Physicians per 1,000 people — all countries

Physicians per 1,000 people — BRICS

Physicians per 1,000 people in BRICS in 2022 — 2.83 per 1,000. Since 1965, the indicator has risen by 342.3%.

2022 2.83 per 1,000 +19.35% vs 2021
World rank
Period maximum 2.83 per 1,0002022
Period minimum 0.55 per 1,0001970

Trend over time

1965–2022 · per 1,000 people

Physicians per 1,000 people — BRICS, 1965–20220123196519711977198319891995200120072013201920221965: 0.64 per 1,0001970: 0.55 per 1,0001975: 0.61 per 1,0001981: 0.77 per 1,0001988: 1.2 per 1,0001996: 1.48 per 1,0002004: 1.51 per 1,0002009: 1.52 per 1,0002010: 1.55 per 1,0002011: 1.73 per 1,0002012: 1.54 per 1,0002013: 1.85 per 1,0002014: 1.36 per 1,0002015: 1.3 per 1,0002016: 1.45 per 1,0002017: 1.46 per 1,0002018: 1.51 per 1,0002019: 1.63 per 1,0002020: 1.58 per 1,0002021: 2.37 per 1,0002022: 2.83 per 1,000
Change over the period: +2.19 (+342.3%) Average annual rate: 2.64 %

Comparison, 2022

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: BRICS

BRICS 2.83 per 1,000
World 1.86 per 1,000
Physicians per 1,000 people — BRICS, by year BRICS All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2022 2.83 +0.46 +19.35%
2021 2.37 +0.79 +49.97%
2020 1.58 −0.05 −3.14%
2019 1.63 +0.13 +8.47%
2018 1.51 +0.05 +3.32%
2017 1.46 +0.01 +0.53%
2016 1.45 +0.15 +11.72%
2015 1.3 −0.07 −4.88%
2014 1.36 −0.48 −26.21%
2013 1.85 +0.31 +19.97%
2012 1.54 −0.19 −10.95%
2011 1.73 +0.18 +11.51%
2010 1.55 +0.03 +1.83%
2009 1.52
2004 1.51
1996 1.48
1988 1.2
1981 0.77
1975 0.61
1970 0.55
1965 0.64

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.