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Rank   Countries  Amount 
# 1   Italy: 4.4 per 1,000 people 
# 2   Belgium: 3.9 per 1,000 people 
= 3   Slovakia: 3.6 per 1,000 people 
= 3   Iceland: 3.6 per 1,000 people 
= 3   Switzerland: 3.6 per 1,000 people 
# 6   Czech Republic: 3.5 per 1,000 people 
# 7   Norway: 3.4 per 1,000 people 
= 8   France: 3.3 per 1,000 people 
= 8   Austria: 3.3 per 1,000 people 
= 8   Denmark: 3.3 per 1,000 people 
= 8   Germany: 3.3 per 1,000 people 
# 12   Hungary: 3.2 per 1,000 people 
= 13   Finland: 3.1 per 1,000 people 
= 13   Netherlands: 3.1 per 1,000 people 
# 15   Spain: 2.9 per 1,000 people 
# 16   Luxembourg: 2.6 per 1,000 people 
# 17   Ireland: 2.4 per 1,000 people 
# 18   Poland: 2.3 per 1,000 people 
= 19   Canada: 2.1 per 1,000 people 
= 19   New Zealand: 2.1 per 1,000 people 
= 19   United Kingdom: 2.1 per 1,000 people 
# 22   Japan: 2 per 1,000 people 
# 23   Mexico: 1.5 per 1,000 people 
# 24   Turkey: 1.3 per 1,000 people 
Weighted average: 2.9 per 1,000 people  



DEFINITION: Number of doctors in the country per 1,000 people (Data for 2002).

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COMMENTARY     

J
20th July 2009
This data is incorrect. I just followed your link to the OECD and some of the data posted here contradicts that which is at that site in the year 2004.
mattew
3rd December 2004
we are really short of doctors. the world really need more good physicians
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