Physicians per 1,000 people — all countries

Physicians per 1,000 people — Myanmar

Physicians per 1,000 people in Myanmar in 2019 — 0.76 per 1,000. Ranked 96 in the world out of 135. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 1,064.6%.

2019 0.76 per 1,000 +8.76% vs 2018
World rank 96of 135
Period maximum 0.89 per 1,0002017
Period minimum 0.07 per 1,0001960

Trend over time

1960–2019 · per 1,000 people

Physicians per 1,000 people — Myanmar, 1960–201900.250.50.751196019661972197819841990199620022008201420191960: 0.07 per 1,0001965: 0.09 per 1,0001970: 0.11 per 1,0001981: 0.2 per 1,0001985: 0.27 per 1,0001989: 0.08 per 1,0001990: 0.08 per 1,0001995: 0.29 per 1,0001999: 0.3 per 1,0002000: 0.3 per 1,0002004: 0.38 per 1,0002005: 0.39 per 1,0002006: 0.43 per 1,0002007: 0.45 per 1,0002008: 0.49 per 1,0002009: 0.5 per 1,0002010: 0.54 per 1,0002011: 0.57 per 1,0002012: 0.6 per 1,0002016: 0.64 per 1,0002017: 0.89 per 1,0002018: 0.7 per 1,0002019: 0.76 per 1,000
Change over the period: +0.69 (+1,064.62%) Average annual rate: 4.25 %

Comparison, 2019

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

Myanmar 0.76 per 1,000
South-Eastern Asia computed 0.7 per 1,000
Lower-middle-income countries computed 0.83 per 1,000
Physicians per 1,000 people — Myanmar, by year Myanmar All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2019 0.76 +0.06 +8.76%
2018 0.7 −0.19 −21.71%
2017 0.89 +0.25 +39.34%
2016 0.64
2012 0.6 +0.03 +5.46%
2011 0.57 +0.03 +5.38%
2010 0.54 +0.04 +6.94%
2009 0.5 +0.01 +2.86%
2008 0.49 +0.04 +8.17%
2007 0.45 +0.02 +5.59%
2006 0.43 +0.04 +9.44%
2005 0.39 +0.01 +3.7%
2004 0.38
2000 0.3 +0.01 +1.68%
1999 0.3
1995 0.29
1990 0.08 −0 −3.7%
1989 0.08
1985 0.27
1981 0.2
1970 0.11
1965 0.09
1960 0.07

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.