Physicians per 1,000 people — all countries

Physicians per 1,000 people — Southern Europe

Physicians per 1,000 people in Southern Europe in 2022 — 4.43 per 1,000. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 38.7%.

2022 4.43 per 1,000 +2.68% vs 2020
World rank
Period maximum 5.7 per 1,0002002
Period minimum 3.19 per 1,0002000

Trend over time

2000–2022 · per 1,000 people

Physicians per 1,000 people — Southern Europe, 2000–20223456200020032006200920122015201820212000: 3.19 per 1,0002001: 3.23 per 1,0002002: 5.7 per 1,0002003: 3.31 per 1,0002004: 3.43 per 1,0002005: 3.53 per 1,0002006: 3.55 per 1,0002007: 3.59 per 1,0002008: 3.65 per 1,0002009: 3.64 per 1,0002010: 3.71 per 1,0002011: 3.79 per 1,0002012: 3.79 per 1,0002013: 3.83 per 1,0002014: 3.91 per 1,0002015: 3.92 per 1,0002016: 3.95 per 1,0002017: 4.04 per 1,0002018: 4.11 per 1,0002019: 4.29 per 1,0002020: 4.31 per 1,0002022: 4.43 per 1,000
Change over the period: +1.23 (+38.65%) Average annual rate: 1.5 %

Comparison, 2022

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

Southern Europe 4.43 per 1,000
World 1.86 per 1,000
Physicians per 1,000 people — Southern Europe, by year Southern Europe All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2022 4.43
2020 4.31 +0.02 +0.56%
2019 4.29 +0.18 +4.27%
2018 4.11 +0.07 +1.75%
2017 4.04 +0.1 +2.45%
2016 3.95 +0.02 +0.56%
2015 3.92 +0.02 +0.43%
2014 3.91 +0.08 +1.97%
2013 3.83 +0.04 +1.1%
2012 3.79 +0 +0.1%
2011 3.79 +0.07 +1.95%
2010 3.71 +0.08 +2.07%
2009 3.64 −0.01 −0.35%
2008 3.65 +0.06 +1.73%
2007 3.59 +0.04 +1.11%
2006 3.55 +0.02 +0.51%
2005 3.53 +0.1 +3.03%
2004 3.43 +0.12 +3.48%
2003 3.31 −2.39 −41.87%
2002 5.7 +2.47 +76.35%
2001 3.23 +0.04 +1.18%
2000 3.19

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.