Physicians per 1,000 people — all countries

Physicians per 1,000 people — Senegal

Physicians per 1,000 people in Senegal in 2023 — 0.11 per 1,000. Ranked 52 in the world out of 58. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 147.7%.

2023 0.11 per 1,000 −12.1% vs 2022
World rank 52of 58
Period maximum 0.32 per 1,0002013
Period minimum 0.04 per 1,0001960

Trend over time

1960–2023 · per 1,000 people

Physicians per 1,000 people — Senegal, 1960–202300.10.20.30.419601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 0.04 per 1,0001965: 0.05 per 1,0001970: 0.06 per 1,0001975: 0.06 per 1,0001981: 0.08 per 1,0001982: 0.08 per 1,0001990: 0.06 per 1,0001992: 0.07 per 1,0001994: 0.1 per 1,0001995: 0.08 per 1,0001996: 0.09 per 1,0001997: 0.09 per 1,0001998: 0.1 per 1,0002004: 0.05 per 1,0002008: 0.06 per 1,0002013: 0.32 per 1,0002015: 0.21 per 1,0002016: 0.08 per 1,0002017: 0.07 per 1,0002019: 0.09 per 1,0002020: 0.08 per 1,0002021: 0.1 per 1,0002022: 0.12 per 1,0002023: 0.11 per 1,000
Change over the period: +0.07 (+147.73%) Average annual rate: 1.45 %
Physicians per 1,000 people — Senegal, by year Senegal All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2023 0.11 −0.02 −12.1%
2022 0.12 +0.03 +25.25%
2021 0.1 +0.02 +20.73%
2020 0.08 −0.01 −6.82%
2019 0.09
2017 0.07 −0.01 −10.39%
2016 0.08 −0.13 −62.87%
2015 0.21
2013 0.32
2008 0.06
2004 0.05
1998 0.1 +0 +2.15%
1997 0.09 +0 +0%
1996 0.09 +0.02 +24%
1995 0.08 −0.02 −21.88%
1994 0.1
1992 0.07
1990 0.06
1982 0.08 −0 −2.53%
1981 0.08
1975 0.06
1970 0.06
1965 0.05
1960 0.04

Western Africa, 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.