Physicians per 1,000 people — all countries

Physicians per 1,000 people — Vietnam

Physicians per 1,000 people in Vietnam in 2021 — 1.11 per 1,000. Ranked 83 in the world out of 123. Since 1980, the indicator has risen by 359.3%.

2021 1.11 per 1,000 +29.32% vs 2020
World rank 83of 123
Period maximum 1.11 per 1,0002021
Period minimum 0.24 per 1,0001980

Trend over time

1980–2021 · per 1,000 people

Physicians per 1,000 people — Vietnam, 1980–202100.511.51980198519901995200020052010201520201980: 0.24 per 1,0001981: 0.25 per 1,0001986: 1.06 per 1,0001989: 0.39 per 1,0001990: 0.4 per 1,0001991: 0.41 per 1,0001992: 0.44 per 1,0001997: 0.57 per 1,0001998: 0.48 per 1,0001999: 0.52 per 1,0002001: 0.54 per 1,0002002: 0.57 per 1,0002005: 0.64 per 1,0002006: 0.64 per 1,0002007: 0.66 per 1,0002008: 0.67 per 1,0002009: 0.7 per 1,0002010: 0.71 per 1,0002012: 0.82 per 1,0002014: 0.78 per 1,0002015: 0.8 per 1,0002016: 0.83 per 1,0002018: 0.88 per 1,0002019: 0.99 per 1,0002020: 0.86 per 1,0002021: 1.11 per 1,000
Change over the period: +0.87 (+359.34%) Average annual rate: 3.79 %

Comparison, 2021

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

Vietnam 1.11 per 1,000
South-Eastern Asia computed 0.86 per 1,000
Physicians per 1,000 people — Vietnam, by year Vietnam All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2021 1.11 +0.25 +29.32%
2020 0.86 −0.13 −13.54%
2019 0.99 +0.11 +12.37%
2018 0.88
2016 0.83 +0.03 +3.77%
2015 0.8 +0.01 +1.53%
2014 0.78
2012 0.82
2010 0.71 +0.01 +1.56%
2009 0.7 +0.03 +4.46%
2008 0.67 +0.02 +2.75%
2007 0.66 +0.01 +1.87%
2006 0.64 +0.01 +1.26%
2005 0.64
2002 0.57 +0.03 +5.16%
2001 0.54
1999 0.52 +0.04 +7.29%
1998 0.48 −0.09 −15.64%
1997 0.57
1992 0.44 +0.03 +7.37%
1991 0.41 +0 +0.74%
1990 0.4 +0.01 +3.32%
1989 0.39
1986 1.06
1981 0.25 +0.01 +2.49%
1980 0.24

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.