Countries by physicians per 10,000 people
Cuba had the highest physicians per 10,000 people of 141 countries in 2017, at 81.87 per 10,000 people. Niger had the lowest, at 0.22 per 10,000 people. The median was 20.69 per 10,000 people. Source: World Health Organization.
Top 40 countries, 2017
Full ranking
| Rank | Countries | 2017 | Change on 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cuba | 81.87 | +2.3% |
| 2 | Georgia | 64.78 | +2% |
| 3 | Saint Lucia | 62.45 | +10.1% |
| 4 | Greece | 60.67 | -0.9% |
| 5 | Austria | 51.56 | +1% |
| 6 | Portugal | 51.03 | +3.5% |
| 7 | Argentina | 50.81 | +1.4% |
| 8 | Uruguay | 50.1 | +25% |
| 9 | Lithuania | 45.55 | +2% |
| 10 | Belarus | 44.27 | +1.3% |
| 11 | Norway | 43.46 | +3% |
| 12 | Switzerland | 42.97 | +1.1% |
| 13 | Sweden | 42.69 | +0.9% |
| 14 | Germany | 42.26 | +1.4% |
| 15 | Bulgaria | 41.84 | +1.9% |
| 16 | Andorra | 41.19 | +1.5% |
| 17 | Denmark | 41.09 | +2.8% |
| 18 | Russia | 40.58 | +2.4% |
| 19 | Italy | 39.99 | +0.9% |
| 20 | Malta | 39.65 | +3.6% |
| 21 | Moldova | 38.96 | +1% |
| 22 | Iceland | 38.72 | +0.6% |
| 23 | Spain | 38.54 | +1.3% |
| 24 | Australia | 36.56 | +2.8% |
| 25 | North Korea | 36.28 | -0.5% |
| 26 | Kazakhstan | 36 | -2.9% |
| 27 | Netherlands | 35.65 | +1.8% |
| 28 | Estonia | 34.68 | +0.3% |
| 29 | Israel | 34.3 | +0.2% |
| 30 | Slovakia | 34.23 | -1.5% |
| 31 | Mongolia | 34.07 | +3.6% |
| 32 | Croatia | 34.04 | +4.3% |
| 33 | Hungary | 33.26 | +3.5% |
| 34 | Ireland | 32.56 | +2% |
| 35 | New Zealand | 32.53 | +4.4% |
| 36 | Trinidad and Tobago | 32.22 | |
| 37 | France | 32.17 | +0.5% |
| 38 | Latvia | 32.05 | -0.2% |
| 39 | North Macedonia | 32.04 | +1.2% |
| 40 | Azerbaijan | 31.97 | -2% |
| 41 | Slovenia | 31.07 | +2.9% |
| 42 | Belgium | 30.83 | +0.3% |
| 43 | Luxembourg | 29.84 | +3.5% |
| 44 | Serbia | 29.37 | +0.4% |
| 45 | Antigua and Barbuda | 29.17 | |
| 46 | Romania | 29.12 | +2.9% |
| 47 | Armenia | 29.08 | +0.7% |
| 48 | United Kingdom | 28.02 | +1% |
| 49 | Finland | 27.61 | +0.5% |
| 50 | Saudi Arabia | 26.76 | +8.5% |
| 51 | Montenegro | 26.75 | +3.3% |
| 52 | Kuwait | 26.63 | +4.2% |
| 53 | Cyprus | 26.51 | +2.2% |
| 54 | United States | 25.56 | +0.6% |
| 55 | Barbados | 25.41 | |
| 56 | United Arab Emirates | 25.02 | +1.8% |
| 57 | Chile | 24.3 | +6.3% |
| 58 | Mexico | 24.09 | +2.7% |
| 59 | Qatar | 23.89 | -13.2% |
| 60 | Poland | 23.6 | -1.5% |
| 61 | South Korea | 23.43 | +2.3% |
| 62 | Uzbekistan | 22.7 | -1.2% |
| 63 | Mauritius | 22.68 | +5.8% |
| 64 | Singapore | 22.63 | +2.3% |
| 65 | Lebanon | 22.42 | +5% |
| 66 | Ecuador | 22.25 | +8.3% |
| 67 | Jordan | 22.22 | |
| 68 | Brazil | 21.98 | |
| 69 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 21.63 | +0.8% |
| 70 | Costa Rica | 21.01 | +7.5% |
| 71 | Colombia | 20.69 | +4.5% |
| 72 | Libya | 20.42 | |
| 73 | Oman | 20.13 | +2.5% |
| 74 | China | 20.03 | +6.1% |
| 75 | Turkmenistan | 19.69 | +0.5% |
| 76 | Palau | 19.1 | |
| 77 | Bahamas | 18.95 | |
| 78 | Maldives | 18.94 | +43.5% |
| 79 | Algeria | 18.91 | +3.1% |
| 80 | Kyrgyzstan | 18.35 | -1% |
| 81 | Türkiye | 18.05 | +1.7% |
| 82 | Malaysia | 17.87 | +13.4% |
| 83 | Tajikistan | 17.85 | +1.8% |
| 84 | Venezuela | 16.64 | |
| 85 | Panama | 15.89 | +1% |
| 86 | Brunei | 15.78 | |
| 87 | Syria | 14.68 | -3.5% |
| 88 | Grenada | 13.52 | |
| 89 | Peru | 13.03 | +0.6% |
| 90 | Tunisia | 12.78 | +5.3% |
| 91 | Dominica | 11.68 | |
| 92 | Suriname | 11.39 | +4.8% |
| 93 | Belize | 11.31 | |
| 94 | Iran | 10.71 | |
| 95 | Bolivia | 10.16 | -35.2% |
| 96 | Nicaragua | 10 | +3.6% |
| 97 | Pakistan | 9.32 | +4.7% |
| 98 | Myanmar | 8.89 | +39.3% |
| 99 | Sri Lanka | 8.87 | +3.6% |
| 100 | Iraq | 8 | +13.2% |
| 101 | Vietnam | 7.81 | -5.3% |
| 102 | South Africa | 7.75 | +2.9% |
| 103 | India | 7.66 | +2.4% |
| 104 | Bahrain | 7.6 | -8.4% |
| 105 | Timor-Leste | 7.45 | |
| 106 | Egypt | 7.43 | -2.6% |
| 107 | Nepal | 6.81 | |
| 108 | Philippines | 6.6 | +4.6% |
| 109 | Cape Verde | 6.59 | -17.2% |
| 109 | Morocco | 6.59 | +3.5% |
| 111 | Gabon | 6.53 | +92.1% |
| 112 | Namibia | 5.67 | |
| 113 | Bangladesh | 5.35 | +9.4% |
| 114 | Thailand | 4.97 | +11.9% |
| 115 | Laos | 4.4 | +18.6% |
| 116 | Indonesia | 3.73 | |
| 117 | Equatorial Guinea | 3.25 | |
| 118 | Bhutan | 3.1 | -22.5% |
| 119 | Honduras | 3.04 | -48.4% |
| 120 | Guatemala | 2.86 | |
| 121 | Sudan | 2.5 | |
| 122 | Afghanistan | 2.45 | -13.7% |
| 123 | Angola | 2.12 | |
| 124 | Cambodia | 1.95 | -1% |
| 125 | Mauritania | 1.88 | |
| 126 | Eswatini | 1.8 | +93.5% |
| 127 | Zimbabwe | 1.79 | +4.1% |
| 128 | Uganda | 1.72 | |
| 129 | Rwanda | 1.35 | +12.5% |
| 130 | Mali | 1.13 | -3.4% |
| 131 | Gambia | 0.99 | |
| 132 | Burundi | 0.94 | |
| 133 | Ghana | 0.89 | -27.6% |
| 134 | Burkina Faso | 0.82 | +32.3% |
| 135 | Mozambique | 0.77 | |
| 136 | Togo | 0.72 | +63.6% |
| 137 | Eritrea | 0.71 | -1.4% |
| 138 | Senegal | 0.69 | -10.4% |
| 139 | Liberia | 0.51 | +4.1% |
| 140 | Chad | 0.42 | +16.7% |
| 141 | Niger | 0.22 | -33.3% |
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About this ranking
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.
Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the countries are compared on one definition. 53 countries with data in other periods have no value for 2017 and are left out rather than filled from another source. Equal values share a rank.
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Which country has the highest physicians per 10,000 people?
Cuba, with 81.87 per 10,000 people in 2017, according to World Health Organization.
Which country has the lowest physicians per 10,000 people?
Niger, with 0.22 per 10,000 people in 2017.
Where does this ranking come from?
Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: World Health Organization, Density of physicians (per 10 000 population) (HWF_0001). Retrieved 2026-10-12. 53 countries have no value for 2017 and are not ranked.