Physicians per 1,000 people — all countries

Physicians per 1,000 people — Euro area

Physicians per 1,000 people in the Euro area in 2022 — 4.19 per 1,000. Since 1990, the indicator has risen by 28.9%.

2022 4.19 per 1,000 +0.53% vs 2021
World rank
Period maximum 4.3 per 1,0002002
Period minimum 3.23 per 1,0002000

Trend over time

1990–2022 · per 1,000 people

Physicians per 1,000 people — Euro area, 1990–202233.544.51990199419982002200620102014201820221990: 3.25 per 1,0001991: 3.55 per 1,0001992: 3.64 per 1,0001993: 3.7 per 1,0001994: 3.75 per 1,0001995: 3.4 per 1,0001996: 3.25 per 1,0001997: 3.3 per 1,0001998: 3.35 per 1,0001999: 3.34 per 1,0002000: 3.23 per 1,0002001: 3.27 per 1,0002002: 4.3 per 1,0002003: 3.36 per 1,0002004: 3.43 per 1,0002005: 3.48 per 1,0002006: 3.53 per 1,0002007: 3.57 per 1,0002008: 3.59 per 1,0002009: 3.62 per 1,0002010: 3.67 per 1,0002011: 3.69 per 1,0002012: 3.72 per 1,0002013: 3.77 per 1,0002014: 3.8 per 1,0002015: 3.82 per 1,0002016: 3.88 per 1,0002017: 3.92 per 1,0002018: 3.97 per 1,0002019: 4.07 per 1,0002020: 4.12 per 1,0002021: 4.17 per 1,0002022: 4.19 per 1,000
Change over the period: +0.94 (+28.9%) Average annual rate: 0.8 %

Comparison, 2022

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

Euro area 4.19 per 1,000
World 1.86 per 1,000
Physicians per 1,000 people — Euro area, by year Euro area All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2022 4.19 +0.02 +0.53%
2021 4.17 +0.05 +1.13%
2020 4.12 +0.05 +1.25%
2019 4.07 +0.1 +2.55%
2018 3.97 +0.05 +1.28%
2017 3.92 +0.04 +1.11%
2016 3.88 +0.05 +1.38%
2015 3.82 +0.03 +0.69%
2014 3.8 +0.03 +0.72%
2013 3.77 +0.05 +1.39%
2012 3.72 +0.03 +0.72%
2011 3.69 +0.02 +0.57%
2010 3.67 +0.06 +1.53%
2009 3.62 +0.03 +0.78%
2008 3.59 +0.02 +0.6%
2007 3.57 +0.04 +1.06%
2006 3.53 +0.05 +1.39%
2005 3.48 +0.05 +1.37%
2004 3.43 +0.08 +2.29%
2003 3.36 −0.94 −21.83%
2002 4.3 +1.02 +31.24%
2001 3.27 +0.04 +1.19%
2000 3.23 −0.1 −3.03%
1999 3.34 −0.01 −0.44%
1998 3.35 +0.05 +1.51%
1997 3.3 +0.05 +1.57%
1996 3.25 −0.15 −4.43%
1995 3.4 −0.35 −9.34%
1994 3.75 +0.05 +1.39%
1993 3.7 +0.06 +1.52%
1992 3.64 +0.1 +2.74%
1991 3.55 +0.29 +9.06%
1990 3.25

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.