1,000 | 2022 | |
| #4 | Greece | 6.6 /1,000 | 2022 | |
| #5 | Portugal | 5.9 /1,000 | 2022 | |
| #6 | Georgia | 5.6 /1,000 | 2023 | |
| #7 | Austria | 5.5 /1,000 | 2023 | |
| #8 | Russia | 5.1 /1,000 | 2022 | |
| #9 | Argentina | 5.1 /1,000 | 2023 | |
| #10 | Andorra | 5.1 /1,000 | 2023 | |
| #11 | Norway | 5.0 /1,000 | 2023 | |
| #12 | Belarus | 4.7 /1,000 | 2023 | |
| #13 | Uruguay | 4.7 /1,000 | 2022 | |
| #14 | San Marino | 4.6 /1,000 | 2023 | |
| #15 | Germany | 4.5 /1,000 | 2022 | |
| #16 | Malta | 4.5 /1,000 | 2022 | |
| #17 | Denmark | 4.5 /1,000 | 2021 | |
| #18 | Switzerland | 4.5 /1,000 | 2022 | |
| #19 | Lithuania | 4.5 /1,000 | 2022 | |
| #20 | Sweden | 4.4 /1,000 | 2021 | |
| #21 | Iceland | 4.4 /1,000 | 2023 | |
| #22 | Czech Republic | 4.4 /1,000 | 2022 | |
| #23 | Bulgaria | 4.3 /1,000 | 2022 | |
| #24 | Spain | 4.3 /1,000 | 2022 | |
| #25 | Saint Lucia | 4.2 /1,000 | 2020 | |
| #26 | Italy | 4.2 /1,000 | 2022 | |
| #27 | Trinidad and Tobago | 4.2 /1,000 | 2021 | |
| #28 | Mongolia | 4.1 /1,000 | 2022 | |
| #29 | Australia | 4.1 /1,000 | 2022 | |
| #30 | Poland | 4.0 /1,000 | 2023 | |
| #31 | Moldova | 4.0 /1,000 | 2023 | |
| #32 | Croatia | 3.9 /1,000 | 2022 | |
| #33 | Paraguay | 3.9 /1,000 | 2022 | |
| #34 | Kingdom of the Netherlands | 3.9 /1,000 | 2022 | |
| #35 | Ireland | 3.9 /1,000 | 2023 | |
| #36 | Israel | 3.8 /1,000 | 2023 | |
| #37 | Kazakhstan | 3.8 /1,000 | 2023 | |
| #38 | Slovakia | 3.7 /1,000 | 2022 | |
| #39 | United States | 3.7 /1,000 | 2022 | |
| #40 | North Korea | 3.6 /1,000 | 2017 | |
| #41 | Romania | 3.6 /1,000 | 2022 | |
| #42 | New Zealand | 3.6 /1,000 | 2022 | |
| #43 | Finland | 3.6 /1,000 | 2021 | |
| #44 | Belgium | 3.6 /1,000 | 2022 | |
| #45 | Cyprus | 3.6 /1,000 | 2022 | |
| #46 | Ukraine | 3.5 /1,000 | 2023 | |
| #47 | Estonia | 3.5 /1,000 | 2022 | |
| #48 | Hungary | 3.5 /1,000 | 2022 | |
| #49 | Saudi Arabia | 3.4 /1,000 | 2023 | |
| #50 | Latvia | 3.4 /1,000 | 2022 | |
| #51 | Slovenia | 3.4 /1,000 | 2022 | |
| #52 | Armenia | 3.4 /1,000 | 2022 | |
| #53 | Chile | 3.3 /1,000 | 2023 | |
| #54 | United Kingdom | 3.3 /1,000 | 2023 | |
| #55 | France | 3.3 /1,000 | 2022 | |
| #56 | Azerbaijan | 3.2 /1,000 | 2022 | |
| #57 | People's Republic of China | 3.1 /1,000 | 2022 | |
| #58 | Serbia | 3.1 /1,000 | 2022 | |
| #59 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 3.1 /1,000 | 2018 | |
| #60 | Qatar | 3.0 /1,000 | 2023 | |
| #61 | United Arab Emirates | 3.0 /1,000 | 2023 | |
| #62 | Luxembourg | 3.0 /1,000 | 2017 | |
| #63 | Barbados | 3.0 /1,000 | 2022 | |
| #64 | North Macedonia | 2.9 /1,000 | 2022 | |
| #65 | Antigua and Barbuda | 2.9 /1,000 | 2017 | |
| #66 | Jordan | 2.9 /1,000 | 2022 | |
| #67 | Singapore | 2.8 /1,000 | 2022 | |
| #68 | Canada | 2.8 /1,000 | 2023 | |
| #69 | Uzbekistan | 2.8 /1,000 | 2021 | |
| #70 | Montenegro | 2.8 /1,000 | 2023 | |
| #71 | Costa Rica | 2.7 /1,000 | 2022 | |
| #72 | Lebanon | 2.7 /1,000 | 2020 | |
| #73 | Japan | 2.6 /1,000 | 2022 | |
| #74 | South Korea | 2.6 /1,000 | 2022 | |
| #75 | Mexico | 2.6 /1,000 | 2022 | |
| #76 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2.6 /1,000 | 2019 | |
| #77 | Colombia | 2.5 /1,000 | 2023 | |
| #78 | Dominican Republic | 2.4 /1,000 | 2023 | |
| #79 | Brazil | 2.4 /1,000 | 2023 | |
| #80 | Malaysia | 2.3 /1,000 | 2023 | |
| #81 | Ecuador | 2.3 /1,000 | 2020 | |
| #82 | Kuwait | 2.3 /1,000 | 2020 | |
| #83 | Turkey | 2.2 /1,000 | 2022 | |
| #84 | Maldives | 2.2 /1,000 | 2019 | |
| #85 | Palestine | 2.2 /1,000 | 2018 | |
| #86 | Libya | 2.0 /1,000 | 2017 | |
| #87 | Oman | 2.0 /1,000 | 2022 | |
| #88 | Turkmenistan | 1.9 /1,000 | 2023 | |
| #89 | The Bahamas | 1.9 /1,000 | 2017 | |
| #90 | Brunei | 1.9 /1,000 | 2021 | |
| #91 | Albania | 1.9 /1,000 | 2020 | |
| #92 | Tajikistan | 1.9 /1,000 | 2023 | |
| #93 | Iran | 1.8 /1,000 | 2023 | |
| #94 | Palau | 1.8 /1,000 | 2023 | |
| #95 | Peru | 1.7 /1,000 | 2023 | |
| #96 | Venezuela | 1.7 /1,000 | 2017 | |
| #97 | Algeria | 1.7 /1,000 | 2022 | |
| #98 | Panama | 1.6 /1,000 | 2022 | |
| #99 | El Salvador | 1.6 /1,000 | 2023 | |
| #100 | Kyrgyzstan | 1.6 /1,000 | 2023 | |
| #101 | Syria | 1.5 /1,000 | 2021 | |
| #102 | Mauritius | 1.4 /1,000 | 2022 | |
| #103 | Guyana | 1.4 /1,000 | 2020 | |
| #104 | Grenada | 1.4 /1,000 | 2018 | |
| #105 | Suriname | 1.4 /1,000 | 2023 | |
| #106 | Tuvalu | 1.3 /1,000 | 2020 | |
| #107 | Tunisia | 1.3 /1,000 | 2021 | |
| #108 | Bolivia | 1.3 /1,000 | 2021 | |
| #109 | Guatemala | 1.3 /1,000 | 2020 | |
| #110 | Pakistan | 1.2 /1,000 | 2021 | |
| #111 | Dominica | 1.2 /1,000 | 2018 | |
| #112 | Sri Lanka | 1.1 /1,000 | 2023 | |
| #113 | Vietnam | 1.1 /1,000 | 2021 | |
| #114 | Belize | 1.1 /1,000 | 2018 | |
| #115 | Iraq | 1.0 /1,000 | 2022 | |
| #116 | Tonga | 1.0 /1,000 | 2021 | |
| #117 | Nepal | 1.0 /1,000 | 2023 | |
| #118 | Federated States of Micronesia | 1.0 /1,000 | 2020 | |
| #119 | South Africa | 0.8 /1,000 | 2022 | |
| #120 | Philippines | 0.8 /1,000 | 2021 | |
| #121 | Myanmar | 0.8 /1,000 | 2019 | |
| #122 | Timor-Leste | 0.8 /1,000 | 2020 | |
| #123 | Bahrain | 0.7 /1,000 | 2020 | |
| #124 | Morocco | 0.7 /1,000 | 2021 | |
| #125 | Cape Verde | 0.7 /1,000 | 2023 | |
| #126 | India | 0.7 /1,000 | 2020 | |
| #127 | Bangladesh | 0.7 /1,000 | 2023 | |
| #128 | Nicaragua | 0.7 /1,000 | 2018 | |
| #129 | Egypt | 0.7 /1,000 | 2020 | |
| #130 | Samoa | 0.6 /1,000 | 2021 | |
| #131 | Eswatini | 0.6 /1,000 | 2023 | |
| #132 | Bhutan | 0.6 /1,000 | 2022 | |
| #133 | Namibia | 0.6 /1,000 | 2022 | |
| #134 | Thailand | 0.5 /1,000 | 2021 | |
| #135 | Indonesia | 0.5 /1,000 | 2023 | |
| #136 | Gabon | 0.5 /1,000 | 2022 | |
| #137 | Honduras | 0.5 /1,000 | 2020 | |
| #138 | São Tomé and Príncipe | 0.5 /1,000 | 2022 | |
| #139 | Jamaica | 0.5 /1,000 | 2023 | |
| #140 | Comoros | 0.4 /1,000 | 2022 | |
| #141 | Nigeria | 0.4 /1,000 | 2023 | |
| #142 | Botswana | 0.4 /1,000 | 2023 | |
| #143 | Laos | 0.3 /1,000 | 2022 | |
| #144 | Zambia | 0.3 /1,000 | 2022 | |
| #145 | Afghanistan | 0.3 /1,000 | 2023 | |
| #146 | Haiti | 0.3 /1,000 | 2022 | |
| #147 | Kenya | 0.3 /1,000 | 2023 | |
| #148 | Ghana | 0.3 /1,000 | 2023 | |
| #149 | Mauritania | 0.3 /1,000 | 2022 | |
| #150 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.3 /1,000 | 2022 | |
| #151 | Sudan | 0.3 /1,000 | 2017 | |
| #152 | Angola | 0.2 /1,000 | 2022 | |
| #153 | Solomon Islands | 0.2 /1,000 | 2023 | |
| #154 | Lesotho | 0.2 /1,000 | 2022 | |
| #155 | Benin | 0.2 /1,000 | 2023 | |
| #156 | Cambodia | 0.2 /1,000 | 2019 | |
| #157 | Djibouti | 0.2 /1,000 | 2022 | |
| #158 | Guinea | 0.2 /1,000 | 2022 | |
| #159 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 0.2 /1,000 | 2022 | |
| #160 | Uganda | 0.2 /1,000 | 2022 | |
| #161 | Mali | 0.2 /1,000 | 2023 | |
| #162 | Liberia | 0.2 /1,000 | 2022 | |
| #163 | Mozambique | 0.2 /1,000 | 2022 | |
| #164 | Republic of the Congo | 0.2 /1,000 | 2022 | |
| #165 | Madagascar | 0.2 /1,000 | 2022 | |
| #166 | Ivory Coast | 0.2 /1,000 | 2023 | |
| #167 | Vanuatu | 0.2 /1,000 | 2019 | |
| #168 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.2 /1,000 | 2022 | |
| #169 | Burkina Faso | 0.1 /1,000 | 2022 | |
| #170 | Ethiopia | 0.1 /1,000 | 2023 | |
| #171 | Cameroon | 0.1 /1,000 | 2022 | |
| #172 | Zimbabwe | 0.1 /1,000 | 2023 | |
| #173 | Sierra Leone | 0.1 /1,000 | 2022 | |
| #174 | Tanzania | 0.1 /1,000 | 2022 | |
| #175 | Senegal | 0.1 /1,000 | 2023 | |
| #176 | Yemen | 0.1 /1,000 | 2023 | |
| #177 | The Gambia | 0.1 /1,000 | 2023 | |
| #178 | Rwanda | 0.1 /1,000 | 2022 | |
| #179 | Eritrea | 0.1 /1,000 | 2022 | |
| #180 | Chad | 0.1 /1,000 | 2023 | |
| #181 | Togo | 0.1 /1,000 | 2022 | |
| #182 | Burundi | 0.1 /1,000 | 2022 | |
| #183 | Central African Republic | 0.1 /1,000 | 2023 | |
| #184 | Papua New Guinea | 0.1 /1,000 | 2023 | |
| #185 | Malawi | 0.1 /1,000 | 2022 | |
| #186 | South Sudan | 0.0 /1,000 | 2022 | |
| #187 | Niger | 0.0 /1,000 | 2023 | |
| — | American Samoa | — | — | |
| — | Aruba | — | — | |
| — | Bermuda | — | — | |
| — | British Virgin Islands | — | — | |
| — | Cayman Islands | — | — | |
| — | Curaçao | — | — | |
| — | Faroe Islands | — | — | |
| — | Fiji | — | — | |
| — | French Polynesia | — | — | |
| — | Gibraltar | — | — | |
| — | Greenland | — | — | |
| — | Guam | — | — | |
| — | Hong Kong | — | — | |
| — | Isle of Man | — | — | |
| — | Kiribati | — | — | |
| — | Kosovo | — | — | |
| — | Liechtenstein | — | — | |
| — | Macau | — | — | |
| — | Marshall Islands | — | — | |
| — | Nauru | — | — | |
| — | New Caledonia | — | — | |
| — | Northern Mariana Islands | — | — | |
| — | Puerto Rico | — | — | |
| — | Sint Maarten | — | — | |
| — | Somalia | — | — | |
| — | Saint-Martin | — | — | |
| — | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | — | — | |
| — | Turks and Caicos Islands | — | — | |
| — | United States Virgin Islands | — | — |
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)