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Physicians per 1,000 people — Slovakia

Physicians per 1,000 people in Slovakia in 2022 — 3.7 per 1,000. Ranked 29 in the world out of 125. Since 1999, the indicator has risen by 11.4%.

2022 3.7 per 1,000 +0.38% vs 2021
World rank 29of 125
Period maximum 3.7 per 1,0002022
Period minimum 3.04 per 1,0002005

Trend over time

1999–2022 · per 1,000 people

Physicians per 1,000 people — Slovakia, 1999–202233.23.43.63.81999200220052008201120142017202020221999: 3.32 per 1,0002000: 3.24 per 1,0002001: 3.22 per 1,0002002: 3.2 per 1,0002003: 3.15 per 1,0002004: 3.15 per 1,0002005: 3.04 per 1,0002006: 3.17 per 1,0002007: 3.39 per 1,0002008: 3.37 per 1,0002009: 3.31 per 1,0002010: 3.36 per 1,0002011: 3.31 per 1,0002012: 3.37 per 1,0002013: 3.39 per 1,0002014: 3.43 per 1,0002015: 3.45 per 1,0002016: 3.48 per 1,0002017: 3.42 per 1,0002018: 3.52 per 1,0002019: 3.57 per 1,0002020: 3.67 per 1,0002021: 3.68 per 1,0002022: 3.7 per 1,000
Change over the period: +0.38 (+11.38%) Average annual rate: 0.47 %

Comparison, 2022

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

Slovakia 3.7 per 1,000
World 1.86 per 1,000
Europe & Central Asia 3.9 per 1,000
Eastern Europe computed 4.56 per 1,000
Physicians per 1,000 people — Slovakia, by year Slovakia All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2022 3.7 +0.01 +0.38%
2021 3.68 +0.01 +0.33%
2020 3.67 +0.1 +2.86%
2019 3.57 +0.05 +1.31%
2018 3.52 +0.1 +2.92%
2017 3.42 −0.05 −1.52%
2016 3.48 +0.02 +0.64%
2015 3.45 +0.02 +0.7%
2014 3.43 +0.04 +1.09%
2013 3.39 +0.03 +0.8%
2012 3.37 +0.06 +1.78%
2011 3.31 −0.05 −1.55%
2010 3.36 +0.05 +1.63%
2009 3.31 −0.06 −1.9%
2008 3.37 −0.02 −0.56%
2007 3.39 +0.22 +6.91%
2006 3.17 +0.13 +4.42%
2005 3.04 −0.12 −3.68%
2004 3.15 +0 +0.1%
2003 3.15 −0.05 −1.66%
2002 3.2 −0.02 −0.68%
2001 3.22 −0.02 −0.46%
2000 3.24 −0.08 −2.45%
1999 3.32 — —

Eastern Europe, 2022

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

RU Russia 5.11 BY Belarus 4.67 CZ Czechia 4.35 BG Bulgaria 4.33 MD Moldova 4.15 SK Slovakia 3.7 RO Romania 3.63 HU Hungary 3.46 PL Poland 3.42
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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.

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