Physicians per 1,000 people — all countries

Physicians per 1,000 people — G7

Physicians per 1,000 people in the G7 in 2022 — 3.52 per 1,000. Since 1970, the indicator has risen by 206.6%.

2022 3.52 per 1,000 −2.15% vs 2021
World rank
Period maximum 3.6 per 1,0002021
Period minimum 1.15 per 1,0001970

Trend over time

1970–2022 · per 1,000 people

Physicians per 1,000 people — G7, 1970–20220123419701976198219881994200020062012201820221970: 1.15 per 1,0001975: 1.27 per 1,0001976: 1.28 per 1,0001977: 1.32 per 1,0001978: 1.38 per 1,0001979: 1.41 per 1,0001990: 2.26 per 1,0001991: 2.54 per 1,0001992: 2.4 per 1,0001993: 2.58 per 1,0001994: 2.79 per 1,0001995: 2.65 per 1,0001996: 2.59 per 1,0001997: 2.96 per 1,0001998: 2.64 per 1,0001999: 3.02 per 1,0002000: 2.64 per 1,0002001: 2.94 per 1,0002002: 3.47 per 1,0002004: 2.74 per 1,0002006: 2.81 per 1,0002008: 2.87 per 1,0002010: 2.94 per 1,0002012: 3 per 1,0002013: 3.35 per 1,0002014: 3.08 per 1,0002015: 3.4 per 1,0002016: 3.12 per 1,0002017: 3.48 per 1,0002018: 2.91 per 1,0002019: 3.5 per 1,0002020: 3.38 per 1,0002021: 3.6 per 1,0002022: 3.52 per 1,000
Change over the period: +2.37 (+206.57%) Average annual rate: 2.18 %

Comparison, 2022

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: G7

G7 3.52 per 1,000
World 1.86 per 1,000
Physicians per 1,000 people — G7, by year G7 All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2022 3.52 −0.08 −2.15%
2021 3.6 +0.22 +6.37%
2020 3.38 −0.12 −3.48%
2019 3.5 +0.59 +20.26%
2018 2.91 −0.56 −16.19%
2017 3.48 +0.35 +11.28%
2016 3.12 −0.27 −8.08%
2015 3.4 +0.32 +10.25%
2014 3.08 −0.27 −7.92%
2013 3.35 +0.35 +11.6%
2012 3
2010 2.94
2008 2.87
2006 2.81
2004 2.74
2002 3.47 +0.52 +17.73%
2001 2.94 +0.31 +11.71%
2000 2.64 −0.39 −12.87%
1999 3.02 +0.38 +14.43%
1998 2.64 −0.31 −10.63%
1997 2.96 +0.37 +14.24%
1996 2.59 −0.06 −2.28%
1995 2.65 −0.14 −5.12%
1994 2.79 +0.21 +8.05%
1993 2.58 +0.19 +7.78%
1992 2.4 −0.14 −5.47%
1991 2.54 +0.28 +12.2%
1990 2.26
1979 1.41 +0.02 +1.69%
1978 1.38 +0.06 +4.83%
1977 1.32 +0.04 +2.8%
1976 1.28 +0.01 +0.96%
1975 1.27
1970 1.15

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.