Physicians per 1,000 people — all countries

Physicians per 1,000 people — Cameroon

Physicians per 1,000 people in Cameroon in 2022 — 0.14 per 1,000. Ranked 110 in the world out of 125. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 300%.

2022 0.14 per 1,000 +7.94% vs 2021
World rank 110of 125
Period maximum 0.19 per 1,0002004
Period minimum 0.03 per 1,0001960

Trend over time

1960–2022 · per 1,000 people

Physicians per 1,000 people — Cameroon, 1960–202200.050.10.150.219601967197419811988199520022009201620221960: 0.03 per 1,0001965: 0.04 per 1,0001970: 0.03 per 1,0001975: 0.07 per 1,0001979: 0.07 per 1,0001989: 0.08 per 1,0001990: 0.08 per 1,0001992: 0.08 per 1,0001993: 0.07 per 1,0001996: 0.07 per 1,0002004: 0.19 per 1,0002005: 0.06 per 1,0002007: 0.07 per 1,0002009: 0.07 per 1,0002010: 0.09 per 1,0002011: 0.09 per 1,0002018: 0.13 per 1,0002020: 0.1 per 1,0002021: 0.13 per 1,0002022: 0.14 per 1,000
Change over the period: +0.1 (+300%) Average annual rate: 2.26 %

Comparison, 2022

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

Cameroon 0.14 per 1,000
World 1.86 per 1,000
Sub-Saharan Africa 0.25 per 1,000
Middle Africa computed 0.19 per 1,000
Physicians per 1,000 people — Cameroon, by year Cameroon All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2022 0.14 +0.01 +7.94%
2021 0.13 +0.03 +28.57%
2020 0.1
2018 0.13
2011 0.09 +0 +4.6%
2010 0.09 +0.02 +24.29%
2009 0.07
2007 0.07
2005 0.06 −0.13 −67.55%
2004 0.19
1996 0.07
1993 0.07 −0.01 −13.1%
1992 0.08
1990 0.08 −0 −2.38%
1989 0.08
1979 0.07
1975 0.07
1970 0.03
1965 0.04
1960 0.03

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.