FACTOID # 9: Sick people is Switzerland stay in hospital for longer than the people of any other nation - almost 10 days, on average. Switzerland also has the world's highest number of hospital beds per capita.
 
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Health Statistics > Physicians > per 1,000 people (most recent) by country

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Rank   Countries  Amount  Date  
# 1   San Marino: 47.35 per 1,000 people   1990 Time series
# 2   Cuba: 5.91 per 1,000 people   2002 Time series
# 3   Monaco: 5.81 per 1,000 people   1995 Time series
# 4   Saint Lucia: 5.17 per 1,000 people   1999 Time series
# 5   Belarus: 4.55 per 1,000 people   2003 Time series
# 6   Greece: 4.4 per 1,000 people   2001 Time series
# 7   Russia: 4.25 per 1,000 people   2003 Time series
# 8   Italy: 4.2 per 1,000 people   2004 Time series
# 9   Turkmenistan: 4.18 per 1,000 people   2002 Time series
# 10   Georgia: 4.09 per 1,000 people   2003 Time series
# 11   Lithuania: 3.97 per 1,000 people   2003 Time series
# 12   Belgium: 3.9 per 1,000 people   2002 Time series
# 13   Israel: 3.82 per 1,000 people   2003 Time series
# 14   Andorra: 3.7 per 1,000 people   2003 Time series
# 15   Uruguay: 3.65 per 1,000 people   2002 Time series
# 16   Iceland: 3.62 per 1,000 people   2004 Time series
# 17   Switzerland: 3.6 per 1,000 people   2002 Time series
# 18   Armenia: 3.59 per 1,000 people   2003 Time series
# 19   Bulgaria: 3.56 per 1,000 people   2003 Time series
# 20   Azerbaijan: 3.55 per 1,000 people   2003 Time series
# 21   Kazakhstan: 3.54 per 1,000 people   2003 Time series
# 22   Czech Republic: 3.5 per 1,000 people   2003 Time series
= 23   Austria: 3.4 per 1,000 people   2003 Time series
= 23   Germany: 3.4 per 1,000 people   2003 Time series
# 25   France: 3.37 per 1,000 people   2004 Time series
= 26   Portugal: 3.3 per 1,000 people   2003 Time series
= 26   Sweden: 3.3 per 1,000 people   2002 Time series
# 28   Korea, North: 3.29 per 1,000 people   2003 Time series
# 29   Lebanon: 3.25 per 1,000 people   2001 Time series
= 30   Hungary: 3.2 per 1,000 people   2003 Time series
= 30   Spain: 3.2 per 1,000 people   2003 Time series
# 32   Malta: 3.18 per 1,000 people   2003 Time series
# 33   Estonia: 3.16 per 1,000 people   2001 Time series
= 34   Norway: 3.1 per 1,000 people   2003 Time series
= 34   Netherlands: 3.1 per 1,000 people   2003 Time series
= 34   Slovakia: 3.1 per 1,000 people   2003 Time series
= 37   Latvia: 3.01 per 1,000 people   2003 Time series
= 37   Argentina: 3.01 per 1,000 people   1998 Time series
# 39   Ukraine: 2.95 per 1,000 people   2003 Time series
# 40   Denmark: 2.9 per 1,000 people   2002 Time series
# 41   Ireland: 2.79 per 1,000 people   2004 Time series
# 42   Uzbekistan: 2.74 per 1,000 people   2003 Time series
# 43   Luxembourg: 2.7 per 1,000 people   2003 Time series
# 44   Moldova: 2.64 per 1,000 people   2003 Time series
# 45   Mongolia: 2.63 per 1,000 people   2002 Time series
# 46   Finland: 2.6 per 1,000 people   2003 Time series
= 47   Kyrgyzstan: 2.5 per 1,000 people   2004 Time series
= 47   Australia: 2.5 per 1,000 people   2002 Time series
= 47   Poland: 2.5 per 1,000 people   2003 Time series
# 50   Croatia: 2.4 per 1,000 people   2004 Time series
# 51   Cyprus: 2.34 per 1,000 people   2002 Time series
# 52   United States: 2.3 per 1,000 people   2002 Time series
# 53   Slovenia: 2.25 per 1,000 people   2002 Time series
# 54   Qatar: 2.22 per 1,000 people   2001 Time series
= 55   New Zealand: 2.2 per 1,000 people   2003 Time series
= 55   United Kingdom: 2.2 per 1,000 people   2003 Time series
# 57   Macedonia, Republic of: 2.19 per 1,000 people   2001 Time series
# 58   Canada: 2.1 per 1,000 people   2003 Time series
= 59   Serbia and Montenegro: 2.06 per 1,000 people   2002 Time series
= 59   Brazil: 2.06 per 1,000 people   2001 Time series
= 61   Jordan: 2.03 per 1,000 people   2004 Time series
= 61   Tajikistan: 2.03 per 1,000 people   2003 Time series
# 63   United Arab Emirates: 2.02 per 1,000 people   2001 Time series
# 64   Japan: 2 per 1,000 people   2002 Time series
# 65   New Caledonia: 1.98 per 1,000 people   1999 Time series
= 66   Cayman Islands: 1.94 per 1,000 people   1997 Time series
= 66   Venezuela: 1.94 per 1,000 people   2001 Time series
# 68   Romania: 1.9 per 1,000 people   2003 Time series
# 69   Dominican Republic: 1.88 per 1,000 people   2000 Time series
# 70   Bermuda: 1.77 per 1,000 people   1997 Time series
# 71   Puerto Rico: 1.75 per 1,000 people   1995 Time series
# 72   French Polynesia: 1.7 per 1,000 people   2000 Time series
# 73   Virgin Islands: 1.64 per 1,000 people   1995 Time series
# 74   Korea, South: 1.6 per 1,000 people   2003 Time series
# 75   Macau: 1.56 per 1,000 people   1987 Time series
# 76   Kuwait: 1.53 per 1,000 people   2001 Time series
= 77   China: 1.51 per 1,000 people   2005 Time series
= 77   Seychelles: 1.51 per 1,000 people   2004 Time series
= 79   Mexico: 1.5 per 1,000 people   2003 Time series
= 79   Panama: 1.5 per 1,000 people   2000 Time series
# 81   Ecuador: 1.48 per 1,000 people   2000 Time series
= 82   Netherlands Antilles: 1.4 per 1,000 people   1995 Time series
= 82   Singapore: 1.4 per 1,000 people   2001 Time series
= 82   Syria: 1.4 per 1,000 people   2001 Time series
# 85   Saudi Arabia: 1.37 per 1,000 people   2004 Time series
# 86   Colombia: 1.35 per 1,000 people   2002 Time series
= 87   Bosnia and Herzegovina: 1.34 per 1,000 people   2003 Time series
= 87   Tunisia: 1.34 per 1,000 people   2004 Time series
= 89   Costa Rica: 1.32 per 1,000 people   2000 Time series
= 89   Hong Kong: 1.32 per 1,000 people   1995 Time series
= 89   Oman: 1.32 per 1,000 people   2004 Time series
# 92   Albania: 1.31 per 1,000 people   2002 Time series
# 93   Turkey: 1.3 per 1,000 people   2005 Time series
# 94   Libya: 1.29 per 1,000 people   1997 Time series
# 95   El Salvador: 1.24 per 1,000 people   2002 Time series
# 96   Bolivia: 1.22 per 1,000 people   2001 Time series
# 97   Barbados: 1.21 per 1,000 people   1999 Time series
# 98   Saint Kitts and Nevis: 1.19 per 1,000 people   1997 Time series
# 99   Peru: 1.17 per 1,000 people   1999 Time series
# 100   Philippines: 1.16 per 1,000 people   2002 Time series
# 101   Greenland: 1.14 per 1,000 people   1980 Time series
# 102   Algeria: 1.13 per 1,000 people   2002 Time series
# 103   Aruba: 1.12 per 1,000 people   1995 Time series
= 104   Palau: 1.11 per 1,000 people   1998 Time series
= 104   Paraguay: 1.11 per 1,000 people   2002 Time series
= 106   Bahrain: 1.09 per 1,000 people   2004 Time series
= 106   Chile: 1.09 per 1,000 people   2003 Time series
# 108   Guam: 1.08 per 1,000 people   1999 Time series
# 109   Mauritius: 1.06 per 1,000 people   2004 Time series
= 110   Belize: 1.05 per 1,000 people   2000 Time series
= 110   Bahamas, The: 1.05 per 1,000 people   1998 Time series
# 112   Brunei: 1.01 per 1,000 people   2000 Time series
# 113   Maldives: 0.92 per 1,000 people   2004 Time series
# 114   Guatemala: 0.9 per 1,000 people   1999 Time series
# 115   Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: 0.87 per 1,000 people   1997 Time series
# 116   Jamaica: 0.85 per 1,000 people   2003 Time series
# 117   Trinidad and Tobago: 0.79 per 1,000 people   1997 Time series
# 118   American Samoa: 0.78 per 1,000 people   1999 Time series
# 119   South Africa: 0.77 per 1,000 people   2004 Time series
# 120   Pakistan: 0.74 per 1,000 people   2004 Time series
= 121   Malaysia: 0.7 per 1,000 people   2000 Time series
= 121   Samoa: 0.7 per 1,000 people   1999 Time series
# 123   Iraq: 0.66 per 1,000 people   2004 Time series
= 124   Micronesia, Federated States of: 0.6 per 1,000 people   2000 Time series
= 124   India: 0.6 per 1,000 people   2004 Time series
# 126   Laos: 0.59 per 1,000 people   1996 Time series
# 127   Honduras: 0.57 per 1,000 people   2000 Time series
# 128   Sri Lanka: 0.55 per 1,000 people   2004 Time series
# 129   Egypt: 0.54 per 1,000 people   2003 Time series
# 130   Vietnam: 0.53 per 1,000 people   2001 Time series
# 131   Morocco: 0.51 per 1,000 people   2004 Time series
= 132   Grenada: 0.5 per 1,000 people   1997 Time series
= 132   Dominica: 0.5 per 1,000 people   1997 Time series
= 134   Cape Verde: 0.49 per 1,000 people   2004 Time series
= 134   São Tomé and Príncipe: 0.49 per 1,000 people   2004 Time series
# 136   Guyana: 0.48 per 1,000 people   2000 Time series
# 137   Marshall Islands: 0.47 per 1,000 people   2000 Time series
= 138   Iran: 0.45 per 1,000 people   2004 Time series
= 138   Suriname: 0.45 per 1,000 people   2000 Time series
# 140   Northern Mariana Islands: 0.44 per 1,000 people   1999 Time series
# 141   Botswana: 0.4 per 1,000 people   2004 Time series
= 142   Thailand: 0.37 per 1,000 people   2000 Time series
= 142   Nicaragua: 0.37 per 1,000 people   2003 Time series
# 144   Burma: 0.36 per 1,000 people   2004 Time series
= 145   Tonga: 0.34 per 1,000 people   2001 Time series
= 145   Fiji: 0.34 per 1,000 people   1999 Time series
# 147   Yemen: 0.33 per 1,000 people   2004 Time series
= 148   Namibia: 0.3 per 1,000 people   2004 Time series
= 148   Equatorial Guinea: 0.3 per 1,000 people   2004 Time series
= 148   Kiribati: 0.3 per 1,000 people   1998 Time series
= 151   Gabon: 0.29 per 1,000 people   2004 Time series
= 151   Madagascar: 0.29 per 1,000 people   2004 Time series
# 153   Nigeria: 0.28 per 1,000 people   2003 Time series
# 154   Bangladesh: 0.26 per 1,000 people   2004 Time series
# 155   Haiti: 0.25 per 1,000 people   1998 Time series
# 156   Sudan: 0.22 per 1,000 people   2004 Time series
# 157   Nepal: 0.21 per 1,000 people   2004 Time series
# 158   Congo, Republic of the: 0.2 per 1,000 people   2004 Time series
= 159   Afghanistan: 0.19 per 1,000 people   2001 Time series
= 159   Cameroon: 0.19 per 1,000 people   2004 Time series
# 161   Djibouti: 0.18 per 1,000 people   2004 Time series
# 162   Antigua and Barbuda: 0.17 per 1,000 people   1999 Time series
= 163   Cambodia: 0.16 per 1,000 people   2000 Time series
= 163   Swaziland: 0.16 per 1,000 people   2004 Time series
= 163   Zimbabwe: 0.16 per 1,000 people   2004 Time series
= 166   Comoros: 0.15 per 1,000 people   2004 Time series
= 166   Ghana: 0.15 per 1,000 people   2004 Time series
# 168   Kenya: 0.14 per 1,000 people   2004 Time series
= 169   Solomon Islands: 0.13 per 1,000 people   1999 Time series
= 169   Indonesia: 0.13 per 1,000 people   2003 Time series
= 171   Zambia: 0.12 per 1,000 people   2004 Time series
= 171   Guinea-Bissau: 0.12 per 1,000 people   2004 Time series
= 171   Côte d'Ivoire: 0.12 per 1,000 people   2004 Time series
= 174   Guinea: 0.11 per 1,000 people   2004 Time series
= 174   Congo, Democratic Republic of the: 0.11 per 1,000 people   2004 Time series
= 174   Gambia, The: 0.11 per 1,000 people   2003 Time series
= 174   Vanuatu: 0.11 per 1,000 people   1997 Time series
= 174   Mauritania: 0.11 per 1,000 people   2004 Time series
# 179   East Timor: 0.1 per 1,000 people   2004 Time series
= 180   Mali: 0.08 per 1,000 people   2004 Time series
= 180   Angola: 0.08 per 1,000 people   2004 Time series
= 180   Central African Republic: 0.08 per 1,000 people   2004 Time series
= 180   Uganda: 0.08 per 1,000 people   2004 Time series
= 184   Burkina Faso: 0.06 per 1,000 people   2004 Time series
= 184   Senegal: 0.06 per 1,000 people   2004 Time series
= 186   Lesotho: 0.05 per 1,000 people   2003 Time series
= 186   Bhutan: 0.05 per 1,000 people   2004 Time series
= 186   Eritrea: 0.05 per 1,000 people   2004 Time series
= 186   Papua New Guinea: 0.05 per 1,000 people   2000 Time series
= 186   Rwanda: 0.05 per 1,000 people   2004 Time series
= 191   Somalia: 0.04 per 1,000 people   1997 Time series
= 191   Chad: 0.04 per 1,000 people   2004 Time series
= 191   Togo: 0.04 per 1,000 people   2004 Time series
= 191   Benin: 0.04 per 1,000 people   2004 Time series
= 195   Mozambique: 0.03 per 1,000 people   2004 Time series
= 195   Sierra Leone: 0.03 per 1,000 people   2004 Time series
= 195   Liberia: 0.03 per 1,000 people   2004 Time series
= 195   Burundi: 0.03 per 1,000 people   2004 Time series
= 195   Niger: 0.03 per 1,000 people   2004 Time series
= 195   Ethiopia: 0.03 per 1,000 people   2003 Time series
= 201   Malawi: 0.02 per 1,000 people   2004 Time series
= 201   Tanzania: 0.02 per 1,000 people   2002 Time series
Weighted average: 1.7 per 1,000 people   



DEFINITION: Physicians are defined as graduates of any facility or school of medicine who are working in the country in any medical field (practice, teaching, research).

SOURCE: World Development Indicators database

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Ollie
14th October 2009 		HOLY SHIT. Ethiopeia only has 0.02 out of 1000 people doctors!!!!
S
19th August 2009 		Um, your data source gets a 404. http://devdata.worldbank.org/query/default.htm

Can you please provide a working data source for reference and credibility?
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