Physicians per 1,000 people — all countries

Physicians per 1,000 people — Spain

Physicians per 1,000 people in Spain in 2022 — 4.29 per 1,000. Ranked 20 in the world out of 125. Since 1990, the indicator has risen by 110.8%.

2022 4.29 per 1,000 −3.66% vs 2021
World rank 20of 125
Period maximum 4.55 per 1,0002020
Period minimum 2.04 per 1,0001990

Trend over time

1990–2022 · per 1,000 people

Physicians per 1,000 people — Spain, 1990–202223451990199419982002200620102014201820221990: 2.04 per 1,0001991: 4.14 per 1,0001992: 4.13 per 1,0001993: 4.18 per 1,0001994: 4.22 per 1,0001995: 4.28 per 1,0001996: 2.72 per 1,0001997: 2.84 per 1,0001998: 2.9 per 1,0001999: 3.02 per 1,0002000: 3.1 per 1,0002001: 3.11 per 1,0002002: 3.11 per 1,0002003: 3.2 per 1,0002004: 3.42 per 1,0002005: 3.52 per 1,0002006: 3.6 per 1,0002007: 3.54 per 1,0002008: 3.52 per 1,0002009: 3.58 per 1,0002010: 3.74 per 1,0002011: 3.81 per 1,0002012: 3.8 per 1,0002013: 3.79 per 1,0002014: 3.78 per 1,0002015: 3.83 per 1,0002016: 3.8 per 1,0002017: 3.85 per 1,0002018: 4 per 1,0002019: 4.38 per 1,0002020: 4.55 per 1,0002021: 4.46 per 1,0002022: 4.29 per 1,000
Change over the period: +2.26 (+110.8%) Average annual rate: 2.36 %

Comparison, 2022

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

Spain 4.29 per 1,000
World 1.86 per 1,000
Europe & Central Asia 3.9 per 1,000
Southern Europe computed 4.43 per 1,000
Physicians per 1,000 people — Spain, by year Spain All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2022 4.29 −0.16 −3.66%
2021 4.46 −0.09 −1.96%
2020 4.55 +0.17 +3.88%
2019 4.38 +0.38 +9.51%
2018 4 +0.14 +3.68%
2017 3.85 +0.05 +1.34%
2016 3.8 −0.02 −0.6%
2015 3.83 +0.04 +1.19%
2014 3.78 −0.01 −0.26%
2013 3.79 −0.01 −0.34%
2012 3.8 −0.01 −0.26%
2011 3.81 +0.08 +2.06%
2010 3.74 +0.16 +4.47%
2009 3.58 +0.05 +1.53%
2008 3.52 −0.01 −0.42%
2007 3.54 −0.06 −1.75%
2006 3.6 +0.08 +2.27%
2005 3.52 +0.1 +2.98%
2004 3.42 +0.22 +6.84%
2003 3.2 +0.1 +3.06%
2002 3.11 −0 −0.03%
2001 3.11 +0 +0.16%
2000 3.1 +0.08 +2.72%
1999 3.02 +0.12 +4.28%
1998 2.9 +0.05 +1.86%
1997 2.84 +0.12 +4.33%
1996 2.72 −1.56 −36.38%
1995 4.28 +0.06 +1.45%
1994 4.22 +0.05 +1.1%
1993 4.18 +0.05 +1.19%
1992 4.13 −0.01 −0.22%
1991 4.14 +2.1 +102.99%
1990 2.04

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.