Physicians per 1,000 people — all countries

Physicians per 1,000 people — G20

Physicians per 1,000 people in the G20 in 2022 — 3.03 per 1,000. Since 1965, the indicator has risen by 306.5%.

2022 3.03 per 1,000 +12.61% vs 2021
World rank
Period maximum 3.03 per 1,0002022
Period minimum 0.75 per 1,0001965

Trend over time

1965–2022 · per 1,000 people

Physicians per 1,000 people — G20, 1965–202201234196519711977198319891995200120072013201920221965: 0.75 per 1,0001990: 1.54 per 1,0001991: 1.7 per 1,0001992: 2.22 per 1,0001993: 2.01 per 1,0001994: 2.44 per 1,0001995: 1.78 per 1,0001996: 1.7 per 1,0001997: 1.73 per 1,0001998: 1.77 per 1,0001999: 1.77 per 1,0002000: 1.9 per 1,0002001: 1.83 per 1,0002002: 1.9 per 1,0002004: 1.92 per 1,0002006: 1.89 per 1,0002008: 1.92 per 1,0002009: 1.79 per 1,0002010: 1.85 per 1,0002011: 1.97 per 1,0002012: 1.9 per 1,0002013: 2.13 per 1,0002014: 1.68 per 1,0002015: 1.59 per 1,0002016: 1.76 per 1,0002017: 1.72 per 1,0002018: 1.85 per 1,0002019: 1.99 per 1,0002020: 2 per 1,0002021: 2.69 per 1,0002022: 3.03 per 1,000
Change over the period: +2.29 (+306.48%) Average annual rate: 2.49 %

Comparison, 2022

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: G20

G20 3.03 per 1,000
World 1.86 per 1,000
Physicians per 1,000 people — G20, by year G20 All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2022 3.03 +0.34 +12.61%
2021 2.69 +0.69 +34.42%
2020 2 +0.01 +0.57%
2019 1.99 +0.14 +7.5%
2018 1.85 +0.13 +7.44%
2017 1.72 −0.03 −1.78%
2016 1.76 +0.17 +10.54%
2015 1.59 −0.09 −5.2%
2014 1.68 −0.46 −21.43%
2013 2.13 +0.23 +11.97%
2012 1.9 −0.07 −3.39%
2011 1.97 +0.12 +6.71%
2010 1.85 +0.06 +3.2%
2009 1.79 −0.13 −6.9%
2008 1.92
2006 1.89
2004 1.92
2002 1.9 +0.07 +3.87%
2001 1.83 −0.06 −3.4%
2000 1.9 +0.12 +7%
1999 1.77 +0.01 +0.29%
1998 1.77 +0.03 +1.81%
1997 1.73 +0.03 +2.04%
1996 1.7 −0.08 −4.55%
1995 1.78 −0.66 −27.08%
1994 2.44 +0.43 +21.65%
1993 2.01 −0.21 −9.63%
1992 2.22 +0.52 +30.46%
1991 1.7 +0.17 +10.81%
1990 1.54
1965 0.75

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.