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Physicians

Medical doctors per 1,000 people.

Year

Highest · 2020

9.29

Coverage · 2020

136

countries

Method

Higher is better

Score: 0 = worst, 100 = best in 2020

Ranking 2020

#	Country	Value		Score
1	Cuba	9.29		100.0
2	Monaco	8.61		92.6
3	Greece	6.19		66.5
4	Portugal	5.58		59.9
5	Austria	5.34		57.4
6	Argentina	5.30		56.9
7	Georgia	5.12		54.9
8	Norway	4.68		50.2
9	Belarus	4.61		49.4
10	Andorra	4.59		49.2
11	Spain	4.55		48.7
12	Lithuania	4.48		48.0
13	Germany	4.44		47.6
14	Switzerland	4.39		47.0
15	Denmark	4.38		46.9
16	Sweden	4.32		46.3
17	Iceland	4.32		46.3
18	Trinidad and Tobago	4.30		46.1
19	Bulgaria	4.28		45.8
20	Saint Lucia	4.23		45.4
21	Malta	4.16		44.6
22	Czechia	4.15		44.5
23	Moldova	4.04		43.2
24	Italy	3.97		42.5
25	Australia	3.90		41.7
26	Russia	3.81		40.8
27	Netherlands	3.81		40.7
28	Mongolia	3.78		40.4
29	Slovakia	3.67		39.3
30	Kazakhstan	3.66		39.2
31	Finland	3.61		38.6
32	Croatia	3.61		38.6
33	Israel	3.57		38.2
34	United States	3.52		37.6
35	Belgium	3.51		37.5
36	Estonia	3.48		37.2
37	Ireland	3.46		37.0
38	New Zealand	3.44		36.8
39	North Macedonia	3.34		35.7
40	Latvia	3.34		35.7
41	Romania	3.31		35.4
42	Poland	3.30		35.3
42	Slovenia	3.30		35.3
44	France	3.25		34.8
45	Cyprus	3.20		34.2
46	Armenia	3.16		33.8
47	Hungary	3.14		33.5
48	Azerbaijan	3.13		33.4
49	Saudi Arabia	3.08		32.9
50	United Kingdom	3.03		32.3
51	Serbia	2.88		30.7
52	Montenegro	2.83		30.2
53	United Arab Emirates	2.83		30.2
54	Chile	2.80		29.9
55	Mauritius	2.69		28.7
56	Lebanon	2.68		28.6
57	Singapore	2.64		28.1
58	Barbados	2.62		27.9
59	Japan	2.59		27.6
60	South Korea	2.51		26.7
61	Costa Rica	2.49		26.6
62	Mexico	2.43		25.8
63	Canada	2.42		25.7
64	Colombia	2.39		25.5
65	China	2.39		25.4
66	Ecuador	2.31		24.6
67	Uzbekistan	2.31		24.6
68	Kuwait	2.27		24.2
69	Malaysia	2.18		23.2
70	Oman	2.00		21.3
71	Tajikistan	2.00		21.2
72	Turkey	1.99		21.1
73	Turkmenistan	1.96		20.8
74	Dominican Republic	1.95		20.7
75	Albania	1.88		19.9
76	Palau	1.80		19.0
77	Kyrgyzstan	1.69		17.9
78	Panama	1.63		17.2
79	Syria	1.50		15.8
80	Peru	1.44		15.1
81	Guyana	1.39		14.6
82	Tuvalu	1.35		14.2
83	Tunisia	1.32		13.8
84	Paraguay	1.30		13.6
85	Guatemala	1.28		13.5
86	Sri Lanka	1.17		12.2
87	Micronesia	0.97		10.1
88	Bolivia	0.96		10.0
89	Tonga	0.95		9.8
90	Iraq	0.92		9.6
91	Nepal	0.86		8.9
92	Vietnam	0.86		8.9
93	Philippines	0.75		7.7
93	Timor-Leste	0.75		7.7
95	Bahrain	0.74		7.6
96	Cabo Verde	0.73		7.5
97	India	0.72		7.4
98	Egypt	0.67		6.9
99	Bangladesh	0.66		6.8
100	Indonesia	0.62		6.3
101	Gabon	0.59		6.0
102	Samoa	0.56		5.7
103	Thailand	0.51		5.1
104	Honduras	0.49		4.9
105	Bhutan	0.49		4.9
106	Comoros	0.44		4.4
107	Botswana	0.43		4.3
108	Namibia	0.38		3.7
109	Laos	0.36		3.5
110	Afghanistan	0.25		2.4
110	Zambia	0.25		2.4
112	Mauritania	0.20		1.8
113	Guinea-Bissau	0.19		1.7
114	Yemen	0.18		1.5
115	Ghana	0.17		1.4
116	Uganda	0.16		1.3
117	Côte d'Ivoire	0.15		1.3
118	Liberia	0.15		1.3
119	Eswatini	0.14		1.1
120	Zimbabwe	0.13		1.0
121	Rwanda	0.12		0.9
122	Ethiopia	0.10		0.7
123	Cameroon	0.10		0.7
124	Burkina Faso	0.10		0.7
125	Eritrea	0.09		0.6
126	Mozambique	0.08		0.5
127	Senegal	0.08		0.5
128	Togo	0.08		0.5
129	Gambia	0.08		0.5
130	Kenya	0.07		0.4
131	Sierra Leone	0.07		0.4
132	Burundi	0.07		0.4
133	Chad	0.06		0.2
134	Malawi	0.05		0.2
135	South Sudan	0.04		0.1
136	Niger	0.04		0.0

Source: World Bank — Physicians · Unit: Per 1,000 people · Year: 2020 · 136 entries