Physicians per 10,000 people
Physicians per 10,000 population: generalists, specialist medical practitioners and medical doctors not further defined (ISCO-08 codes 221, 2211 and 2212), as reported to WHO's National Health Workforce Accounts, divided by the national population. Depending on the country's source, the count covers practising physicians only or all registered physicians.
Countries count practising or registered physicians and do not report every year, so compare countries with care. WHO revises these series, past years included, when new national reports or estimates come in, so values can change between retrievals.
Key facts
- Physicians per 10,000 people in the United States was 26.54 per 10,000 people in 2022, according to World Health Organization.
- Cuba had the highest physicians per 10,000 people of 145 countries in 2020, at 92.91 per 10,000 people, and Niger the lowest, at 0.35 per 10,000 people. Source: World Health Organization.
- Published for 194 places, with figures from 1990 to 2024.
Rankings
Countries by physicians per 10,000 people, 2020
Places with data
Countries
- India
- China
- United States
- Indonesia
- Pakistan
- Nigeria
- Brazil
- Bangladesh
- Russia
- Ethiopia
- Sudan
- Sweden
- Namibia
- Germany
- Singapore
- Bulgaria
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