Physicians per 1,000 people — all countries

Physicians per 1,000 people — Rwanda

Physicians per 1,000 people in Rwanda in 2022 — 0.09 per 1,000. Ranked 117 in the world out of 125. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 1,025%.

2022 0.09 per 1,000 −25.62% vs 2021
World rank 117of 125
Period maximum 0.14 per 1,0002017
Period minimum 0.01 per 1,0001960

Trend over time

1960–2022 · per 1,000 people

Physicians per 1,000 people — Rwanda, 1960–202200.050.10.1519601967197419811988199520022009201620221960: 0.01 per 1,0001965: 0.01 per 1,0001970: 0.02 per 1,0001975: 0.02 per 1,0001980: 0.03 per 1,0001981: 0.03 per 1,0001983: 0.03 per 1,0001985: 0.03 per 1,0001989: 0.04 per 1,0001993: 0.04 per 1,0002002: 0.02 per 1,0002004: 0.05 per 1,0002005: 0.02 per 1,0002008: 0.05 per 1,0002009: 0.06 per 1,0002010: 0.06 per 1,0002011: 0.01 per 1,0002013: 0.1 per 1,0002014: 0.09 per 1,0002015: 0.11 per 1,0002016: 0.12 per 1,0002017: 0.14 per 1,0002018: 0.13 per 1,0002019: 0.12 per 1,0002020: 0.12 per 1,0002021: 0.12 per 1,0002022: 0.09 per 1,000
Change over the period: +0.08 (+1,025%) Average annual rate: 3.98 %

Comparison, 2022

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

Rwanda 0.09 per 1,000
World 1.86 per 1,000
Sub-Saharan Africa 0.25 per 1,000
Eastern Africa computed 0.15 per 1,000
Low-income countries computed 0.14 per 1,000
Physicians per 1,000 people — Rwanda, by year Rwanda All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2022 0.09 −0.03 −25.62%
2021 0.12 +0 +4.31%
2020 0.12 −0 −0.85%
2019 0.12 −0.02 −11.36%
2018 0.13 −0 −2.22%
2017 0.14 +0.02 +12.5%
2016 0.12 +0.01 +9.09%
2015 0.11 +0.02 +23.6%
2014 0.09 −0.01 −11%
2013 0.1
2011 0.01 −0.04 −76.55%
2010 0.06 +0 +0%
2009 0.06 +0 +5.77%
2008 0.05
2005 0.02 −0.03 −51.02%
2004 0.05
2002 0.02
1993 0.04
1989 0.04
1985 0.03
1983 0.03
1981 0.03 −0 −3.13%
1980 0.03
1975 0.02
1970 0.02
1965 0.01
1960 0.01

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.