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Physicians per 1,000 people — Botswana

Physicians per 1,000 people in Botswana in 2023 — 0.38 per 1,000. Ranked 42 in the world out of 58. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 802.4%.

2023 0.38 per 1,000 −6.88% vs 2022
World rank 42of 58
Period maximum 0.43 per 1,0002020
Period minimum 0.04 per 1,0001965

Trend over time

1960–2023 · per 1,000 people

Physicians per 1,000 people — Botswana, 1960–202300.20.40.619601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 0.04 per 1,0001965: 0.04 per 1,0001970: 0.06 per 1,0001975: 0.13 per 1,0001980: 0.12 per 1,0001981: 0.13 per 1,0001983: 0.14 per 1,0001988: 0.2 per 1,0001989: 0.19 per 1,0001993: 0.19 per 1,0001994: 0.24 per 1,0001998: 0.26 per 1,0001999: 0.31 per 1,0002000: 0.3 per 1,0002001: 0.3 per 1,0002002: 0.31 per 1,0002003: 0.3 per 1,0002004: 0.4 per 1,0002005: 0.25 per 1,0002006: 0.32 per 1,0002007: 0.37 per 1,0002008: 0.37 per 1,0002009: 0.35 per 1,0002010: 0.4 per 1,0002011: 0.4 per 1,0002012: 0.39 per 1,0002016: 0.37 per 1,0002018: 0.4 per 1,0002019: 0.4 per 1,0002020: 0.43 per 1,0002021: 0.42 per 1,0002022: 0.41 per 1,0002023: 0.38 per 1,000
Change over the period: +0.34 (+802.38%) Average annual rate: 3.55 %
Physicians per 1,000 people — Botswana, by year Botswana All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2023 0.38 −0.03 −6.88%
2022 0.41 −0.02 −3.55%
2021 0.42 −0.01 −2.54%
2020 0.43 +0.04 +9.62%
2019 0.4 −0.01 −1.74%
2018 0.4 — —
2016 0.37 — —
2012 0.39 −0.01 −1.77%
2011 0.4 −0.01 −1.99%
2010 0.4 +0.06 +15.8%
2009 0.35 −0.02 −5.18%
2008 0.37 −0 −1.08%
2007 0.37 +0.06 +17.78%
2006 0.32 +0.06 +24.51%
2005 0.25 −0.14 −36.11%
2004 0.4 +0.1 +33.78%
2003 0.3 −0.01 −3.58%
2002 0.31 +0.01 +3.02%
2001 0.3 +0 +0%
2000 0.3 −0.01 −3.56%
1999 0.31 +0.05 +17.05%
1998 0.26 — —
1994 0.24 +0.04 +22.68%
1993 0.19 — —
1989 0.19 −0.01 −3%
1988 0.2 — —
1983 0.14 — —
1981 0.13 +0.01 +8.94%
1980 0.12 — —
1975 0.13 — —
1970 0.06 — —
1965 0.04 — —
1960 0.04 — —

Southern Africa, 2023

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

SZ Eswatini 0.56 BW Botswana 0.38
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About the indicator

The number of practicing physicians (general practitioners and specialists alike) per 1,000 people. WHO treats a level below 2.3 health workers per 1,000 people as the critical threshold of health workforce provision — below it, basic coverage of health services cannot be secured.

Important: The data are not collected every year; countries differ in whether they count only practicing physicians or all licensed ones.

Source: Global Health Observatory (WHO), license CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO.

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