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Medical Doctors per 10,000 Population, 2018/2022

Number of medical doctors, including generalists and specialists, per 10,000 population. Data presented are the most recent available between 2018 and 2022.

Medical Doctors per 10,000 Population, 2018/2022

Medical Doctors per 10,000 Population, 2018/2022

Geography Medical Doctors per 10,000 Population, 2018/2022
WORLD 17.3
AFRICA 3.0
NORTHERN AFRICA N/A
Algeria 9.9
Egypt 6.8
Libya N/A
Morocco N/A
Sudan N/A
Tunisia 12.9
Western Sahara N/A
WESTERN AFRICA 2.7
Benin 2.0
Burkina Faso 1.5
Cabo Verde 44.6
Cote d'Ivoire 1.8
Gambia 1.0
Ghana 1.4
Guinea 0.2
Guinea-Bissau 2.1
Liberia 1.8
Mali 2.0
Mauritania 2.4
Niger 0.2
Nigeria 3.9
Senegal 1.3
Sierra Leone 0.4
Togo 0.8
EASTERN AFRICA 1.2
Burundi 0.7
Comoros 4.4
Djibouti N/A
Eritrea 0.7
Ethiopia 1.1
Kenya 1.0
Madagascar N/A
Malawi 0.5
Mauritius 12.0
Mayotte N/A
Mozambique 0.8
Reunion N/A
Rwanda 1.2
Seychelles 38.2
Somalia N/A
South Sudan 0.4
Tanzania 1.3
Uganda 1.7
Zambia 2.6
Zimbabwe 1.7
MIDDLE AFRICA 1.8
Angola 2.4
Cameroon 1.4
Central African Republic 0.2
Chad 0.9
Congo 1.8
Congo, Dem Rep 1.9
Equatorial Guinea 1.4
Gabon 4.8
Sao Tome and Principe 4.9
SOUTHERN AFRICA 7.7
Botswana 3.8
eSwatini 15.9
Lesotho 1.5
Namibia 5.4
South Africa 8.1
NORTHERN AMERICA 34.9
Canada 25.0
United States 36.1
LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN 24.4
CENTRAL AMERICA 21.9
Belize 10.8
Costa Rica 26.4
El Salvador 15.5
Guatemala 12.8
Honduras 4.9
Mexico 25.6
Nicaragua 6.6
Panama 17.3
CARIBBEAN 36.4
Antigua and Barbuda N/A
Bahamas N/A
Barbados 29.7
Cuba 94.3
Curacao N/A
Dominica 11.2
Dominican Republic 22.4
Grenada 13.1
Guadeloupe N/A
Haiti 2.4
Jamaica 5.5
Martinique N/A
Puerto Rico N/A
St. Kitts and Nevis 30.3
St. Lucia N/A
St. Vincent and the Grenadines N/A
Trinidad and Tobago 41.9
SOUTH AMERICA 24.4
Argentina 40.8
Bolivia 12.7
Brazil 21.4
Chile 31.7
Colombia 24.5
Ecuador 23.1
French Guiana N/A
Guyana 14.1
Paraguay 38.8
Peru 16.2
Suriname 14.8
Uruguay 46.3
Venezuela N/A
ASIA 15.3
WESTERN ASIA 23.2
Armenia 31.2
Azerbaijan 30.9
Bahrain N/A
Cyprus 35.5
Georgia 56.1
Iraq 10.1
Israel 37.1
Jordan 25.1
Kuwait 22.9
Lebanon 26.2
Oman 20.6
Palestinian Territory 21.7
Qatar 25.0
Saudi Arabia 30.8
Syria N/A
Turkey 21.7
United Arab Emirates 29.1
Yemen N/A
CENTRAL ASIA 29.1
Kazakhstan 40.3
Kyrgyzstan 21.5
Tajikistan 21.3
Turkmenistan 21.4
Uzbekistan 28.1
SOUTH ASIA 8.0
Afghanistan 2.5
Bangladesh 6.7
Bhutan 5.5
India 7.3
Iran 15.1
Maldives 21.6
Nepal 8.7
Pakistan 10.8
Sri Lanka 11.9
SOUTHEAST ASIA 8.4
Brunei 19.1
Cambodia 2.1
Indonesia 6.9
Laos 3.3
Malaysia 23.2
Myanmar 7.5
Philippines 7.9
Singapore 26.0
Thailand 9.3
Timor-Leste 7.7
Vietnam N/A
EAST ASIA 25.3
China 25.2
China, Hong Kong SAR N/A
China, Macao SAR N/A
Japan 26.1
Korea, North N/A
Korea, South 25.2
Mongolia 38.7
Taiwan N/A
EUROPE 40.5
NORTHERN EUROPE 39.0
Channel Islands N/A
Denmark 43.8
Estonia 34.4
Finland 43.8
Iceland 45.2
Ireland 40.6
Latvia 33.8
Lithuania 51.3
Norway 51.7
Sweden 71.5
United Kingdom 31.7
WESTERN EUROPE 42.3
Austria 55.1
Belgium 63.9
France 33.4
Germany 45.2
Liechtenstein N/A
Luxembourg N/A
Monaco 88.9
Netherlands 39.1
Switzerland 44.4
EASTERN EUROPE 37.7
Belarus 44.7
Bulgaria 49.0
Czechia 42.5
Hungary 33.0
Moldova 32.5
Poland 33.9
Romania 34.7
Russia 38.3
Slovakia 36.8
Ukraine N/A
SOUTHERN EUROPE 43.8
Albania 18.8
Andorra N/A
Bosnia-Herzegovina 23.2
Croatia 36.1
Greece 63.7
Italy 42.5
Kosovo N/A
Malta 42.8
Montenegro 27.5
North Macedonia 29.6
Portugal 57.7
San Marino N/A
Serbia 28.4
Slovenia 33.3
Spain 44.8
OCEANIA 29.9
Australia 39.8
Federated States of Micronesia 9.6
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 35.7
Palau 17.8
Papua New Guinea 0.6
Samoa 5.5
Solomon Islands N/A
Tonga 10.1
Tuvalu 12.6
Vanuatu 1.6
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Geography Medical Doctors per 10,000 Population, 2018/2022
WORLD 17.3
AFRICA 3.0
NORTHERN AFRICA N/A
Algeria 9.9
Egypt 6.8
Libya N/A
Morocco N/A
Sudan N/A
Tunisia 12.9
Western Sahara N/A
WESTERN AFRICA 2.7
Benin 2.0
Burkina Faso 1.5
Cabo Verde 44.6
Cote d'Ivoire 1.8
Gambia 1.0
Ghana 1.4
Guinea 0.2
Guinea-Bissau 2.1
Liberia 1.8
Mali 2.0
Mauritania 2.4
Niger 0.2
Nigeria 3.9
Senegal 1.3
Sierra Leone 0.4
Togo 0.8
EASTERN AFRICA 1.2
Burundi 0.7
Comoros 4.4
Djibouti N/A
Eritrea 0.7
Ethiopia 1.1
Kenya 1.0
Madagascar N/A
Malawi 0.5
Mauritius 12.0
Mayotte N/A
Mozambique 0.8
Reunion N/A
Rwanda 1.2
Seychelles 38.2
Somalia N/A
South Sudan 0.4
Tanzania 1.3
Uganda 1.7
Zambia 2.6
Zimbabwe 1.7
MIDDLE AFRICA 1.8
Angola 2.4
Cameroon 1.4
Central African Republic 0.2
Chad 0.9
Congo 1.8
Congo, Dem Rep 1.9
Equatorial Guinea 1.4
Gabon 4.8
Sao Tome and Principe 4.9
SOUTHERN AFRICA 7.7
Botswana 3.8
eSwatini 15.9
Lesotho 1.5
Namibia 5.4
South Africa 8.1
NORTHERN AMERICA 34.9
Canada 25.0
United States 36.1
LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN 24.4
CENTRAL AMERICA 21.9
Belize 10.8
Costa Rica 26.4
El Salvador 15.5
Guatemala 12.8
Honduras 4.9
Mexico 25.6
Nicaragua 6.6
Panama 17.3
CARIBBEAN 36.4
Antigua and Barbuda N/A
Bahamas N/A
Barbados 29.7
Cuba 94.3
Curacao N/A
Dominica 11.2
Dominican Republic 22.4
Grenada 13.1
Guadeloupe N/A
Haiti 2.4
Jamaica 5.5
Martinique N/A
Puerto Rico N/A
St. Kitts and Nevis 30.3
St. Lucia N/A
St. Vincent and the Grenadines N/A
Trinidad and Tobago 41.9
SOUTH AMERICA 24.4
Argentina 40.8
Bolivia 12.7
Brazil 21.4
Chile 31.7
Colombia 24.5
Ecuador 23.1
French Guiana N/A
Guyana 14.1
Paraguay 38.8
Peru 16.2
Suriname 14.8
Uruguay 46.3
Venezuela N/A
ASIA 15.3
WESTERN ASIA 23.2
Armenia 31.2
Azerbaijan 30.9
Bahrain N/A
Cyprus 35.5
Georgia 56.1
Iraq 10.1
Israel 37.1
Jordan 25.1
Kuwait 22.9
Lebanon 26.2
Oman 20.6
Palestinian Territory 21.7
Qatar 25.0
Saudi Arabia 30.8
Syria N/A
Turkey 21.7
United Arab Emirates 29.1
Yemen N/A
CENTRAL ASIA 29.1
Kazakhstan 40.3
Kyrgyzstan 21.5
Tajikistan 21.3
Turkmenistan 21.4
Uzbekistan 28.1
SOUTH ASIA 8.0
Afghanistan 2.5
Bangladesh 6.7
Bhutan 5.5
India 7.3
Iran 15.1
Maldives 21.6
Nepal 8.7
Pakistan 10.8
Sri Lanka 11.9
SOUTHEAST ASIA 8.4
Brunei 19.1
Cambodia 2.1
Indonesia 6.9
Laos 3.3
Malaysia 23.2
Myanmar 7.5
Philippines 7.9
Singapore 26.0
Thailand 9.3
Timor-Leste 7.7
Vietnam N/A
EAST ASIA 25.3
China 25.2
China, Hong Kong SAR N/A
China, Macao SAR N/A
Japan 26.1
Korea, North N/A
Korea, South 25.2
Mongolia 38.7
Taiwan N/A
EUROPE 40.5
NORTHERN EUROPE 39.0
Channel Islands N/A
Denmark 43.8
Estonia 34.4
Finland 43.8
Iceland 45.2
Ireland 40.6
Latvia 33.8
Lithuania 51.3
Norway 51.7
Sweden 71.5
United Kingdom 31.7
WESTERN EUROPE 42.3
Austria 55.1
Belgium 63.9
France 33.4
Germany 45.2
Liechtenstein N/A
Luxembourg N/A
Monaco 88.9
Netherlands 39.1
Switzerland 44.4
EASTERN EUROPE 37.7
Belarus 44.7
Bulgaria 49.0
Czechia 42.5
Hungary 33.0
Moldova 32.5
Poland 33.9
Romania 34.7
Russia 38.3
Slovakia 36.8
Ukraine N/A
SOUTHERN EUROPE 43.8
Albania 18.8
Andorra N/A
Bosnia-Herzegovina 23.2
Croatia 36.1
Greece 63.7
Italy 42.5
Kosovo N/A
Malta 42.8
Montenegro 27.5
North Macedonia 29.6
Portugal 57.7
San Marino N/A
Serbia 28.4
Slovenia 33.3
Spain 44.8
OCEANIA 29.9
Australia 39.8
Federated States of Micronesia 9.6
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 35.7
Palau 17.8
Papua New Guinea 0.6
Samoa 5.5
Solomon Islands N/A
Tonga 10.1
Tuvalu 12.6
Vanuatu 1.6

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