Physicians per 1,000 people — all countries

Physicians per 1,000 people — Tuvalu

Physicians per 1,000 people in Tuvalu in 2020 — 1.35 per 1,000. Ranked 82 in the world out of 136. Since 2002, the indicator has risen by 115.4%.

2020 1.35 per 1,000 +48.07% vs 2014
World rank 82of 136
Period maximum 1.35 per 1,0002020
Period minimum 0.63 per 1,0002002

Trend over time

2002–2020 · per 1,000 people

Physicians per 1,000 people — Tuvalu, 2002–20200.60.811.21.420022004200620082010201220142016201820202002: 0.63 per 1,0002003: 1.03 per 1,0002008: 0.97 per 1,0002009: 1.14 per 1,0002014: 0.91 per 1,0002020: 1.35 per 1,000
Change over the period: +0.72 (+115.36%) Average annual rate: 4.35 %

Comparison, 2020

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

Tuvalu 1.35 per 1,000
Upper-middle-income countries computed 2.17 per 1,000
Physicians per 1,000 people — Tuvalu, by year Tuvalu All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2020 1.35
2014 0.91
2009 1.14 +0.17 +17.71%
2008 0.97
2003 1.03 +0.41 +64.96%
2002 0.63

Polynesia, 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.