Practicing Physicians Density

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

  1. San Marino Practicing Physicians Density grew 21.1% in 2014, compared to the previous year.
  2. Since 2013 Sweden Practicing Physicians Density jumped by 5.4% year on year at 5.36 Units (Persons) Per Thousand Persons.
  3. In 2017 Cuba was 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, from 106 in 2016.

Top Countries in Practicing Physicians Density

Units (Persons) Per Thousand Persons - 1960 to 2018

# 171 Countries Units (Persons) Per Thousand Persons Last YoY 5‑years CAGR
1 Cuba 8 2017 NA +2.6 % View data
2 Monaco 7 2014 -0.3 % NA View data
3 San Marino 6 2014 +21.1 % NA View data
4 Sweden 5 2018 +2.6 % +5.4 % View data
5 Austria 5 2018 +0.6 % +1.0 % View data
6 Georgia 5 2018 +0.8 % +2.5 % View data
7 Uruguay 5 2017 +28.4 % NA View data
8 Greece 5 2018 -1.7 % -4.9 % View data
9 Norway 5 2018 +0.3 % +1.5 % View data
10 Lithuania 4 2018 +0.7 % +0.8 % View data
11 Denmark 4 2018 +1.7 % +3.7 % View data
12 Czech Republic 4 2016 NA +3.6 % View data
13 Germany 4 2018 +1.1 % +1.4 % View data
14 Switzerland 4 2018 +0.8 % +1.3 % View data
15 Russia 4 2018 +2.2 % +1.1 % View data
16 Italy 4 2018 -0.1 % +0.8 % View data
17 Bulgaria 4 2018 +0.6 % +0.5 % View data
18 Iceland 4 2018 +0.3 % +2.2 % View data
19 Argentina 4 2017 NA NA View data
20 Spain 4 2018 -0.3 % +0.8 % View data
21 Belarus 4 2018 -0.4 % +0.1 % View data
22 Malta 4 2018 +0.7 % +2.0 % View data
23 Finland 4 2018 +1.4 % +3.9 % View data
24 North Korea 4 2018 +2.1 % NA View data
25 Australia 4 2018 +1.2 % +1.6 % View data
26 Netherlands 4 2018 +1.1 % +1.6 % View data
27 Portugal 4 2018 -0.5 % -3.6 % View data
28 Estonia 3 2018 +0.3 % +0.8 % View data
29 Azerbaijan 3 2018 -0.5 % -0.5 % View data
30 Andorra 3 2015 NA -3.6 % View data
31 Belgium 3 2018 +0.9 % +2.1 % View data
32 France 3 2018 +0.2 % +0.4 % View data
33 Kazakhstan 3 2018 -0.8 % -1.6 % View data
34 Hungary 3 2018 -0.4 % -0.3 % View data
35 Israel 3 2018 -0.5 % -2.2 % View data
36 Moldova 3 2018 +1.7 % +4.3 % View data
37 Serbia 3 2018 +2.3 % +4.8 % View data
38 Latvia 3 2018 -0.6 % -0.1 % View data
39 New Zealand 3 2018 +1.4 % +2.2 % View data
40 Croatia 3 2018 +1.0 % +0.6 % View data
41 Ireland 3 2018 -0.3 % +3.1 % View data
42 Slovenia 3 2018 +1.4 % +2.9 % View data
43 Ukraine 3 2018 -1.1 % -2.9 % View data
44 Luxembourg 3 2018 -0.3 % +1.5 % View data
45 Mongolia 3 2018 +0.1 % -0.7 % View data
46 Macedonia 3 2018 +0.7 % +0.9 % View data
47 United Kingdom 3 2018 +0.3 % +0.5 % View data
48 Antigua and Barbuda 3 2017 NA NA View data
49 Kuwait 3 2018 +1.7 % +2.0 % View data
50 Armenia 3 2018 -1.4 % -1.3 % View data
51 Trinidad and Tobago 3 2015 NA +8.1 % View data
52 Canada 3 2018 +1.5 % +1.6 % View data
53 United States 3 2018 +0.6 % +0.5 % View data
54 Saint Kitts and Nevis 3 2015 NA NA View data
55 Saudi Arabia 3 2018 +1.3 % NA View data
56 Barbados 2 2017 NA NA View data
57 Slovakia 2 2016 -28.4 % NA View data
58 United Arab Emirates 2 2018 +2.5 % +6.7 % View data
59 Japan 2 2018 +0.9 % NA View data
60 Poland 2 2018 +0.7 % +1.6 % View data
61 South Korea 2 2018 +1.8 % +2.1 % View data
62 Singapore 2 2018 +2.3 % +4.3 % View data
63 Montenegro 2 2018 +1.0 % +2.0 % View data
64 Mexico 2 2018 +1.3 % +2.0 % View data
65 Romania 2 2016 NA -2.2 % View data
66 Uzbekistan 2 2018 -1.3 % -1.2 % View data
67 Lebanon 2 2018 -1.9 % -2.4 % View data
68 Turkmenistan 2 2018 -0.2 % -0.1 % View data
69 Mauritius 2 2018 +3.1 % +6.0 % View data
70 Jordan 2 2018 -7.9 % -0.6 % View data
71 Libya 2 2017 NA NA View data
72 Brazil 2 2018 -0.0 % +2.8 % View data
73 Colombia 2 2018 +1.1 % +3.1 % View data
74 Ecuador 2 2016 -1.1 % +4.2 % View data
75 Cyprus 2 2018 -0.6 % -3.3 % View data
76 Oman 2 2018 +2.9 % -0.4 % View data
77 Bahamas 2 2017 NA NA View data
78 Turkey 2 2018 +1.2 % +1.1 % View data
79 China 2 2018 +1.6 % +2.4 % View data
80 Algeria 2 2016 NA NA View data
81 Brunei 2 2018 +2.2 % +2.5 % View data
82 Kyrgyzstan 2 2018 -2.8 % -2.7 % View data
83 Bolivia 2 2016 NA +27.8 % View data
84 Tajikistan 2 2018 -1.2 % -0.9 % View data
85 Panama 2 2016 NA +0.9 % View data
86 El Salvador 2 2016 NA NA View data
87 Dominican Republic 2 2017 NA NA View data
88 Malaysia 2 2015 NA +5.2 % View data
89 Grenada 1 2017 NA NA View data
90 Paraguay 1 2018 +469.4 % NA View data
91 Tunisia 1 2016 -2.1 % NA View data
92 Peru 1 2016 NA NA View data
93 Nauru 1 2015 NA +2.4 % View data
94 Suriname 1 2018 NA NA View data
95 Syria 1 2016 NA NA View data
96 Albania 1 2016 NA -0.4 % View data
97 Palau 1 2014 NA -3.7 % View data
98 Iran 1 2015 -23.3 % +5.1 % View data
99 Jamaica 1 2018 -14.4 % +19.3 % View data
100 Belize 1 2017 NA -0.4 % View data
101 Dominica 1 2017 NA NA View data
102 Chile 1 2016 NA NA View data
103 Maldives 1 2016 -66.9 % NA View data
104 Nicaragua 1 2018 NA +1.9 % View data
105 Pakistan 1 2015 +21.0 % +2.8 % View data
106 Sri Lanka 1 2018 +1.4 % -2.2 % View data
107 Seychelles 1 2016 NA -4.1 % View data
108 Tuvalu 1 2014 NA -4.5 % View data
109 Bahrain 1 2018 -0.6 % -0.8 % View data
110 South Africa 1 2018 -2.1 % +3.8 % View data
111 Myanmar 1 2017 +39.0 % +8.1 % View data
112 Fiji 1 2015 NA +14.5 % View data
113 Vietnam 1 2018 +0.5 % -6.8 % View data
114 Iraq 1 2017 -2.2 % NA View data
115 Thailand 1 2017 +81.7 % NA View data
116 Guyana 1 2018 NA NA View data
117 Cape Verde 1 2018 +2.5 % +6.1 % View data
118 Egypt 1 2017 -2.5 % NA View data
119 India 1 2018 +1.2 % +1.8 % View data
120 East Timor 1 2018 +7.8 % +20.1 % View data
121 Morocco 1 2017 NA NA View data
122 Nepal 1 2017 NA +5.3 % View data
123 Laos 1 2018 +3.1 % +3.8 % View data
124 Bangladesh 1 2018 +1.1 % +5.4 % View data
125 Sudan 0 2015 NA +7.9 % View data
126 Equatorial Guinea 0 2017 NA NA View data
127 Bhutan 0 2018 +4.1 % +7.8 % View data
128 Indonesia 0 2018 -0.3 % +3.8 % View data
129 Botswana 0 2016 NA -1.6 % View data
130 Gabon 0 2016 NA NA View data
131 Guatemala 0 2018 NA NA View data
132 Samoa 0 2016 NA NA View data
133 Sao Tome and Principe 0 2015 NA NA View data
134 Honduras 0 2017 -48.3 % NA View data
135 Yemen 0 2014 NA +0.0 % View data
136 Afghanistan 0 2018 +2.2 % +0.9 % View data
137 Haiti 0 2018 NA NA View data
138 Cambodia 0 2018 -0.6 % -13.3 % View data
139 Ivory Coast 0 2014 NA NA View data
140 Djibouti 0 2014 NA NA View data
141 Angola 0 2017 NA NA View data
142 Kenya 0 2018 +1.1 % +1.3 % View data
143 Guinea-Bissau 0 2015 NA +34.8 % View data
144 Solomon Islands 0 2016 NA -0.2 % View data
145 Mauritania 0 2018 +4.8 % +22.5 % View data
146 Madagascar 0 2018 +1.3 % NA View data
147 Ghana 0 2017 +40.3 % NA View data
148 Vanuatu 0 2016 NA NA View data
149 Benin 0 2016 NA NA View data
150 Rwanda 0 2018 +3.9 % +7.0 % View data
151 Mali 0 2016 NA +6.1 % View data
152 Gambia 0 2015 NA +23.2 % View data
153 Ethiopia 0 2017 NA NA View data
154 Zambia 0 2016 NA -10.8 % View data
155 Uganda 0 2015 NA -4.9 % View data
156 Zimbabwe 0 2018 +2.0 % +2.3 % View data
157 Swaziland 0 2016 NA -2.2 % View data
158 Guinea 0 2016 NA NA View data
159 Mozambique 0 2017 NA +6.8 % View data
160 Senegal 0 2016 -65.7 % NA View data
161 Central African Republic 0 2015 NA NA View data
162 Burkina Faso 0 2016 NA +9.2 % View data
163 Burundi 0 2016 NA NA View data
163 Niger 0 2014 -2.5 % +12.5 % View data
165 Togo 0 2015 NA -24.8 % View data
166 Tanzania 0 2018 +5.2 % NA View data
167 Chad 0 2016 NA NA View data
168 Liberia 0 2015 NA +10.3 % View data
169 Somalia 0 2014 NA NA View data
170 Malawi 0 2016 NA NA View data
171 Qatar 0 2017 -100.0 % NA View data

Source: World Bank

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