Physicians per 1,000 people — all countries

Physicians per 1,000 people — Syria

Physicians per 1,000 people in Syria in 2021 — 1.52 per 1,000. Ranked 77 in the world out of 123. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 604.2%.

2021 1.52 per 1,000 +1.4% vs 2020
World rank 77of 123
Period maximum 1.52 per 1,0002021
Period minimum 0.19 per 1,0001965

Trend over time

1960–2021 · per 1,000 people

Physicians per 1,000 people — Syria, 1960–202100.511.5219601967197419811988199520022009201620211960: 0.22 per 1,0001965: 0.19 per 1,0001970: 0.26 per 1,0001975: 0.26 per 1,0001980: 0.45 per 1,0001981: 0.46 per 1,0001986: 0.81 per 1,0001987: 0.78 per 1,0001989: 0.86 per 1,0001990: 0.84 per 1,0001997: 1.28 per 1,0001998: 1.32 per 1,0001999: 1.32 per 1,0002000: 1.35 per 1,0002002: 1.44 per 1,0002003: 1.37 per 1,0002004: 1.41 per 1,0002005: 1.5 per 1,0002007: 1.42 per 1,0002008: 1.42 per 1,0002009: 1.36 per 1,0002010: 1.39 per 1,0002014: 1.43 per 1,0002016: 1.17 per 1,0002017: 1.47 per 1,0002018: 1.5 per 1,0002019: 1.52 per 1,0002020: 1.5 per 1,0002021: 1.52 per 1,000
Change over the period: +1.31 (+604.17%) Average annual rate: 3.25 %

Comparison, 2021

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

Syria 1.52 per 1,000
Western Asia computed 1.91 per 1,000
Physicians per 1,000 people — Syria, by year Syria All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2021 1.52 +0.02 +1.4%
2020 1.5 −0.02 −1.12%
2019 1.52 +0.02 +1.13%
2018 1.5 +0.03 +2.18%
2017 1.47 +0.3 +25.26%
2016 1.17
2014 1.43
2010 1.39 +0.03 +1.91%
2009 1.36 −0.06 −4.02%
2008 1.42 +0 +0.14%
2007 1.42
2005 1.5 +0.09 +6.3%
2004 1.41 +0.04 +3.22%
2003 1.37 −0.07 −4.67%
2002 1.44
2000 1.35 +0.03 +2.2%
1999 1.32 −0 −0.15%
1998 1.32 +0.04 +3.45%
1997 1.28
1990 0.84 −0.03 −3.24%
1989 0.86
1987 0.78 −0.02 −2.97%
1986 0.81
1981 0.46 +0.02 +3.81%
1980 0.45
1975 0.26
1970 0.26
1965 0.19
1960 0.22

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.