Physicians per 1,000 people — all countries

Physicians per 1,000 people — Poland

Physicians per 1,000 people in Poland in 2023 — 4.03 per 1,000. Ranked 9 in the world out of 58. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 303.1%.

2023 4.03 per 1,000 +17.73% vs 2022
World rank 9of 58
Period maximum 4.03 per 1,0002023
Period minimum 1 per 1,0001960

Trend over time

1960–2023 · per 1,000 people

Physicians per 1,000 people — Poland, 1960–2023024619601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 1 per 1,0001962: 1.1 per 1,0001964: 1.2 per 1,0001966: 1.3 per 1,0001968: 1.4 per 1,0001970: 1.4 per 1,0001972: 1.5 per 1,0001974: 1.6 per 1,0001976: 1.6 per 1,0001978: 1.7 per 1,0001980: 1.8 per 1,0001982: 1.8 per 1,0001984: 1.9 per 1,0001986: 2 per 1,0001990: 2.15 per 1,0001992: 2.19 per 1,0001994: 2.29 per 1,0001996: 2.37 per 1,0001998: 2.35 per 1,0002000: 2.22 per 1,0002002: 2.3 per 1,0002004: 2.29 per 1,0002006: 2.18 per 1,0002008: 2.17 per 1,0002010: 2.18 per 1,0002012: 2.22 per 1,0002014: 2.29 per 1,0002016: 2.4 per 1,0002018: 2.34 per 1,0002020: 3.3 per 1,0002022: 3.42 per 1,0002023: 4.03 per 1,000
Change over the period: +3.03 (+303.1%) Average annual rate: 2.24 %
Physicians per 1,000 people — Poland, by year Poland All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2023 4.03 +0.61 +17.73%
2022 3.42 +0.01 +0.26%
2021 3.42 +0.11 +3.39%
2020 3.3 +0.02 +0.73%
2019 3.28 +0.94 +40.07%
2018 2.34 −0.02 −0.81%
2017 2.36 −0.04 −1.54%
2016 2.4 +0.09 +3.72%
2015 2.31 +0.02 +0.83%
2014 2.29 +0.06 +2.87%
2013 2.23 +0.01 +0.22%
2012 2.22 +0.02 +0.86%
2011 2.2 +0.02 +0.92%
2010 2.18 +0.01 +0.23%
2009 2.18 +0.01 +0.46%
2008 2.17 −0.03 −1.27%
2007 2.2 +0.01 +0.64%
2006 2.18 +0.04 +2.01%
2005 2.14 −0.15 −6.59%
2004 2.29 −0.14 −5.88%
2003 2.43 +0.13 +5.64%
2002 2.3 +0.04 +1.63%
2001 2.27 +0.04 +1.98%
2000 2.22 −0.06 −2.76%
1999 2.29 −0.07 −2.76%
1998 2.35 −0.02 −1.05%
1997 2.38 +0.01 +0.34%
1996 2.37 +0.04 +1.59%
1995 2.33 +0.04 +1.88%
1994 2.29 +0.06 +2.65%
1993 2.23 +0.04 +1.78%
1992 2.19 +0.02 +0.74%
1991 2.17 +0.03 +1.35%
1990 2.15
1987 2.1 +0.1 +5%
1986 2 +0 +0%
1985 2 +0.1 +5.26%
1984 1.9 +0 +0%
1983 1.9 +0.1 +5.56%
1982 1.8 +0 +0%
1981 1.8 +0 +0%
1980 1.8 +0.1 +5.88%
1979 1.7 +0 +0%
1978 1.7 +0 +0%
1977 1.7 +0.1 +6.25%
1976 1.6 +0 +0%
1975 1.6 +0 +0%
1974 1.6 +0.1 +6.67%
1973 1.5 +0 +0%
1972 1.5 +0 +0%
1971 1.5 +0.1 +7.14%
1970 1.4 +0 +0%
1969 1.4 +0 +0%
1968 1.4 +0.1 +7.69%
1967 1.3 +0 +0%
1966 1.3 +0.1 +8.33%
1965 1.2 +0 +0%
1964 1.2 +0.1 +9.09%
1963 1.1 +0 +0%
1962 1.1 +0.1 +10%
1961 1 +0 +0%
1960 1

Eastern Europe, 2023

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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.