Physicians per 1,000 people — all countries

Physicians per 1,000 people — Dominica

Physicians per 1,000 people in Dominica in 2018 — 1.16 per 1,000. Ranked 92 in the world out of 157. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 770.7%.

2018 1.16 per 1,000 −0.86% vs 2017
World rank 92of 157
Period maximum 1.82 per 1,0002001
Period minimum 0.13 per 1,0001960

Trend over time

1960–2018 · per 1,000 people

Physicians per 1,000 people — Dominica, 1960–201800.511.52196019661972197819841990199620022008201420181960: 0.13 per 1,0001970: 0.16 per 1,0001984: 0.34 per 1,0001990: 0.46 per 1,0001991: 0.53 per 1,0001995: 0.47 per 1,0001996: 0.49 per 1,0001997: 0.55 per 1,0002001: 1.82 per 1,0002017: 1.17 per 1,0002018: 1.16 per 1,000
Change over the period: +1.03 (+770.68%) Average annual rate: 3.8 %

Comparison, 2018

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

Dominica 1.16 per 1,000
World computed 1.59 per 1,000
Upper-middle-income countries computed 1.92 per 1,000
Physicians per 1,000 people — Dominica, by year Dominica All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2018 1.16 −0.01 −0.86%
2017 1.17
2001 1.82
1997 0.55 +0.06 +11.16%
1996 0.49 +0.02 +4.89%
1995 0.47
1991 0.53 +0.07 +14.78%
1990 0.46
1984 0.34
1970 0.16
1960 0.13

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.