Physicians per 1,000 people — all countries

Physicians per 1,000 people — Jordan

Physicians per 1,000 people in Jordan in 2022 — 2.85 per 1,000. Ranked 53 in the world out of 125. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 724%.

2022 2.85 per 1,000 +13.18% vs 2019
World rank 53of 125
Period maximum 2.85 per 1,0002022
Period minimum 0.35 per 1,0001960

Trend over time

1960–2022 · per 1,000 people

Physicians per 1,000 people — Jordan, 1960–2022012319601967197419811988199520022009201620221960: 0.35 per 1,0001965: 0.37 per 1,0001970: 0.4 per 1,0001975: 0.38 per 1,0001980: 0.79 per 1,0001981: 1.11 per 1,0001982: 1.13 per 1,0001984: 1.16 per 1,0001991: 1.35 per 1,0001994: 1.63 per 1,0001997: 1.66 per 1,0001998: 0.95 per 1,0001999: 1.84 per 1,0002000: 1.78 per 1,0002001: 1.93 per 1,0002002: 2.09 per 1,0002003: 2.16 per 1,0002004: 1.94 per 1,0002005: 2.14 per 1,0002006: 2.14 per 1,0002007: 2.24 per 1,0002008: 2.09 per 1,0002009: 2.06 per 1,0002010: 2.22 per 1,0002013: 2.34 per 1,0002014: 2.24 per 1,0002015: 2.73 per 1,0002017: 2.22 per 1,0002019: 2.52 per 1,0002022: 2.85 per 1,000
Change over the period: +2.51 (+723.99%) Average annual rate: 3.46 %

Comparison, 2022

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

Jordan 2.85 per 1,000
World 1.86 per 1,000
Western Asia computed 2.08 per 1,000
Physicians per 1,000 people — Jordan, by year Jordan All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2022 2.85
2019 2.52
2017 2.22
2015 2.73 +0.49 +21.91%
2014 2.24 −0.1 −4.44%
2013 2.34
2010 2.22 +0.17 +8.13%
2009 2.06 −0.03 −1.44%
2008 2.09 −0.15 −6.84%
2007 2.24 +0.1 +4.78%
2006 2.14 −0 −0.23%
2005 2.14 +0.2 +10.47%
2004 1.94 −0.22 −10.07%
2003 2.16 +0.07 +3.31%
2002 2.09 +0.15 +7.92%
2001 1.93 +0.16 +8.72%
2000 1.78 −0.06 −3.16%
1999 1.84 +0.89 +93.88%
1998 0.95 −0.71 −42.95%
1997 1.66
1994 1.63
1991 1.35
1984 1.16
1982 1.13 +0.01 +1.26%
1981 1.11 +0.33 +41.73%
1980 0.79
1975 0.38
1970 0.4
1965 0.37
1960 0.35

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.