Physicians per 1,000 people — all countries

Physicians per 1,000 people — Netherlands

Physicians per 1,000 people in the Netherlands in 2022 — 3.88 per 1,000. Ranked 27 in the world out of 125. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 252.4%.

2022 3.88 per 1,000 +0.03% vs 2021
World rank 27of 125
Period maximum 3.88 per 1,0002022
Period minimum 1.1 per 1,0001960

Trend over time

1960–2022 · per 1,000 people

Physicians per 1,000 people — Netherlands, 1960–20220123419601967197419811988199520022009201620221960: 1.1 per 1,0001961: 1.1 per 1,0001962: 1.1 per 1,0001963: 1.1 per 1,0001964: 1.1 per 1,0001965: 1.2 per 1,0001966: 1.2 per 1,0001967: 1.2 per 1,0001968: 1.2 per 1,0001969: 1.2 per 1,0001970: 1.2 per 1,0001971: 1.3 per 1,0001972: 1.4 per 1,0001973: 1.4 per 1,0001974: 1.5 per 1,0001975: 1.6 per 1,0001976: 1.7 per 1,0001977: 1.7 per 1,0001978: 1.8 per 1,0001979: 1.8 per 1,0001990: 2.49 per 1,0001991: 2.58 per 1,0001999: 2.36 per 1,0002000: 2.42 per 1,0002001: 2.49 per 1,0002002: 2.55 per 1,0002003: 2.59 per 1,0002004: 2.63 per 1,0002005: 2.68 per 1,0002006: 2.77 per 1,0002007: 2.77 per 1,0002008: 2.84 per 1,0002009: 2.9 per 1,0002010: 2.94 per 1,0002011: 3.1 per 1,0002012: 3.22 per 1,0002013: 3.28 per 1,0002014: 3.39 per 1,0002015: 3.46 per 1,0002016: 3.5 per 1,0002017: 3.57 per 1,0002018: 3.63 per 1,0002019: 3.71 per 1,0002020: 3.81 per 1,0002021: 3.88 per 1,0002022: 3.88 per 1,000
Change over the period: +2.78 (+252.36%) Average annual rate: 2.05 %

Comparison, 2022

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

Netherlands 3.88 per 1,000
World 1.86 per 1,000
Europe & Central Asia 3.9 per 1,000
Western Europe computed 4.03 per 1,000
Physicians per 1,000 people — Netherlands, by year Netherlands All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2022 3.88 +0 +0.03%
2021 3.88 +0.07 +1.84%
2020 3.81 +0.09 +2.48%
2019 3.71 +0.08 +2.23%
2018 3.63 +0.07 +1.88%
2017 3.57 +0.06 +1.83%
2016 3.5 +0.04 +1.27%
2015 3.46 +0.07 +1.92%
2014 3.39 +0.11 +3.35%
2013 3.28 +0.06 +1.83%
2012 3.22 +0.12 +3.87%
2011 3.1 +0.17 +5.69%
2010 2.94 +0.04 +1.38%
2009 2.9 +0.05 +1.83%
2008 2.84 +0.08 +2.75%
2007 2.77 −0 −0.07%
2006 2.77 +0.09 +3.2%
2005 2.68 +0.06 +2.25%
2004 2.63 +0.03 +1.2%
2003 2.59 +0.04 +1.61%
2002 2.55 +0.06 +2.37%
2001 2.49 +0.07 +2.93%
2000 2.42 +0.06 +2.63%
1999 2.36
1991 2.58 +0.09 +3.45%
1990 2.49
1979 1.8 +0 +0%
1978 1.8 +0.1 +5.88%
1977 1.7 +0 +0%
1976 1.7 +0.1 +6.25%
1975 1.6 +0.1 +6.67%
1974 1.5 +0.1 +7.14%
1973 1.4 +0 +0%
1972 1.4 +0.1 +7.69%
1971 1.3 +0.1 +8.33%
1970 1.2 +0 +0%
1969 1.2 +0 +0%
1968 1.2 +0 +0%
1967 1.2 +0 +0%
1966 1.2 +0 +0%
1965 1.2 +0.1 +9.09%
1964 1.1 +0 +0%
1963 1.1 +0 +0%
1962 1.1 +0 +0%
1961 1.1 +0 +0%
1960 1.1

Western Europe, 2022

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

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.