Physicians per 1,000 people — all countries

Physicians per 1,000 people — Gabon

Physicians per 1,000 people in Gabon in 2022 — 0.52 per 1,000. Ranked 82 in the world out of 125. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 345.3%.

2022 0.52 per 1,000 −11.09% vs 2020
World rank 82of 125
Period maximum 0.65 per 1,0002017
Period minimum 0.1 per 1,0002008

Trend over time

1960–2022 · per 1,000 people

Physicians per 1,000 people — Gabon, 1960–202200.20.40.60.819601967197419811988199520022009201620221960: 0.12 per 1,0001970: 0.19 per 1,0001981: 0.46 per 1,0001983: 0.43 per 1,0001985: 0.52 per 1,0001988: 0.25 per 1,0001989: 0.49 per 1,0001991: 0.19 per 1,0001993: 0.21 per 1,0001994: 0.25 per 1,0001995: 0.29 per 1,0002004: 0.28 per 1,0002008: 0.1 per 1,0002016: 0.34 per 1,0002017: 0.65 per 1,0002018: 0.62 per 1,0002019: 0.6 per 1,0002020: 0.59 per 1,0002022: 0.52 per 1,000
Change over the period: +0.4 (+345.3%) Average annual rate: 2.44 %

Comparison, 2022

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

Gabon 0.52 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 — Gabon, by year Gabon All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2022 0.52
2020 0.59 −0.02 −2.82%
2019 0.6 −0.02 −2.43%
2018 0.62 −0.04 −5.36%
2017 0.65 +0.31 +92.06%
2016 0.34
2008 0.1
2004 0.28
1995 0.29 +0.03 +13.04%
1994 0.25 +0.04 +19.91%
1993 0.21
1991 0.19
1989 0.49 +0.25 +100.81%
1988 0.25
1985 0.52
1983 0.43
1981 0.46
1970 0.19
1960 0.12

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.