Physicians per 1,000 people — all countries

Physicians per 1,000 people — Equatorial Guinea

Physicians per 1,000 people in Equatorial Guinea in 2022 — 0.15 per 1,000. Ranked 107 in the world out of 125. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 8.4%.

2022 0.15 per 1,000 −52.92% vs 2017
World rank 107of 125
Period maximum 0.33 per 1,0002017
Period minimum 0.09 per 1,0001970

Trend over time

1960–2022 · per 1,000 people

Physicians per 1,000 people — Equatorial Guinea, 1960–202200.10.20.30.419601967197419811988199520022009201620221960: 0.17 per 1,0001970: 0.09 per 1,0001990: 0.28 per 1,0001995: 0.21 per 1,0001996: 0.25 per 1,0002004: 0.17 per 1,0002017: 0.33 per 1,0002022: 0.15 per 1,000
Change over the period: −0.01 (−8.38%) Average annual rate: -0.14 %

Comparison, 2022

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

Equatorial Guinea 0.15 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 — Equatorial Guinea, by year Equatorial Guinea All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2022 0.15
2017 0.33
2004 0.17
1996 0.25 +0.04 +18.27%
1995 0.21
1990 0.28
1970 0.09
1960 0.17

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.