Practicing Physicians Density

This key economic indicator for the Health Care Provider sector has been recently updated.

  1. San Marino was up 21.1% of Practicing Physicians Density in 2014, compared to a year earlier.
  2. Since 2014 Sweden Practicing Physicians Density jumped by 5.5% year on year close to 5.5 Units (Persons) Per Thousand Persons.
  3. In 2017 Cuba was ranked number 1 in Practicing Physicians Density.
  4. In 2017 Cuba was number 1 in Practicing Physicians Density reaching 8.19 Units (Persons) Per Thousand Persons, moving from 104 in 2016.

Top Countries in Practicing Physicians Density

Units (Persons) Per Thousand Persons - 1960 to 2019

# 171 Countries Units (Persons) Per Thousand Persons Last YoY 5‑years CAGR
1 #1
Cuba
8 2017 NA +2.6 % View data
2 #2
Monaco
7 2014 -0.3 % NA View data
3 #3
San Marino
6 2014 +21.1 % NA View data
4 #4
Sweden
5 2019 +2.5 % +5.5 % View data
5 #5
Austria
5 2019 +0.5 % +0.8 % View data
6 #6
Georgia
5 2019 +0.8 % +1.3 % View data
7 #7
Uruguay
5 2017 +28.4 % NA View data
8 #8
Norway
5 2019 +1.0 % +1.2 % View data
9 #9
Greece
5 2019 -1.7 % -5.3 % View data
10 #10
Denmark
4 2019 +1.6 % +4.0 % View data
11 #11
Lithuania
4 2019 +0.7 % +0.7 % View data
12 #12
Germany
4 2019 +1.1 % +1.2 % View data
13 #13
Russia
4 2019 +2.1 % +0.8 % View data
14 #14
Switzerland
4 2019 +0.7 % +1.0 % View data
15 #15
Czech Republic
4 2016 NA +3.6 % View data
16 #16
Italy
4 2019 +0.4 % +0.7 % View data
17 #17
Belarus
4 2014 +3.7 % +1.9 % View data
18 #18
Iceland
4 2019 +0.9 % +2.0 % View data
19 #19
Bulgaria
4 2014 +0.3 % NA View data
20 #20
Argentina
4 2017 NA NA View data
21 #21
Spain
4 2019 -0.3 % +0.8 % View data
22 #22
Malta
4 2019 +0.7 % +1.0 % View data
23 #23
Finland
4 2019 +1.4 % +3.8 % View data
24 #24
North Korea
4 2019 +1.5 % +1.7 % View data
25 #25
Australia
4 2019 +1.1 % +1.4 % View data
26 #26
Netherlands
4 2019 +1.1 % +1.2 % View data
27 #27
Portugal
4 2019 -0.5 % -4.4 % View data
28 #28
Estonia
3 2019 +0.3 % +1.0 % View data
29 #29
Azerbaijan
3 2014 -0.3 % -1.8 % View data
30 #30
Andorra
3 2015 NA -3.6 % View data
31 #31
Belgium
3 2019 +0.9 % +2.2 % View data
32 #32
Kazakhstan
3 2014 -6.5 % -2.5 % View data
33 #33
France
3 2019 +0.2 % +0.2 % View data
34 #34
Serbia
3 2019 +2.2 % +5.5 % View data
35 #35
Moldova
3 2019 +1.7 % +4.9 % View data
36 #36
Hungary
3 2019 -0.4 % -1.1 % View data
37 #37
Israel
3 2019 -0.5 % +0.5 % View data
38 #38
New Zealand
3 2019 +1.4 % +2.3 % View data
39 #39
Croatia
3 2019 +1.0 % +0.1 % View data
40 #40
Latvia
3 2019 -0.6 % -0.4 % View data
41 #41
Ireland
3 2019 +1.2 % +2.4 % View data
42 #42
Slovenia
3 2019 +1.4 % +2.2 % View data
43 #43
Luxembourg
3 2019 +0.6 % +1.2 % View data
44 #44
Mongolia
3 2019 +0.1 % -1.1 % View data
45 #45
Ukraine
3 2014 -14.3 % NA View data
46 #46
Macedonia
3 2019 +0.7 % NA View data
47 #47
Armenia
3 2014 -0.3 % +1.6 % View data
48 #48
United Kingdom
3 2019 +0.3 % +0.3 % View data
49 #49
Kuwait
3 2019 +1.7 % +1.4 % View data
50 #50
Antigua and Barbuda
3 2017 NA NA View data
51 #51
Canada
3 2019 +1.5 % +1.5 % View data
52 #52
Trinidad and Tobago
3 2015 NA +8.1 % View data
53 #53
United States
3 2019 +0.5 % +0.5 % View data
54 #54
Saudi Arabia
3 2019 +1.2 % -0.3 % View data
55 #55
Saint Kitts and Nevis
3 2015 NA NA View data
56 #56
United Arab Emirates
3 2019 +2.4 % +4.5 % View data
57 #57
Barbados
2 2017 NA NA View data
58 #58
Japan
2 2019 +0.8 % +1.1 % View data
59 #59
Slovakia
2 2016 -28.4 % NA View data
60 #60
South Korea
2 2019 +1.8 % +2.0 % View data
61 #61
Singapore
2 2019 +2.2 % +3.5 % View data
62 #62
Poland
2 2019 +0.7 % +1.1 % View data
63 #63
Montenegro
2 2019 +1.0 % +1.8 % View data
64 #64
Uzbekistan
2 2014 -1.2 % -1.6 % View data
65 #65
Mexico
2 2019 +1.3 % +1.8 % View data
66 #66
Romania
2 2016 NA -2.2 % View data
67 #67
Mauritius
2 2019 +2.9 % +3.1 % View data
68 #68
Turkmenistan
2 2014 +0.6 % NA View data
69 #69
Lebanon
2 2019 -1.4 % -1.1 % View data
70 #70
Libya
2 2017 NA NA View data
71 #71
Jordan
2 2019 -0.3 % -0.7 % View data
72 #72
Brazil
2 2018 -0.0 % +2.8 % View data
73 #73
Colombia
2 2019 +1.9 % +3.3 % View data
74 #74
Ecuador
2 2016 -1.1 % +4.2 % View data
75 #75
Oman
2 2019 +0.9 % -1.3 % View data
76 #76
Cyprus
2 2019 -0.6 % -4.1 % View data
77 #77
Bahamas
2 2017 NA NA View data
78 #78
Kyrgyzstan
2 2014 -1.6 % -5.3 % View data
79 #79
China
2 2019 +1.5 % +2.0 % View data
80 #80
Brunei
2 2019 +2.1 % +4.4 % View data
81 #81
Algeria
2 2016 NA NA View data
82 #82
Turkey
2 2014 -0.3 % +1.1 % View data
83 #83
Tajikistan
2 2014 +0.9 % NA View data
84 #84
Bolivia
2 2016 NA +27.8 % View data
85 #85
Panama
2 2016 NA +0.9 % View data
86 #86
El Salvador
2 2016 NA NA View data
87 #87
Dominican Republic
2 2017 NA NA View data
88 #88
Malaysia
2 2015 NA +5.2 % View data
89 #89
Grenada
1 2017 NA NA View data
90 #90
Paraguay
1 2018 +469.4 % NA View data
91 #91
Tunisia
1 2016 -2.1 % NA View data
92 #92
Peru
1 2016 NA NA View data
93 #93
Nauru
1 2015 NA +2.4 % View data
94 #94
Suriname
1 2018 NA NA View data
95 #95
Syria
1 2016 NA NA View data
96 #96
Albania
1 2016 NA -0.4 % View data
97 #97
Jamaica
1 2019 +6.1 % +25.7 % View data
98 #98
Palau
1 2014 NA -3.7 % View data
99 #99
Iran
1 2015 -23.3 % +5.1 % View data
100 #100
Belize
1 2017 NA -0.4 % View data
101 #101
Dominica
1 2017 NA NA View data
102 #102
Chile
1 2016 NA NA View data
103 #103
Maldives
1 2016 -66.9 % NA View data
104 #104
Nicaragua
1 2018 NA +1.9 % View data
105 #105
Pakistan
1 2015 +21.0 % +2.8 % View data
106 #106
Sri Lanka
1 2019 -0.9 % NA View data
107 #107
Seychelles
1 2016 NA -4.1 % View data
108 #108
Tuvalu
1 2014 NA -4.5 % View data
109 #109
Bahrain
1 2019 -0.6 % -1.0 % View data
110 #110
South Africa
1 2019 +1.5 % +3.7 % View data
111 #111
Myanmar
1 2017 +39.0 % +8.1 % View data
112 #112
Fiji
1 2015 NA +14.5 % View data
113 #113
Vietnam
1 2019 +0.5 % +1.5 % View data
114 #114
East Timor
1 2019 +6.1 % +4.5 % View data
115 #115
Iraq
1 2017 -2.2 % NA View data
116 #116
Cape Verde
1 2019 +2.4 % NA View data
117 #117
Thailand
1 2017 +81.7 % NA View data
118 #118
Guyana
1 2018 NA NA View data
119 #119
India
1 2019 +1.5 % +1.9 % View data
120 #120
Egypt
1 2017 -2.5 % NA View data
121 #121
Morocco
1 2017 NA NA View data
122 #122
Nepal
1 2017 NA +5.3 % View data
123 #123
Bangladesh
1 2019 +2.8 % +2.9 % View data
124 #124
Laos
0 2014 +10.4 % +20.5 % View data
125 #125
Sudan
0 2015 NA +7.9 % View data
126 #126
Bhutan
0 2019 +3.6 % +5.0 % View data
127 #127
Equatorial Guinea
0 2017 NA NA View data
128 #128
Indonesia
0 2019 +3.6 % NA View data
129 #129
Botswana
0 2016 NA -1.6 % View data
130 #130
Gabon
0 2016 NA NA View data
131 #131
Guatemala
0 2018 NA NA View data
132 #132
Samoa
0 2016 NA NA View data
133 #133
Sao Tome and Principe
0 2015 NA NA View data
134 #134
Honduras
0 2017 -48.3 % NA View data
135 #135
Yemen
0 2014 NA +0.0 % View data
136 #136
Afghanistan
0 2019 +2.1 % +0.4 % View data
137 #137
Haiti
0 2018 NA NA View data
138 #138
Ivory Coast
0 2014 NA NA View data
139 #139
Djibouti
0 2014 NA NA View data
140 #140
Angola
0 2017 NA NA View data
141 #141
Guinea-Bissau
0 2015 NA +34.8 % View data
142 #142
Solomon Islands
0 2016 NA -0.2 % View data
143 #143
Kenya
0 2014 +2.6 % +3.0 % View data
144 #144
Mauritania
0 2019 +4.5 % +5.0 % View data
145 #145
Madagascar
0 2014 NA -0.0 % View data
146 #146
Ghana
0 2017 +40.3 % NA View data
147 #147
Vanuatu
0 2016 NA NA View data
148 #148
Cambodia
0 2014 -64.7 % -6.7 % View data
149 #149
Benin
0 2016 NA NA View data
150 #150
Rwanda
0 2019 +2.0 % +2.8 % View data
151 #151
Mali
0 2016 NA +6.1 % View data
152 #152
Gambia
0 2015 NA +23.2 % View data
153 #153
Ethiopia
0 2017 NA NA View data
154 #154
Zambia
0 2016 NA -10.8 % View data
155 #155
Uganda
0 2015 NA -4.9 % View data
156 #156
Swaziland
0 2016 NA -2.2 % View data
157 #157
Guinea
0 2016 NA NA View data
158 #158
Zimbabwe
0 2014 +3.1 % +5.0 % View data
159 #159
Mozambique
0 2017 NA +6.8 % View data
160 #160
Senegal
0 2016 -65.7 % NA View data
161 #161
Central African Republic
0 2015 NA NA View data
162 #162
Burkina Faso
0 2016 NA +9.2 % View data
163 #163
Burundi
0 2016 NA NA View data
163 #163
Niger
0 2014 -2.5 % +12.5 % View data
165 #165
Togo
0 2015 NA -24.8 % View data
166 #166
Chad
0 2016 NA NA View data
167 #167
Tanzania
0 2014 NA NA View data
168 #168
Liberia
0 2015 NA +10.3 % View data
169 #169
Somalia
0 2014 NA NA View data
170 #170
Malawi
0 2016 NA NA View data
171 #171
Qatar
0 2017 -100.0 % NA View data

Source: World Bank

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