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Physicians per 1,000 people — Burkina Faso

Physicians per 1,000 people in Burkina Faso in 2022 — 0.15 per 1,000. Ranked 108 in the world out of 125. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 1,245.5%.

2022 0.15 per 1,000 +46.53% vs 2021
World rank 108of 125
Period maximum 0.15 per 1,0002022
Period minimum 0 per 1,0001986

Trend over time

1960–2022 · per 1,000 people

Physicians per 1,000 people — Burkina Faso, 1960–202200.050.10.1519601967197419811988199520022009201620221960: 0.01 per 1,0001965: 0.01 per 1,0001970: 0.01 per 1,0001980: 0.02 per 1,0001981: 0.02 per 1,0001983: 0.02 per 1,0001986: 0 per 1,0001989: 0.03 per 1,0001995: 0.03 per 1,0001996: 0.04 per 1,0001997: 0.04 per 1,0002001: 0.04 per 1,0002004: 0.05 per 1,0002008: 0.03 per 1,0002009: 0.04 per 1,0002010: 0.04 per 1,0002011: 0.04 per 1,0002012: 0.05 per 1,0002013: 0.05 per 1,0002014: 0.05 per 1,0002015: 0.06 per 1,0002016: 0.06 per 1,0002017: 0.08 per 1,0002018: 0.08 per 1,0002019: 0.09 per 1,0002020: 0.1 per 1,0002021: 0.1 per 1,0002022: 0.15 per 1,000
Change over the period: +0.14 (+1,245.45%) Average annual rate: 4.28 %

Comparison, 2022

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

Burkina Faso 0.15 per 1,000
World 1.86 per 1,000
Sub-Saharan Africa 0.25 per 1,000
Western Africa computed 0.27 per 1,000
Low-income countries computed 0.14 per 1,000
Physicians per 1,000 people — Burkina Faso, by year Burkina Faso All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2022 0.15 +0.05 +46.53%
2021 0.1 +0.01 +5.21%
2020 0.1 +0.01 +5.49%
2019 0.09 +0.01 +10.98%
2018 0.08 +0 +0%
2017 0.08 +0.02 +32.26%
2016 0.06 −0 −1.59%
2015 0.06 +0.02 +34.04%
2014 0.05 +0 +4.44%
2013 0.05 −0 −2.17%
2012 0.05 +0.01 +24.32%
2011 0.04 −0.01 −15.91%
2010 0.04 +0 +2.33%
2009 0.04 +0.01 +38.71%
2008 0.03 — —
2004 0.05 — —
2001 0.04 — —
1997 0.04 +0 +8.57%
1996 0.04 +0 +2.94%
1995 0.03 — —
1989 0.03 — —
1986 0 — —
1983 0.02 — —
1981 0.02 +0 +0%
1980 0.02 — —
1970 0.01 — —
1965 0.01 — —
1960 0.01 — —

Western Africa, 2022

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

CV Cabo Verde 0.72 NG Nigeria 0.39 MR Mauritania 0.26 GW Guinea-Bissau 0.25 GN Guinea 0.21 ML Mali 0.19 BJ Benin 0.19 LR Liberia 0.18 CI Côte d'Ivoire 0.16 BF Burkina Faso 0.15 GH Ghana 0.14 SL Sierra Leone 0.13 SN Senegal 0.12 GM Gambia 0.1 TG Togo 0.08 NE Niger 0.03
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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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