Physicians per 1,000 people — all countries

Physicians per 1,000 people — Grenada

Physicians per 1,000 people in Grenada in 2018 — 1.38 per 1,000. Ranked 90 in the world out of 157. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 523%.

2018 1.38 per 1,000 +2.29% vs 2017
World rank 90of 157
Period maximum 1.38 per 1,0002018
Period minimum 0.22 per 1,0001960

Trend over time

1960–2018 · per 1,000 people

Physicians per 1,000 people — Grenada, 1960–201800.511.5196019661972197819841990199620022008201420181960: 0.22 per 1,0001970: 0.35 per 1,0001984: 0.49 per 1,0001988: 0.55 per 1,0001990: 0.5 per 1,0001993: 0.58 per 1,0001995: 0.65 per 1,0001997: 0.39 per 1,0001999: 0.55 per 1,0002000: 0.54 per 1,0002001: 0.54 per 1,0002002: 0.54 per 1,0002003: 0.53 per 1,0002006: 0.63 per 1,0002017: 1.35 per 1,0002018: 1.38 per 1,000
Change over the period: +1.16 (+522.97%) Average annual rate: 3.2 %

Comparison, 2018

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

Grenada 1.38 per 1,000
World computed 1.59 per 1,000
Upper-middle-income countries computed 1.92 per 1,000
Physicians per 1,000 people — Grenada, by year Grenada All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2018 1.38 +0.03 +2.29%
2017 1.35
2006 0.63
2003 0.53 −0 −0.37%
2002 0.54 −0 −0.37%
2001 0.54 −0 −0.56%
2000 0.54 −0.01 −2.35%
1999 0.55
1997 0.39
1995 0.65
1993 0.58
1990 0.5
1988 0.55
1984 0.49
1970 0.35
1960 0.22

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.