Physicians per 1,000 people — all countries

Physicians per 1,000 people — Mozambique

Physicians per 1,000 people in Mozambique in 2022 — 0.18 per 1,000. Ranked 102 in the world out of 125. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 307%.

2022 0.18 per 1,000 +113.41% vs 2021
World rank 102of 125
Period maximum 0.18 per 1,0002022
Period minimum 0.01 per 1,0001990

Trend over time

1960–2022 · per 1,000 people

Physicians per 1,000 people — Mozambique, 1960–202200.050.10.150.219601967197419811988199520022009201620221960: 0.04 per 1,0001965: 0.06 per 1,0001970: 0.05 per 1,0001980: 0.03 per 1,0001981: 0.03 per 1,0001982: 0.03 per 1,0001985: 0.02 per 1,0001989: 0.03 per 1,0001990: 0.01 per 1,0002000: 0.02 per 1,0002004: 0.03 per 1,0002006: 0.03 per 1,0002009: 0.05 per 1,0002010: 0.05 per 1,0002011: 0.05 per 1,0002012: 0.06 per 1,0002013: 0.06 per 1,0002017: 0.08 per 1,0002018: 0.09 per 1,0002019: 0.09 per 1,0002020: 0.08 per 1,0002021: 0.08 per 1,0002022: 0.18 per 1,000
Change over the period: +0.13 (+306.98%) Average annual rate: 2.29 %

Comparison, 2022

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

Mozambique 0.18 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
Low-income countries computed 0.14 per 1,000
Physicians per 1,000 people — Mozambique, by year Mozambique All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2022 0.18 +0.09 +113.41%
2021 0.08 −0 −2.38%
2020 0.08 −0 −2.33%
2019 0.09 +0 +1.18%
2018 0.09 +0.01 +10.39%
2017 0.08
2013 0.06 +0 +3.57%
2012 0.06 +0 +3.7%
2011 0.05 +0 +8%
2010 0.05 +0 +6.38%
2009 0.05
2006 0.03
2004 0.03
2000 0.02
1990 0.01 −0.02 −57.14%
1989 0.03
1985 0.02
1982 0.03 −0 −3.7%
1981 0.03 +0 +8%
1980 0.03
1970 0.05
1965 0.06
1960 0.04

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.