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

In 2020, Cuba leads Physicians (per 1,000 people) with 9. Monaco follows at 9, and the gap between the top two positions is 1. This page is built for long-tail search demand and links to archives and country profiles.

Year archive

Latest available year 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018

Ranking leaders

0.02.34.67.09.3CubaCuba: 99.3MonacoMonaco: 98.6GreeceGreece: 66.2PortugalPortugal: 65.6AustriaAustria: 55.3ArgentinaArgentina: 55.3GeorgiaGeorgia: 55.1NorwayNorway: 54.7BelarusBelarus: 54.6AndorraAndorra: 54.6SpainSpain: 54.5LithuaniaLithuania: 44.5

Full table

#CountryValue
101 Gabon 1
102 Samoa 1
103 Thailand 1
104 Honduras 0
105 Bhutan 0
106 Comoros 0
107 Botswana 0
108 Namibia 0
109 Lao PDR 0
110 Afghanistan 0
111 Zambia 0
112 Mauritania 0
113 Guinea-Bissau 0
114 Yemen, Rep. 0
115 Ghana 0
116 Uganda 0
117 Cote d'Ivoire 0
118 Liberia 0
119 Eswatini 0
120 Zimbabwe 0
121 Rwanda 0
122 Ethiopia 0
123 Cameroon 0
124 Burkina Faso 0
125 Eritrea 0
126 Mozambique 0
127 Senegal 0
128 Togo 0
129 Gambia, The 0
130 Kenya 0
131 Sierra Leone 0
132 Burundi 0
133 Chad 0
134 Malawi 0
135 South Sudan 0
136 Niger 0

Analytical takeaways

  • Cuba leads the global ranking for Physicians (per 1,000 people) in 2020, with a lead of 1 over the next country.
  • The visible slice on this page covers 12 countries, and the lower edge of that slice currently sits with Lithuania at 4.
  • The ranking page acts as a high-intent entry point into country+indicator pages, year archives, and thematic collections.