Physicians per 1,000 people — all countries

Physicians per 1,000 people — Thailand

Physicians per 1,000 people in Thailand in 2021 — 0.54 per 1,000. Ranked 95 in the world out of 123. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 319.4%.

2021 0.54 per 1,000 +6.29% vs 2020
World rank 95of 123
Period maximum 0.79 per 1,0002017
Period minimum 0.12 per 1,0001970

Trend over time

1960–2021 · per 1,000 people

Physicians per 1,000 people — Thailand, 1960–202100.20.40.60.819601967197419811988199520022009201620211960: 0.13 per 1,0001965: 0.14 per 1,0001970: 0.12 per 1,0001980: 0.15 per 1,0001984: 0.16 per 1,0001986: 0.18 per 1,0001988: 0.21 per 1,0001990: 0.23 per 1,0001991: 0.23 per 1,0001993: 0.24 per 1,0001995: 0.24 per 1,0001997: 0.27 per 1,0001998: 0.29 per 1,0001999: 0.29 per 1,0002001: 0.3 per 1,0002002: 0.3 per 1,0002004: 0.29 per 1,0002006: 0.28 per 1,0002007: 0.29 per 1,0002008: 0.31 per 1,0002009: 0.33 per 1,0002010: 0.38 per 1,0002015: 0.45 per 1,0002016: 0.43 per 1,0002017: 0.79 per 1,0002018: 0.52 per 1,0002019: 0.55 per 1,0002020: 0.51 per 1,0002021: 0.54 per 1,000
Change over the period: +0.41 (+319.38%) Average annual rate: 2.38 %

Comparison, 2021

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

Thailand 0.54 per 1,000
South-Eastern Asia computed 0.86 per 1,000
Physicians per 1,000 people — Thailand, by year Thailand All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2021 0.54 +0.03 +6.29%
2020 0.51 −0.04 −7.12%
2019 0.55 +0.03 +5.79%
2018 0.52 −0.27 −34.26%
2017 0.79 +0.36 +81.99%
2016 0.43 −0.02 −4.42%
2015 0.45
2010 0.38 +0.05 +15.02%
2009 0.33 +0.02 +7.07%
2008 0.31 +0.02 +6.51%
2007 0.29 +0.01 +2.82%
2006 0.28
2004 0.29
2002 0.3 −0 −1.01%
2001 0.3
1999 0.29 −0 −0.34%
1998 0.29 +0.02 +6.96%
1997 0.27
1995 0.24
1993 0.24
1991 0.23 +0.01 +2.22%
1990 0.23
1988 0.21
1986 0.18
1984 0.16
1980 0.15
1970 0.12
1965 0.14
1960 0.13

South-Eastern Asia, 2021

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

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.