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Generalist Medical Doctors per 10,000 Population, 2018/2022

Number of generalist medical doctors, including family doctors, pediatricians, and other non-specialized physicians, per 10,000 population. Generalist medical doctors, nursing and midwifery personnel, and community health workers are part of the primary health care workforce, which encompasses all occupations formally trained and involved in delivering primary health care such as health promotion, disease prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation. Data presented are the most recent available between 2018 and 2022.

Generalist Medical Doctors per 10,000 Population, 2018/2022

Generalist Medical Doctors per 10,000 Population, 2018/2022

Geography Generalist Medical Doctors per 10,000 Population, 2018/2022
WORLD N/A
AFRICA 2.2
NORTHERN AFRICA N/A
Algeria 6.5
Egypt 3.0
Libya N/A
Morocco N/A
Sudan N/A
Tunisia 5.5
Western Sahara N/A
WESTERN AFRICA 2.5
Benin 1.3
Burkina Faso 1.0
Cabo Verde 3.2
Cote d'Ivoire 1.6
Gambia 0.6
Ghana 1.0
Guinea 2.1
Guinea-Bissau 2.0
Liberia 1.6
Mali 1.6
Mauritania 1.3
Niger 0.1
Nigeria 3.9
Senegal 0.4
Sierra Leone 0.4
Togo 0.4
EASTERN AFRICA 0.9
Burundi 0.6
Comoros 3.0
Djibouti N/A
Eritrea 0.7
Ethiopia 0.7
Kenya 0.7
Madagascar N/A
Malawi 0.4
Mauritius 9.3
Mayotte N/A
Mozambique 0.6
Reunion N/A
Rwanda 0.9
Seychelles 5.3
Somalia N/A
South Sudan 0.4
Tanzania 1.0
Uganda 1.3
Zambia 2.4
Zimbabwe 1.2
MIDDLE AFRICA 1.5
Angola 1.3
Cameroon 0.9
Central African Republic 0.2
Chad 0.7
Congo 1.3
Congo, Dem Rep 1.9
Equatorial Guinea 1.1
Gabon 2.6
Sao Tome and Principe N/A
SOUTHERN AFRICA 4.9
Botswana 3.4
eSwatini 5.2
Lesotho 1.2
Namibia 5.2
South Africa 5.1
NORTHERN AMERICA 5.0
Canada 12.5
United States 4.1
LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN 8.9
CENTRAL AMERICA 9.0
Belize N/A
Costa Rica 15.4
El Salvador 8.2
Guatemala 9.6
Honduras N/A
Mexico 9.1
Nicaragua 3.2
Panama 7.4
CARIBBEAN N/A
Antigua and Barbuda N/A
Bahamas N/A
Barbados 29.1
Cuba N/A
Curacao N/A
Dominica N/A
Dominican Republic 6.1
Grenada N/A
Guadeloupe N/A
Haiti N/A
Jamaica 4.3
Martinique N/A
Puerto Rico N/A
St. Kitts and Nevis N/A
St. Lucia N/A
St. Vincent and the Grenadines N/A
Trinidad and Tobago 30.2
SOUTH AMERICA 8.8
Argentina N/A
Bolivia 8.4
Brazil 5.6
Chile 15.1
Colombia 18.4
Ecuador N/A
French Guiana N/A
Guyana N/A
Paraguay 11.4
Peru 8.8
Suriname 12.0
Uruguay 17.7
Venezuela N/A
ASIA N/A
WESTERN ASIA N/A
Armenia 5.0
Azerbaijan N/A
Bahrain N/A
Cyprus N/A
Georgia 8.2
Iraq 6.6
Israel 10.6
Jordan N/A
Kuwait N/A
Lebanon 6.3
Oman 10.2
Palestinian Territory 15.6
Qatar 4.7
Saudi Arabia 6.5
Syria N/A
Turkey 7.1
United Arab Emirates N/A
Yemen N/A
CENTRAL ASIA N/A
Kazakhstan N/A
Kyrgyzstan N/A
Tajikistan N/A
Turkmenistan 7.2
Uzbekistan N/A
SOUTH ASIA N/A
Afghanistan N/A
Bangladesh N/A
Bhutan 3.4
India N/A
Iran 10.1
Maldives 11.8
Nepal 5.7
Pakistan 8.7
Sri Lanka 0.4
SOUTHEAST ASIA N/A
Brunei N/A
Cambodia N/A
Indonesia 5.3
Laos 2.3
Malaysia N/A
Myanmar N/A
Philippines N/A
Singapore N/A
Thailand 9.3
Timor-Leste 7.2
Vietnam N/A
EAST ASIA N/A
China N/A
China, Hong Kong SAR N/A
China, Macao SAR N/A
Japan N/A
Korea, North N/A
Korea, South 6.9
Mongolia N/A
Taiwan N/A
EUROPE 8.9
NORTHERN EUROPE 9.1
Channel Islands N/A
Denmark 8.0
Estonia 8.7
Finland 13.9
Iceland 5.9
Ireland 23.5
Latvia 7.7
Lithuania 10.3
Norway 10.0
Sweden 6.1
United Kingdom 8.1
WESTERN EUROPE 12.8
Austria 14.8
Belgium 12.0
France 14.5
Germany 10.3
Liechtenstein N/A
Luxembourg N/A
Monaco N/A
Netherlands 18.3
Switzerland 11.5
EASTERN EUROPE 4.9
Belarus N/A
Bulgaria 6.0
Czechia 7.2
Hungary 6.7
Moldova 5.4
Poland 8.7
Romania 7.8
Russia 3.3
Slovakia N/A
Ukraine N/A
SOUTHERN EUROPE 9.9
Albania 7.3
Andorra N/A
Bosnia-Herzegovina N/A
Croatia 8.0
Greece 4.7
Italy 8.2
Kosovo N/A
Malta N/A
Montenegro 5.0
North Macedonia 0.0
Portugal 29.9
San Marino N/A
Serbia 0.0
Slovenia 6.9
Spain 9.4
OCEANIA 12.8
Australia 17.6
Federated States of Micronesia 7.8
Fiji N/A
French Polynesia N/A
Guam N/A
Kiribati N/A
Marshall Islands N/A
Nauru N/A
New Caledonia N/A
New Zealand 12.5
Palau 15.0
Papua New Guinea 0.4
Samoa 2.9
Solomon Islands N/A
Tonga 8.4
Tuvalu 9.9
Vanuatu 1.6
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Geography Generalist Medical Doctors per 10,000 Population, 2018/2022
WORLD N/A
AFRICA 2.2
NORTHERN AFRICA N/A
Algeria 6.5
Egypt 3.0
Libya N/A
Morocco N/A
Sudan N/A
Tunisia 5.5
Western Sahara N/A
WESTERN AFRICA 2.5
Benin 1.3
Burkina Faso 1.0
Cabo Verde 3.2
Cote d'Ivoire 1.6
Gambia 0.6
Ghana 1.0
Guinea 2.1
Guinea-Bissau 2.0
Liberia 1.6
Mali 1.6
Mauritania 1.3
Niger 0.1
Nigeria 3.9
Senegal 0.4
Sierra Leone 0.4
Togo 0.4
EASTERN AFRICA 0.9
Burundi 0.6
Comoros 3.0
Djibouti N/A
Eritrea 0.7
Ethiopia 0.7
Kenya 0.7
Madagascar N/A
Malawi 0.4
Mauritius 9.3
Mayotte N/A
Mozambique 0.6
Reunion N/A
Rwanda 0.9
Seychelles 5.3
Somalia N/A
South Sudan 0.4
Tanzania 1.0
Uganda 1.3
Zambia 2.4
Zimbabwe 1.2
MIDDLE AFRICA 1.5
Angola 1.3
Cameroon 0.9
Central African Republic 0.2
Chad 0.7
Congo 1.3
Congo, Dem Rep 1.9
Equatorial Guinea 1.1
Gabon 2.6
Sao Tome and Principe N/A
SOUTHERN AFRICA 4.9
Botswana 3.4
eSwatini 5.2
Lesotho 1.2
Namibia 5.2
South Africa 5.1
NORTHERN AMERICA 5.0
Canada 12.5
United States 4.1
LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN 8.9
CENTRAL AMERICA 9.0
Belize N/A
Costa Rica 15.4
El Salvador 8.2
Guatemala 9.6
Honduras N/A
Mexico 9.1
Nicaragua 3.2
Panama 7.4
CARIBBEAN N/A
Antigua and Barbuda N/A
Bahamas N/A
Barbados 29.1
Cuba N/A
Curacao N/A
Dominica N/A
Dominican Republic 6.1
Grenada N/A
Guadeloupe N/A
Haiti N/A
Jamaica 4.3
Martinique N/A
Puerto Rico N/A
St. Kitts and Nevis N/A
St. Lucia N/A
St. Vincent and the Grenadines N/A
Trinidad and Tobago 30.2
SOUTH AMERICA 8.8
Argentina N/A
Bolivia 8.4
Brazil 5.6
Chile 15.1
Colombia 18.4
Ecuador N/A
French Guiana N/A
Guyana N/A
Paraguay 11.4
Peru 8.8
Suriname 12.0
Uruguay 17.7
Venezuela N/A
ASIA N/A
WESTERN ASIA N/A
Armenia 5.0
Azerbaijan N/A
Bahrain N/A
Cyprus N/A
Georgia 8.2
Iraq 6.6
Israel 10.6
Jordan N/A
Kuwait N/A
Lebanon 6.3
Oman 10.2
Palestinian Territory 15.6
Qatar 4.7
Saudi Arabia 6.5
Syria N/A
Turkey 7.1
United Arab Emirates N/A
Yemen N/A
CENTRAL ASIA N/A
Kazakhstan N/A
Kyrgyzstan N/A
Tajikistan N/A
Turkmenistan 7.2
Uzbekistan N/A
SOUTH ASIA N/A
Afghanistan N/A
Bangladesh N/A
Bhutan 3.4
India N/A
Iran 10.1
Maldives 11.8
Nepal 5.7
Pakistan 8.7
Sri Lanka 0.4
SOUTHEAST ASIA N/A
Brunei N/A
Cambodia N/A
Indonesia 5.3
Laos 2.3
Malaysia N/A
Myanmar N/A
Philippines N/A
Singapore N/A
Thailand 9.3
Timor-Leste 7.2
Vietnam N/A
EAST ASIA N/A
China N/A
China, Hong Kong SAR N/A
China, Macao SAR N/A
Japan N/A
Korea, North N/A
Korea, South 6.9
Mongolia N/A
Taiwan N/A
EUROPE 8.9
NORTHERN EUROPE 9.1
Channel Islands N/A
Denmark 8.0
Estonia 8.7
Finland 13.9
Iceland 5.9
Ireland 23.5
Latvia 7.7
Lithuania 10.3
Norway 10.0
Sweden 6.1
United Kingdom 8.1
WESTERN EUROPE 12.8
Austria 14.8
Belgium 12.0
France 14.5
Germany 10.3
Liechtenstein N/A
Luxembourg N/A
Monaco N/A
Netherlands 18.3
Switzerland 11.5
EASTERN EUROPE 4.9
Belarus N/A
Bulgaria 6.0
Czechia 7.2
Hungary 6.7
Moldova 5.4
Poland 8.7
Romania 7.8
Russia 3.3
Slovakia N/A
Ukraine N/A
SOUTHERN EUROPE 9.9
Albania 7.3
Andorra N/A
Bosnia-Herzegovina N/A
Croatia 8.0
Greece 4.7
Italy 8.2
Kosovo N/A
Malta N/A
Montenegro 5.0
North Macedonia 0.0
Portugal 29.9
San Marino N/A
Serbia 0.0
Slovenia 6.9
Spain 9.4
OCEANIA 12.8
Australia 17.6
Federated States of Micronesia 7.8
Fiji N/A
French Polynesia N/A
Guam N/A
Kiribati N/A
Marshall Islands N/A
Nauru N/A
New Caledonia N/A
New Zealand 12.5
Palau 15.0
Papua New Guinea 0.4
Samoa 2.9
Solomon Islands N/A
Tonga 8.4
Tuvalu 9.9
Vanuatu 1.6

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