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Physicians (per 1,000 people)

For 2023, Physicians (per 1,000 people) is led by Georgia at 6. This page combines ranking, historical trend, and map-based distribution.

Physicians include generalist and specialist medical practitioners.

Countries ranked 58
Snapshot year 2023
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0.01.42.84.25.6GeorgiaGeorgia: 65.6AustriaAustria: 65.5ArgentinaArgentina: 55.1AndorraAndorra: 55.1NorwayNorway: 55.0BelarusBelarus: 54.7San MarinoSan Marino: 54.6IcelandIceland: 44.4PolandPoland: 44.0MoldovaMoldova: 44.0IrelandIreland: 43.9IsraelIsrael: 43.8
Rank Country Value
1 Georgia 6
2 Austria 6
3 Argentina 5
4 Andorra 5
5 Norway 5
6 Belarus 5
7 San Marino 5
8 Iceland 4
9 Poland 4
10 Moldova 4
11 Ireland 4
12 Israel 4
13 Kazakhstan 4
14 Ukraine 4
15 Saudi Arabia 3
16 Chile 3
17 United Kingdom 3
18 Qatar 3
19 United Arab Emirates 3
20 Canada 3
21 Montenegro 3
22 Colombia 3
23 Dominican Republic 2
24 Brazil 2
25 Malaysia 2
26 Turkmenistan 2
27 Tajikistan 2
28 Iran, Islamic Rep. 2
29 Palau 2
30 Peru 2
31 El Salvador 2
32 Kyrgyz Republic 2
33 Suriname 1
34 Sri Lanka 1
35 Nepal 1
36 Cabo Verde 1
37 Bangladesh 1
38 Eswatini 1
39 Indonesia 1
40 Jamaica 0
41 Nigeria 0
42 Botswana 0
43 Afghanistan 0
44 Kenya 0
45 Ghana 0
46 Solomon Islands 0
47 Benin 0
48 Mali 0
49 Cote d'Ivoire 0
50 Ethiopia 0
Some World Bank indicators are published with a lag. The site always shows the latest actually available year for each country and indicator.

Analytical takeaways

  • Georgia sits at the top of the Physicians (per 1,000 people) distribution in 2023 at 6, with a lead of 0 over the next country.
  • The median country in the current global snapshot is Palau at 2, which helps frame the center of the distribution rather than only the leaders.
  • At the lower end of the current sample sits Niger (0), and the page currently covers 58 countries.