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Countries with the highest
Physicians (per 1,000 people)

In 2018, Cuba leads Physicians (per 1,000 people) with 9. Monaco follows at 8, and the gap between the top two positions is 0. This page is built for long-tail search demand and links to archives and country profiles.

Year archive

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Ranking leaders

0.02.14.36.48.5CubaCuba: 98.5MonacoMonaco: 88.3GeorgiaGeorgia: 87.5St. LuciaSt. Lucia: 66.4GreeceGreece: 66.1PortugalPortugal: 55.3AustriaAustria: 55.2ArgentinaArgentina: 55.2LithuaniaLithuania: 54.6AndorraAndorra: 54.5BelarusBelarus: 44.5NorwayNorway: 44.5

Full table

#CountryValue
101 Bahrain 1
102 Timor-Leste 1
103 Egypt, Arab Rep. 1
104 Cabo Verde 1
105 Myanmar 1
106 Philippines 1
107 Nicaragua 1
108 Iraq 1
109 Gabon 1
110 Bangladesh 1
111 Jamaica 1
112 Thailand 1
113 Lesotho 0
114 Bhutan 0
115 Indonesia 0
116 Botswana 0
117 Nigeria 0
118 Guatemala 0
119 Lao PDR 0
120 Cote d'Ivoire 0
121 Namibia 0
122 Afghanistan 0
123 Guinea-Bissau 0
124 Comoros 0
125 Eswatini 0
126 Haiti 0
127 Zambia 0
128 Guinea 0
129 Angola 0
130 Cambodia 0
131 Zimbabwe 0
132 Mauritania 0
133 Madagascar 0
134 Kenya 0
135 Malawi 0
136 Ghana 0
137 Liberia 0
138 Vanuatu 0
139 Rwanda 0
140 Cameroon 0
141 Gambia, The 0
142 Mali 0
143 Congo, Rep. 0
144 Burundi 0
145 Eritrea 0
146 Mozambique 0
147 Burkina Faso 0
148 Ethiopia 0
149 Sierra Leone 0
150 Togo 0

Analytical takeaways

  • Cuba leads the global ranking for Physicians (per 1,000 people) in 2018, with a lead of 0 over the next country.
  • The visible slice on this page covers 12 countries, and the lower edge of that slice currently sits with Norway at 4.
  • The ranking page acts as a high-intent entry point into country+indicator pages, year archives, and thematic collections.