Physicians per 1,000 people — all countries

Physicians per 1,000 people — Djibouti

Physicians per 1,000 people in Djibouti in 2022 — 0.21 per 1,000. Ranked 95 in the world out of 125. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 34.4%.

2022 0.21 per 1,000 +4.98% vs 2014
World rank 95of 125
Period maximum 0.28 per 1,0001970
Period minimum 0.13 per 1,0001999

Trend over time

1960–2022 · per 1,000 people

Physicians per 1,000 people — Djibouti, 1960–20220.10.150.20.250.319601967197419811988199520022009201620221960: 0.16 per 1,0001970: 0.28 per 1,0001981: 0.22 per 1,0001984: 0.24 per 1,0001990: 0.16 per 1,0001995: 0.19 per 1,0001996: 0.14 per 1,0001999: 0.13 per 1,0002004: 0.16 per 1,0002005: 0.17 per 1,0002006: 0.22 per 1,0002014: 0.2 per 1,0002022: 0.21 per 1,000
Change over the period: +0.05 (+34.39%) Average annual rate: 0.48 %

Comparison, 2022

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

Djibouti 0.21 per 1,000
World 1.86 per 1,000
Sub-Saharan Africa 0.25 per 1,000
Eastern Africa computed 0.15 per 1,000
Physicians per 1,000 people — Djibouti, by year Djibouti All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2022 0.21
2014 0.2
2006 0.22 +0.05 +29.34%
2005 0.17 +0.01 +7.05%
2004 0.16
1999 0.13
1996 0.14 −0.05 −26.7%
1995 0.19
1990 0.16
1984 0.24
1981 0.22
1970 0.28
1960 0.16

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.