Physicians per 1,000 people — all countries

Physicians per 1,000 people — Mauritius

Physicians per 1,000 people in Mauritius in 2022 — 1.44 per 1,000. Ranked 73 in the world out of 125. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 567.9%.

2022 1.44 per 1,000 −46.6% vs 2020
World rank 73of 125
Period maximum 2.69 per 1,0002020
Period minimum 0.22 per 1,0001960

Trend over time

1960–2022 · per 1,000 people

Physicians per 1,000 people — Mauritius, 1960–2022012319601967197419811988199520022009201620221960: 0.22 per 1,0001965: 0.26 per 1,0001970: 0.24 per 1,0001975: 0.24 per 1,0001980: 0.52 per 1,0001981: 0.55 per 1,0001985: 0.53 per 1,0001989: 0.86 per 1,0001990: 0.81 per 1,0001991: 0.84 per 1,0001992: 0.85 per 1,0001993: 0.84 per 1,0001994: 0.85 per 1,0001995: 0.85 per 1,0002000: 0.89 per 1,0002001: 0.9 per 1,0002002: 0.96 per 1,0002003: 0.94 per 1,0002004: 1.04 per 1,0002005: 1.07 per 1,0002006: 1.11 per 1,0002007: 1.12 per 1,0002008: 1.14 per 1,0002009: 1.15 per 1,0002010: 1.17 per 1,0002011: 1.41 per 1,0002012: 1.34 per 1,0002013: 1.59 per 1,0002014: 1.88 per 1,0002015: 1.97 per 1,0002016: 2.14 per 1,0002017: 2.27 per 1,0002018: 1.86 per 1,0002019: 2.56 per 1,0002020: 2.69 per 1,0002022: 1.44 per 1,000
Change over the period: +1.22 (+567.91%) Average annual rate: 3.11 %

Comparison, 2022

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

Mauritius 1.44 per 1,000
World 1.86 per 1,000
Sub-Saharan Africa 0.25 per 1,000
Eastern Africa computed 0.15 per 1,000
Physicians per 1,000 people — Mauritius, by year Mauritius All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2022 1.44
2020 2.69 +0.13 +5.12%
2019 2.56 +0.7 +37.67%
2018 1.86 −0.41 −18.08%
2017 2.27 +0.12 +5.78%
2016 2.14 +0.17 +8.67%
2015 1.97 +0.09 +4.95%
2014 1.88 +0.3 +18.61%
2013 1.59 +0.25 +18.64%
2012 1.34 −0.07 −5.05%
2011 1.41 +0.24 +20.36%
2010 1.17 +0.02 +1.39%
2009 1.15 +0.02 +1.32%
2008 1.14 +0.01 +1.34%
2007 1.12 +0.01 +1.35%
2006 1.11 +0.04 +3.75%
2005 1.07 +0.03 +2.4%
2004 1.04 +0.1 +10.49%
2003 0.94 −0.02 −1.77%
2002 0.96 +0.06 +6.42%
2001 0.9 +0.02 +1.69%
2000 0.89
1995 0.85 +0.01 +0.59%
1994 0.85 +0 +0.12%
1993 0.84 −0 −0.35%
1992 0.85 +0.01 +1.44%
1991 0.84 +0.02 +2.96%
1990 0.81 −0.05 −5.48%
1989 0.86
1985 0.53
1981 0.55 +0.03 +5.95%
1980 0.52
1975 0.24
1970 0.24
1965 0.26
1960 0.22

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.