Physicians per 1,000 people — all countries

Physicians per 1,000 people — Mauritania

Physicians per 1,000 people in Mauritania in 2022 — 0.26 per 1,000. Ranked 90 in the world out of 125. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 987.5%.

2022 0.26 per 1,000 +19.18% vs 2021
World rank 90of 125
Period maximum 0.26 per 1,0002022
Period minimum 0.02 per 1,0001960

Trend over time

1960–2022 · per 1,000 people

Physicians per 1,000 people — Mauritania, 1960–202200.10.20.319601967197419811988199520022009201620221960: 0.02 per 1,0001965: 0.03 per 1,0001970: 0.06 per 1,0001975: 0.06 per 1,0001977: 0.07 per 1,0001984: 0.08 per 1,0001985: 0.11 per 1,0001990: 0.06 per 1,0001993: 0.06 per 1,0001995: 0.14 per 1,0002004: 0.11 per 1,0002009: 0.14 per 1,0002010: 0.16 per 1,0002014: 0.16 per 1,0002015: 0.18 per 1,0002017: 0.19 per 1,0002018: 0.2 per 1,0002019: 0.2 per 1,0002020: 0.2 per 1,0002021: 0.22 per 1,0002022: 0.26 per 1,000
Change over the period: +0.24 (+987.5%) Average annual rate: 3.92 %

Comparison, 2022

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

Mauritania 0.26 per 1,000
World 1.86 per 1,000
Sub-Saharan Africa 0.25 per 1,000
Western Africa computed 0.27 per 1,000
Physicians per 1,000 people — Mauritania, by year Mauritania All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2022 0.26 +0.04 +19.18%
2021 0.22 +0.02 +7.88%
2020 0.2 +0 +1%
2019 0.2 +0.01 +2.55%
2018 0.2 +0.01 +4.26%
2017 0.19
2015 0.18 +0.01 +8.02%
2014 0.16
2010 0.16 +0.03 +18.38%
2009 0.14
2004 0.11
1995 0.14
1993 0.06
1990 0.06
1985 0.11 +0.03 +36.14%
1984 0.08
1977 0.07
1975 0.06
1970 0.06
1965 0.03
1960 0.02

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.