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Physicians per 1,000 people — Turkmenistan

Physicians per 1,000 people in Turkmenistan in 2023 — 1.93 per 1,000. Ranked 26 in the world out of 58. Since 1980, the indicator has fallen by 32%.

2023 1.93 per 1,000 +0.73% vs 2022
World rank 26of 58
Period maximum 3.67 per 1,0001991
Period minimum 1.92 per 1,0002022

Trend over time

1980–2023 · per 1,000 people

Physicians per 1,000 people — Turkmenistan, 1980–20231.522.533.5419801985199019952000200520102015202020231980: 2.84 per 1,0001985: 3.3 per 1,0001986: 3.44 per 1,0001987: 3.53 per 1,0001988: 3.55 per 1,0001989: 3.6 per 1,0001990: 3.61 per 1,0001991: 3.67 per 1,0001992: 3.59 per 1,0001993: 3.57 per 1,0001994: 3.54 per 1,0001995: 3.17 per 1,0001996: 3.22 per 1,0001997: 3.17 per 1,0002000: 2.71 per 1,0002001: 2.7 per 1,0002002: 2.66 per 1,0002003: 2.55 per 1,0002004: 2.48 per 1,0002005: 2.36 per 1,0002006: 2.24 per 1,0002007: 2.18 per 1,0002008: 2.13 per 1,0002009: 2.11 per 1,0002010: 2.08 per 1,0002011: 2.08 per 1,0002012: 2.03 per 1,0002013: 2 per 1,0002014: 2 per 1,0002015: 1.97 per 1,0002016: 1.96 per 1,0002017: 1.97 per 1,0002018: 1.97 per 1,0002019: 1.96 per 1,0002020: 1.96 per 1,0002021: 1.92 per 1,0002022: 1.92 per 1,0002023: 1.93 per 1,000
Change over the period: −0.91 (−32.02%) Average annual rate: -0.89 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Turkmenistan 1.93 per 1,000
Central Asia computed 2.68 per 1,000
Physicians per 1,000 people — Turkmenistan, by year Turkmenistan All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2023 1.93 +0.01 +0.73%
2022 1.92 −0 −0.05%
2021 1.92 −0.04 −2.19%
2020 1.96 +0 +0.15%
2019 1.96 −0.01 −0.71%
2018 1.97 +0 +0.1%
2017 1.97 +0.01 +0.51%
2016 1.96 −0.01 −0.76%
2015 1.97 −0.03 −1.4%
2014 2 +0 +0.15%
2013 2 −0.03 −1.48%
2012 2.03 −0.05 −2.41%
2011 2.08 +0 +0%
2010 2.08 −0.03 −1.24%
2009 2.11 −0.02 −0.99%
2008 2.13 −0.05 −2.25%
2007 2.18 −0.06 −2.73%
2006 2.24 −0.12 −5.09%
2005 2.36 −0.12 −4.96%
2004 2.48 −0.07 −2.82%
2003 2.55 −0.11 −3.99%
2002 2.66 −0.04 −1.67%
2001 2.7 −0.01 −0.22%
2000 2.71 — —
1997 3.17 −0.05 −1.58%
1996 3.22 +0.05 +1.64%
1995 3.17 −0.37 −10.33%
1994 3.54 −0.03 −0.98%
1993 3.57 −0.02 −0.53%
1992 3.59 −0.08 −2.29%
1991 3.67 +0.06 +1.63%
1990 3.61 +0.01 +0.39%
1989 3.6 +0.05 +1.41%
1988 3.55 +0.02 +0.65%
1987 3.53 +0.09 +2.53%
1986 3.44 +0.14 +4.12%
1985 3.3 — —
1980 2.84 — —

Central Asia, 2023

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

KZ Kazakhstan 3.75 TM Turkmenistan 1.93 TJ Tajikistan 1.87 KG Kyrgyzstan 1.57
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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.

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