Physicians per 1,000 people — all countries

Physicians per 1,000 people — Italy

Physicians per 1,000 people in Italy in 2022 — 4.19 per 1,000. Ranked 21 in the world out of 125. Since 1990, the indicator has fallen by 23.7%.

2022 4.19 per 1,000 +3.12% vs 2021
World rank 21of 125
Period maximum 9.34 per 1,0002002
Period minimum 3.42 per 1,0002000

Trend over time

1990–2022 · per 1,000 people

Physicians per 1,000 people — Italy, 1990–20222468101990199419982002200620102014201820221990: 5.49 per 1,0001991: 5.6 per 1,0001992: 5.68 per 1,0001993: 5.72 per 1,0001994: 5.78 per 1,0001995: 3.76 per 1,0001996: 3.88 per 1,0001997: 3.98 per 1,0001998: 4.05 per 1,0001999: 4.09 per 1,0002000: 3.42 per 1,0002001: 3.49 per 1,0002002: 9.34 per 1,0002003: 3.6 per 1,0002004: 3.67 per 1,0002005: 3.69 per 1,0002006: 3.69 per 1,0002007: 3.75 per 1,0002008: 3.74 per 1,0002009: 3.74 per 1,0002010: 3.76 per 1,0002011: 3.84 per 1,0002012: 3.81 per 1,0002013: 3.87 per 1,0002014: 3.89 per 1,0002015: 3.85 per 1,0002016: 3.96 per 1,0002017: 4 per 1,0002018: 3.99 per 1,0002019: 4.02 per 1,0002020: 3.97 per 1,0002021: 4.06 per 1,0002022: 4.19 per 1,000
Change over the period: −1.3 (−23.72%) Average annual rate: -0.84 %

Comparison, 2022

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

Italy 4.19 per 1,000
World 1.86 per 1,000
Europe & Central Asia 3.9 per 1,000
Southern Europe computed 4.43 per 1,000
Physicians per 1,000 people — Italy, by year Italy All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2022 4.19 +0.13 +3.12%
2021 4.06 +0.09 +2.37%
2020 3.97 −0.05 −1.34%
2019 4.02 +0.04 +0.93%
2018 3.99 −0.01 −0.3%
2017 4 +0.04 +0.91%
2016 3.96 +0.12 +2.99%
2015 3.85 −0.04 −1.03%
2014 3.89 +0.01 +0.39%
2013 3.87 +0.06 +1.65%
2012 3.81 −0.02 −0.65%
2011 3.84 +0.07 +1.91%
2010 3.76 +0.02 +0.64%
2009 3.74 −0 −0.03%
2008 3.74 −0.01 −0.32%
2007 3.75 +0.07 +1.82%
2006 3.69 −0 −0.05%
2005 3.69 +0.02 +0.55%
2004 3.67 +0.06 +1.75%
2003 3.6 −5.74 −61.43%
2002 9.34 +5.86 +167.97%
2001 3.49 +0.06 +1.84%
2000 3.42 −0.67 −16.37%
1999 4.09 +0.04 +1.11%
1998 4.05 +0.07 +1.86%
1997 3.98 +0.1 +2.5%
1996 3.88 +0.12 +3.06%
1995 3.76 −2.02 −34.94%
1994 5.78 +0.06 +1.05%
1993 5.72 +0.05 +0.81%
1992 5.68 +0.08 +1.43%
1991 5.6 +0.1 +1.89%
1990 5.49

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.