Physicians per 1,000 people — all countries

Physicians per 1,000 people — Türkiye

Physicians per 1,000 people in Türkiye in 2022 — 2.24 per 1,000. Ranked 63 in the world out of 125. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 645.3%.

2022 2.24 per 1,000 +5.57% vs 2021
World rank 63of 125
Period maximum 2.24 per 1,0002022
Period minimum 0.3 per 1,0001960

Trend over time

1960–2022 · per 1,000 people

Physicians per 1,000 people — Türkiye, 1960–2022012319601967197419811988199520022009201620221960: 0.3 per 1,0001961: 0.3 per 1,0001962: 0.4 per 1,0001963: 0.4 per 1,0001964: 0.3 per 1,0001965: 0.4 per 1,0001966: 0.4 per 1,0001967: 0.4 per 1,0001968: 0.4 per 1,0001969: 0.4 per 1,0001990: 0.9 per 1,0001991: 0.96 per 1,0001992: 0.98 per 1,0001993: 1.04 per 1,0001994: 1.1 per 1,0001995: 1.11 per 1,0001996: 1.12 per 1,0001997: 1.14 per 1,0001998: 1.18 per 1,0001999: 1.23 per 1,0002000: 1.3 per 1,0002001: 1.36 per 1,0002002: 1.37 per 1,0002003: 1.39 per 1,0002004: 1.42 per 1,0002005: 1.46 per 1,0002006: 1.49 per 1,0002007: 1.53 per 1,0002008: 1.58 per 1,0002009: 1.64 per 1,0002010: 1.68 per 1,0002011: 1.7 per 1,0002012: 1.73 per 1,0002013: 1.75 per 1,0002014: 1.74 per 1,0002015: 1.77 per 1,0002016: 1.77 per 1,0002017: 1.81 per 1,0002018: 1.81 per 1,0002019: 1.88 per 1,0002020: 1.99 per 1,0002021: 2.12 per 1,0002022: 2.24 per 1,000
Change over the period: +1.94 (+645.33%) Average annual rate: 3.29 %

Comparison, 2022

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

Türkiye 2.24 per 1,000
World 1.86 per 1,000
Europe & Central Asia 3.9 per 1,000
Western Asia computed 2.08 per 1,000
Physicians per 1,000 people — Türkiye, by year Türkiye All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2022 2.24 +0.12 +5.57%
2021 2.12 +0.13 +6.49%
2020 1.99 +0.11 +5.57%
2019 1.88 +0.07 +3.86%
2018 1.81 +0.01 +0.5%
2017 1.81 +0.03 +1.75%
2016 1.77 +0.01 +0.51%
2015 1.77 +0.03 +1.55%
2014 1.74 −0.01 −0.74%
2013 1.75 +0.02 +1.45%
2012 1.73 +0.03 +1.65%
2011 1.7 +0.01 +0.89%
2010 1.68 +0.05 +2.81%
2009 1.64 +0.06 +3.54%
2008 1.58 +0.05 +3.2%
2007 1.53 +0.04 +2.68%
2006 1.49 +0.04 +2.54%
2005 1.46 +0.04 +2.75%
2004 1.42 +0.02 +1.65%
2003 1.39 +0.02 +1.6%
2002 1.37 +0.01 +1.11%
2001 1.36 +0.05 +4.07%
2000 1.3 +0.07 +5.68%
1999 1.23 +0.06 +4.67%
1998 1.18 +0.04 +3.51%
1997 1.14 +0.02 +1.97%
1996 1.12 +0 +0.36%
1995 1.11 +0.02 +1.37%
1994 1.1 +0.06 +5.99%
1993 1.04 +0.05 +5.29%
1992 0.98 +0.03 +2.82%
1991 0.96 +0.05 +5.75%
1990 0.9
1969 0.4 +0 +0%
1968 0.4 +0 +0%
1967 0.4 +0 +0%
1966 0.4 +0 +0%
1965 0.4 +0.1 +33.33%
1964 0.3 −0.1 −25%
1963 0.4 +0 +0%
1962 0.4 +0.1 +33.33%
1961 0.3 +0 +0%
1960 0.3

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.