Physicians per 1,000 people — all countries

Physicians per 1,000 people — Denmark

Physicians per 1,000 people in Denmark in 2021 — 4.5 per 1,000. Ranked 13 in the world out of 123. Since 1990, the indicator has risen by 80.4%.

2021 4.5 per 1,000 +2.76% vs 2020
World rank 13of 123
Period maximum 4.5 per 1,0002021
Period minimum 2.43 per 1,0001991

Trend over time

1990–2021 · per 1,000 people

Physicians per 1,000 people — Denmark, 1990–202123451990199419982002200620102014201820211990: 2.49 per 1,0001991: 2.43 per 1,0001992: 2.6 per 1,0001993: 2.61 per 1,0001994: 2.64 per 1,0001995: 2.68 per 1,0001996: 2.7 per 1,0001997: 2.78 per 1,0001998: 2.86 per 1,0001999: 2.88 per 1,0002000: 2.91 per 1,0002001: 2.93 per 1,0002002: 3.04 per 1,0002003: 3.08 per 1,0002004: 3.23 per 1,0002005: 3.34 per 1,0002006: 3.42 per 1,0002007: 3.46 per 1,0002008: 3.58 per 1,0002009: 3.65 per 1,0002010: 3.73 per 1,0002011: 3.79 per 1,0002012: 3.84 per 1,0002013: 3.85 per 1,0002014: 3.88 per 1,0002015: 3.93 per 1,0002016: 4 per 1,0002017: 4.11 per 1,0002018: 4.2 per 1,0002019: 4.25 per 1,0002020: 4.38 per 1,0002021: 4.5 per 1,000
Change over the period: +2 (+80.35%) Average annual rate: 1.92 %

Comparison, 2021

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

Denmark 4.5 per 1,000
Europe & Central Asia computed 3.86 per 1,000
Northern Europe computed 3.55 per 1,000
Physicians per 1,000 people — Denmark, by year Denmark All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2021 4.5 +0.12 +2.76%
2020 4.38 +0.13 +2.96%
2019 4.25 +0.06 +1.31%
2018 4.2 +0.09 +2.12%
2017 4.11 +0.11 +2.75%
2016 4 +0.07 +1.76%
2015 3.93 +0.05 +1.37%
2014 3.88 +0.03 +0.73%
2013 3.85 +0.01 +0.31%
2012 3.84 +0.05 +1.27%
2011 3.79 +0.06 +1.69%
2010 3.73 +0.08 +2.05%
2009 3.65 +0.07 +2.01%
2008 3.58 +0.12 +3.5%
2007 3.46 +0.03 +0.99%
2006 3.42 +0.09 +2.67%
2005 3.34 +0.11 +3.35%
2004 3.23 +0.15 +4.74%
2003 3.08 +0.04 +1.45%
2002 3.04 +0.1 +3.55%
2001 2.93 +0.02 +0.69%
2000 2.91 +0.03 +1.01%
1999 2.88 +0.03 +0.91%
1998 2.86 +0.08 +2.81%
1997 2.78 +0.08 +2.85%
1996 2.7 +0.02 +0.78%
1995 2.68 +0.04 +1.63%
1994 2.64 +0.03 +1%
1993 2.61 +0.02 +0.65%
1992 2.6 +0.17 +6.88%
1991 2.43 −0.07 −2.61%
1990 2.49

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.