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Physicians per 1,000 people — Central Asia

Physicians per 1,000 people in Central Asia in 2023 — 2.68 per 1,000. Since 1985, the indicator has fallen by 2.2%.

2023 2.68 per 1,000 −0.18% vs 2022
World rank —
Period maximum 3.47 per 1,0001990
Period minimum 2.49 per 1,0002017

Trend over time

1985–2023 · per 1,000 people

Physicians per 1,000 people — Central Asia, 1985–20232.252.52.7533.253.5198519891993199720012005200920132017202120231985: 2.74 per 1,0001986: 3.15 per 1,0001987: 3.21 per 1,0001990: 3.47 per 1,0001991: 3.43 per 1,0001992: 3.41 per 1,0001993: 3.32 per 1,0001994: 3.26 per 1,0001995: 3.19 per 1,0001996: 3.13 per 1,0001997: 3 per 1,0001998: 3.03 per 1,0001999: 2.92 per 1,0002000: 2.8 per 1,0002001: 2.8 per 1,0002002: 2.82 per 1,0002003: 2.79 per 1,0002004: 2.74 per 1,0002005: 2.72 per 1,0002006: 2.72 per 1,0002007: 2.68 per 1,0002008: 2.68 per 1,0002009: 2.65 per 1,0002010: 2.67 per 1,0002011: 2.67 per 1,0002012: 2.63 per 1,0002013: 2.61 per 1,0002014: 2.61 per 1,0002015: 2.56 per 1,0002016: 2.53 per 1,0002017: 2.49 per 1,0002018: 2.51 per 1,0002019: 2.52 per 1,0002020: 2.53 per 1,0002021: 2.74 per 1,0002022: 2.68 per 1,0002023: 2.68 per 1,000
Change over the period: −0.06 (−2.22%) Average annual rate: -0.06 %
Physicians per 1,000 people — Central Asia, by year Central Asia All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2023 2.68 −0 −0.18%
2022 2.68 −0.06 −2.11%
2021 2.74 +0.21 +8.48%
2020 2.53 +0.01 +0.24%
2019 2.52 +0.01 +0.56%
2018 2.51 +0.02 +0.85%
2017 2.49 −0.04 −1.52%
2016 2.53 −0.04 −1.38%
2015 2.56 −0.05 −1.9%
2014 2.61 −0 −0.14%
2013 2.61 −0.01 −0.52%
2012 2.63 −0.04 −1.5%
2011 2.67 −0.01 −0.27%
2010 2.67 +0.03 +1.02%
2009 2.65 −0.04 −1.37%
2008 2.68 +0 +0.07%
2007 2.68 −0.03 −1.25%
2006 2.72 −0 −0.09%
2005 2.72 −0.02 −0.9%
2004 2.74 −0.05 −1.64%
2003 2.79 −0.03 −1.19%
2002 2.82 +0.02 +0.64%
2001 2.8 +0 +0.08%
2000 2.8 −0.11 −3.87%
1999 2.92 −0.11 −3.67%
1998 3.03 +0.03 +0.94%
1997 3 −0.13 −4.3%
1996 3.13 −0.06 −1.94%
1995 3.19 −0.06 −1.87%
1994 3.26 −0.07 −1.99%
1993 3.32 −0.09 −2.63%
1992 3.41 −0.02 −0.45%
1991 3.43 −0.04 −1.13%
1990 3.47 — —
1987 3.21 +0.06 +1.89%
1986 3.15 +0.41 +15.02%
1985 2.74 — —

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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