Physicians per 1,000 people — all countries

Physicians per 1,000 people — Timor-Leste

Physicians per 1,000 people in Timor-Leste in 2020 — 0.75 per 1,000. Ranked 93 in the world out of 136. Since 2004, the indicator has risen by 817.1%.

2020 0.75 per 1,000 −1.57% vs 2019
World rank 93of 136
Period maximum 0.76 per 1,0002019
Period minimum 0.03 per 1,0002007

Trend over time

2004–2020 · per 1,000 people

Physicians per 1,000 people — Timor-Leste, 2004–202000.20.40.60.82004200620082010201220142016201820202004: 0.08 per 1,0002007: 0.03 per 1,0002008: 0.04 per 1,0002009: 0.04 per 1,0002010: 0.08 per 1,0002011: 0.08 per 1,0002013: 0.62 per 1,0002014: 0.68 per 1,0002015: 0.69 per 1,0002017: 0.75 per 1,0002018: 0.72 per 1,0002019: 0.76 per 1,0002020: 0.75 per 1,000
Change over the period: +0.67 (+817.07%) Average annual rate: 14.86 %

Comparison, 2020

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Timor-Leste

Timor-Leste 0.75 per 1,000
South-Eastern Asia computed 0.77 per 1,000
Physicians per 1,000 people — Timor-Leste, by year Timor-Leste All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2020 0.75 −0.01 −1.57%
2019 0.76 +0.05 +6.41%
2018 0.72 −0.03 −3.62%
2017 0.75
2015 0.69 +0.01 +1.77%
2014 0.68 +0.06 +10.24%
2013 0.62
2011 0.08 −0 −1.27%
2010 0.08 +0.04 +79.55%
2009 0.04 +0.01 +18.92%
2008 0.04 +0 +8.82%
2007 0.03
2004 0.08

South-Eastern Asia, 2020

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.