Physicians per 1,000 people — all countries

Physicians per 1,000 people — Nauru

Physicians per 1,000 people in Nauru in 2015 — 1.27 per 1,000. Ranked 78 in the world out of 122. Since 1995, the indicator has fallen by 18.9%.

2015 1.27 per 1,000 −8.15% vs 2011
World rank 78of 122
Period maximum 1.57 per 1,0001995
Period minimum 0.99 per 1,0002004

Trend over time

1995–2015 · per 1,000 people

Physicians per 1,000 people — Nauru, 1995–20150.811.21.41.6199519971999200120032005200720092011201320151995: 1.57 per 1,0002004: 0.99 per 1,0002008: 1 per 1,0002009: 1 per 1,0002010: 1.1 per 1,0002011: 1.39 per 1,0002015: 1.27 per 1,000
Change over the period: −0.3 (−18.87%) Average annual rate: -1.04 %
Physicians per 1,000 people — Nauru, by year Nauru All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2015 1.27
2011 1.39 +0.29 +26%
2010 1.1 +0.1 +10%
2009 1 +0 +0%
2008 1
2004 0.99
1995 1.57

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.