Physicians per 1,000 people — all countries

Physicians per 1,000 people — Eastern Europe

Physicians per 1,000 people in Eastern Europe in 2022 — 4.56 per 1,000. Since 1980, the indicator has risen by 81.7%.

2022 4.56 per 1,000 +0.86% vs 2021
World rank
Period maximum 4.56 per 1,0002022
Period minimum 2.51 per 1,0001980

Trend over time

1980–2022 · per 1,000 people

Physicians per 1,000 people — Eastern Europe, 1980–202223451980198519901995200020052010201520201980: 2.51 per 1,0001981: 2.57 per 1,0001982: 2.64 per 1,0001983: 2.77 per 1,0001984: 2.77 per 1,0001985: 3.38 per 1,0001986: 3.44 per 1,0001987: 3.51 per 1,0001990: 3.74 per 1,0001991: 3.63 per 1,0001992: 3.66 per 1,0001993: 3.7 per 1,0001994: 3.69 per 1,0001995: 3.78 per 1,0001996: 3.61 per 1,0001997: 3.63 per 1,0001998: 3.66 per 1,0001999: 3.67 per 1,0002000: 3.65 per 1,0002001: 3.66 per 1,0002002: 3.71 per 1,0002003: 3.74 per 1,0002004: 3.74 per 1,0002005: 3.72 per 1,0002006: 3.8 per 1,0002007: 3.83 per 1,0002008: 3.84 per 1,0002009: 3.94 per 1,0002010: 3.95 per 1,0002011: 3.6 per 1,0002012: 3.51 per 1,0002013: 3.52 per 1,0002014: 3.54 per 1,0002015: 3.55 per 1,0002016: 3.61 per 1,0002017: 3.67 per 1,0002018: 3.71 per 1,0002019: 3.92 per 1,0002020: 3.72 per 1,0002021: 4.52 per 1,0002022: 4.56 per 1,000
Change over the period: +2.05 (+81.73%) Average annual rate: 1.43 %

Comparison, 2022

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

Eastern Europe 4.56 per 1,000
World 1.86 per 1,000
Physicians per 1,000 people — Eastern Europe, by year Eastern Europe All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2022 4.56 +0.04 +0.86%
2021 4.52 +0.8 +21.55%
2020 3.72 −0.2 −5.14%
2019 3.92 +0.21 +5.77%
2018 3.71 +0.04 +0.99%
2017 3.67 +0.07 +1.85%
2016 3.61 +0.06 +1.63%
2015 3.55 +0.01 +0.26%
2014 3.54 +0.02 +0.56%
2013 3.52 +0.01 +0.18%
2012 3.51 −0.09 −2.39%
2011 3.6 −0.35 −8.75%
2010 3.95 +0.01 +0.21%
2009 3.94 +0.09 +2.39%
2008 3.84 +0.01 +0.26%
2007 3.83 +0.03 +0.86%
2006 3.8 +0.08 +2.11%
2005 3.72 −0.02 −0.43%
2004 3.74 −0 −0.03%
2003 3.74 +0.03 +0.75%
2002 3.71 +0.05 +1.37%
2001 3.66 +0.02 +0.48%
2000 3.65 −0.03 −0.69%
1999 3.67 +0.01 +0.24%
1998 3.66 +0.03 +0.88%
1997 3.63 +0.02 +0.57%
1996 3.61 −0.17 −4.53%
1995 3.78 +0.09 +2.56%
1994 3.69 −0.01 −0.28%
1993 3.7 +0.04 +1.13%
1992 3.66 +0.02 +0.68%
1991 3.63 −0.11 −2.93%
1990 3.74
1987 3.51 +0.07 +2.05%
1986 3.44 +0.06 +1.64%
1985 3.38 +0.61 +21.9%
1984 2.77 +0.01 +0.23%
1983 2.77 +0.12 +4.66%
1982 2.64 +0.07 +2.91%
1981 2.57 +0.06 +2.3%
1980 2.51

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.