Physicians per 1,000 people — all countries

Physicians per 1,000 people — Oman

Physicians per 1,000 people in Oman in 2022 — 1.99 per 1,000. Ranked 65 in the world out of 125. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 6,540%.

2022 1.99 per 1,000 −0.7% vs 2021
World rank 65of 125
Period maximum 2.16 per 1,0002014
Period minimum 0.03 per 1,0001960

Trend over time

1960–2022 · per 1,000 people

Physicians per 1,000 people — Oman, 1960–2022012319601967197419811988199520022009201620221960: 0.03 per 1,0001965: 0.04 per 1,0001982: 0.55 per 1,0001987: 0.83 per 1,0001989: 0.88 per 1,0001990: 0.82 per 1,0001995: 1.17 per 1,0001997: 0.88 per 1,0001998: 0.94 per 1,0001999: 0.97 per 1,0002000: 1.43 per 1,0002001: 1.47 per 1,0002002: 1.51 per 1,0002003: 1.58 per 1,0002004: 1.61 per 1,0002005: 1.7 per 1,0002006: 1.82 per 1,0002007: 1.91 per 1,0002008: 1.98 per 1,0002009: 2.07 per 1,0002010: 2.13 per 1,0002011: 2.06 per 1,0002012: 1.99 per 1,0002013: 2 per 1,0002014: 2.16 per 1,0002015: 2.13 per 1,0002016: 1.96 per 1,0002017: 2.01 per 1,0002018: 2.1 per 1,0002019: 2.09 per 1,0002020: 2 per 1,0002021: 2.01 per 1,0002022: 1.99 per 1,000
Change over the period: +1.96 (+6,540%) Average annual rate: 7 %

Comparison, 2022

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

Oman 1.99 per 1,000
World 1.86 per 1,000
Western Asia computed 2.08 per 1,000
Physicians per 1,000 people — Oman, by year Oman All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2022 1.99 −0.01 −0.7%
2021 2.01 +0 +0.15%
2020 2 −0.09 −4.21%
2019 2.09 −0.01 −0.62%
2018 2.1 +0.09 +4.52%
2017 2.01 +0.05 +2.49%
2016 1.96 −0.17 −7.79%
2015 2.13 −0.03 −1.48%
2014 2.16 +0.16 +8.05%
2013 2 +0.01 +0.6%
2012 1.99 −0.07 −3.31%
2011 2.06 −0.07 −3.25%
2010 2.13 +0.05 +2.61%
2009 2.07 +0.09 +4.75%
2008 1.98 +0.07 +3.56%
2007 1.91 +0.09 +4.89%
2006 1.82 +0.12 +7.12%
2005 1.7 +0.09 +5.59%
2004 1.61 +0.03 +2.16%
2003 1.58 +0.06 +4.16%
2002 1.51 +0.04 +2.93%
2001 1.47 +0.04 +2.94%
2000 1.43 +0.46 +47.98%
1999 0.97 +0.02 +2.22%
1998 0.94 +0.07 +7.64%
1997 0.88
1995 1.17
1990 0.82 −0.07 −7.47%
1989 0.88
1987 0.83
1982 0.55
1965 0.04
1960 0.03

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.