Physicians per 1,000 people — all countries

Physicians per 1,000 people — Iraq

Physicians per 1,000 people in Iraq in 2022 — 1.02 per 1,000. Ranked 74 in the world out of 125. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 424.1%.

2022 1.02 per 1,000 +3.97% vs 2021
World rank 74of 125
Period maximum 1.02 per 1,0002022
Period minimum 0.2 per 1,0001960

Trend over time

1960–2022 · per 1,000 people

Physicians per 1,000 people — Iraq, 1960–202200.511.519601967197419811988199520022009201620221960: 0.2 per 1,0001965: 0.2 per 1,0001970: 0.31 per 1,0001980: 0.56 per 1,0001981: 0.57 per 1,0001986: 0.6 per 1,0001987: 0.58 per 1,0001990: 0.6 per 1,0001993: 0.6 per 1,0001998: 0.55 per 1,0002001: 0.54 per 1,0002004: 0.66 per 1,0002005: 0.66 per 1,0002007: 0.53 per 1,0002010: 0.64 per 1,0002014: 0.82 per 1,0002015: 0.72 per 1,0002016: 0.71 per 1,0002017: 0.8 per 1,0002018: 0.68 per 1,0002019: 0.88 per 1,0002020: 0.92 per 1,0002021: 0.98 per 1,0002022: 1.02 per 1,000
Change over the period: +0.83 (+424.1%) Average annual rate: 2.71 %

Comparison, 2022

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

Iraq 1.02 per 1,000
World 1.86 per 1,000
Western Asia computed 2.08 per 1,000
Physicians per 1,000 people — Iraq, by year Iraq All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2022 1.02 +0.04 +3.97%
2021 0.98 +0.06 +6.5%
2020 0.92 +0.04 +4.77%
2019 0.88 +0.21 +30.33%
2018 0.68 −0.12 −15.5%
2017 0.8 +0.09 +13.15%
2016 0.71 −0.01 −1.53%
2015 0.72 −0.11 −12.76%
2014 0.82
2010 0.64
2007 0.53
2005 0.66 +0 +0.3%
2004 0.66
2001 0.54
1998 0.55
1993 0.6
1990 0.6
1987 0.58 −0.02 −3.36%
1986 0.6
1981 0.57 +0.01 +0.89%
1980 0.56
1970 0.31
1965 0.2
1960 0.2

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.