Physicians per 1,000 people — all countries

Physicians per 1,000 people — Kuwait

Physicians per 1,000 people in Kuwait in 2020 — 2.27 per 1,000. Ranked 68 in the world out of 136. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 161%.

2020 2.27 per 1,000 +8.91% vs 2019
World rank 68of 136
Period maximum 2.67 per 1,0002014
Period minimum 0.87 per 1,0001960

Trend over time

1960–2020 · per 1,000 people

Physicians per 1,000 people — Kuwait, 1960–20200123196019661972197819841990199620022008201420201960: 0.87 per 1,0001965: 1.26 per 1,0001970: 0.95 per 1,0001980: 1.7 per 1,0001981: 1.41 per 1,0001982: 1.62 per 1,0001986: 1.57 per 1,0001995: 1.78 per 1,0001997: 1.89 per 1,0002003: 1.9 per 1,0002004: 1.5 per 1,0002005: 1.8 per 1,0002006: 1.46 per 1,0002007: 1.88 per 1,0002008: 1.88 per 1,0002009: 1.91 per 1,0002010: 2.47 per 1,0002011: 2.48 per 1,0002012: 2.48 per 1,0002013: 2.55 per 1,0002014: 2.67 per 1,0002015: 2.65 per 1,0002016: 2.11 per 1,0002017: 2.11 per 1,0002018: 2.03 per 1,0002019: 2.09 per 1,0002020: 2.27 per 1,000
Change over the period: +1.4 (+160.96%) Average annual rate: 1.61 %

Comparison, 2020

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

Kuwait 2.27 per 1,000
Middle East & North Africa computed 1.25 per 1,000
Western Asia computed 1.87 per 1,000
Physicians per 1,000 people — Kuwait, by year Kuwait All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2020 2.27 +0.19 +8.91%
2019 2.09 +0.06 +2.81%
2018 2.03 −0.08 −3.61%
2017 2.11 +0 +0%
2016 2.11 −0.54 −20.44%
2015 2.65 −0.02 −0.86%
2014 2.67 +0.12 +4.83%
2013 2.55 +0.07 +2.91%
2012 2.48 −0.01 −0.36%
2011 2.48 +0.01 +0.57%
2010 2.47 +0.56 +29.32%
2009 1.91 +0.03 +1.38%
2008 1.88 +0 +0.27%
2007 1.88 +0.42 +28.7%
2006 1.46 −0.34 −18.89%
2005 1.8 +0.3 +20%
2004 1.5 −0.4 −21.05%
2003 1.9
1997 1.89
1995 1.78
1986 1.57
1982 1.62 +0.21 +14.73%
1981 1.41 −0.29 −16.84%
1980 1.7
1970 0.95
1965 1.26
1960 0.87

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.