Rankings · health
Countries by physicians
Medical doctors per 1,000 people. 136 countries ranked for 2020 (per 1,000).
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| 1 |  Cuba | 9.29 per 1,000 | +37.2% | = |
| 2 |  Monaco | 8.61 per 1,000 | – | – |
| 3 |  Greece | 6.19 per 1,000 | +7.5% | ▼ 1 |
| 4 |  Portugal | 5.58 per 1,000 | +40.2% | ▲ 5 |
| 5 |  Austria | 5.34 per 1,000 | +10.6% | ▼ 1 |
| 6 |  Argentina | 5.3 per 1,000 | – | – |
| 7 |  Georgia | 5.12 per 1,000 | +9.4% | ▼ 2 |
| 8 |  Norway | 4.68 per 1,000 | +13.9% | ▼ 1 |
| 9 |  Belarus | 4.61 per 1,000 | +31.3% | ▲ 14 |
| 10 |  Andorra | 4.59 per 1,000 | +55.6% | ▲ 23 |
| 11 |  Spain | 4.55 per 1,000 | +21.7% | ▲ 6 |
| 12 |  Lithuania | 4.48 per 1,000 | +13.4% | ▼ 2 |
| 13 |  Germany | 4.44 per 1,000 | +18.1% | ▲ 1 |
| 14 |  Switzerland | 4.39 per 1,000 | +15.2% | ▼ 3 |
| 15 |  Denmark | 4.38 per 1,000 | +17.4% | ▲ 3 |
| 16 |  Iceland | 4.32 per 1,000 | +20.3% | ▲ 5 |
| 17 |  Sweden | 4.32 per 1,000 | +13.4% | ▼ 5 |
| 18 |  Trinidad and Tobago | 4.3 per 1,000 | +148.6% | ▲ 48 |
| 19 |  Bulgaria | 4.28 per 1,000 | +14.1% | ▼ 3 |
| 20 |  Saint Lucia | 4.23 per 1,000 | +151.8% | ▲ 47 |
| 21 |  Malta | 4.16 per 1,000 | +37.3% | ▲ 10 |
| 22 |  Czechia | 4.15 per 1,000 | +15.3% | ▼ 2 |
| 23 |  Moldova | 4.04 per 1,000 | +47.4% | ▲ 18 |
| 24 |  Italy | 3.97 per 1,000 | +5.6% | ▼ 9 |
| 25 |  Australia | 3.9 per 1,000 | +16.4% | ▲ 2 |
| 26 |  Netherlands | 3.81 per 1,000 | +29.6% | ▲ 8 |
| 27 |  Russia | 3.81 per 1,000 | -23.3% | ▼ 24 |
| 28 |  Mongolia | 3.78 per 1,000 | +36.0% | ▲ 11 |
| 29 |  Slovakia | 3.67 per 1,000 | +9.2% | ▼ 3 |
| 30 |  Kazakhstan | 3.66 per 1,000 | -3.4% | ▼ 17 |
| 31 |  Finland | 3.61 per 1,000 | +4.9% | ▼ 7 |
| 32 |  Croatia | 3.61 per 1,000 | +26.2% | ▲ 5 |
| 33 |  Israel | 3.57 per 1,000 | +1.4% | ▼ 11 |
| 34 |  United States | 3.52 per 1,000 | – | – |
| 35 |  Belgium | 3.51 per 1,000 | +20.6% | = |
| 36 |  Estonia | 3.48 per 1,000 | +7.4% | ▼ 7 |
| 37 |  Ireland | 3.46 per 1,000 | -16.2% | ▼ 31 |
| 38 |  New Zealand | 3.44 per 1,000 | +30.8% | ▲ 6 |
| 39 |  Latvia | 3.34 per 1,000 | +7.4% | ▼ 9 |
| 40 |  North Macedonia | 3.34 per 1,000 | +23.7% | ▲ 2 |
| 41 |  Romania | 3.31 per 1,000 | +32.9% | ▲ 5 |
| 42 |  Poland | 3.3 per 1,000 | +51.4% | ▲ 12 |
| 43 |  Slovenia | 3.3 per 1,000 | +35.2% | ▲ 5 |
| 44 |  France | 3.25 per 1,000 | -3.0% | ▼ 16 |
| 45 |  Cyprus | 3.2 per 1,000 | +50.2% | ▲ 10 |
| 46 |  Armenia | 3.16 per 1,000 | +13.3% | ▼ 8 |
| 47 |  Hungary | 3.14 per 1,000 | +9.0% | ▼ 11 |
| 48 |  Azerbaijan | 3.13 per 1,000 | -13.5% | ▼ 29 |
| 49 |  Saudi Arabia | 3.08 per 1,000 | +37.5% | ▲ 2 |
| 50 |  United Kingdom | 3.03 per 1,000 | +14.3% | ▼ 7 |
| 51 |  Republic of Serbia | 2.88 per 1,000 | -4.6% | ▼ 19 |
| 52 |  United Arab Emirates | 2.83 per 1,000 | +61.7% | ▲ 12 |
| 53 |  Montenegro | 2.83 per 1,000 | +40.1% | ▲ 7 |
| 54 |  Chile | 2.8 per 1,000 | +97.2% | ▲ 22 |
| 55 |  Mauritius | 2.69 per 1,000 | +129.9% | ▲ 27 |
| 56 |  Lebanon | 2.68 per 1,000 | +16.5% | ▼ 6 |
| 57 |  Singapore | 2.64 per 1,000 | +48.3% | ▲ 6 |
| 58 |  Barbados | 2.62 per 1,000 | – | – |
| 59 |  Japan | 2.59 per 1,000 | +17.2% | ▼ 6 |
| 60 |  South Korea | 2.51 per 1,000 | +24.3% | ▼ 1 |
| 61 |  Costa Rica | 2.49 per 1,000 | +7.3% | ▼ 12 |
| 62 |  Canada | 2.42 per 1,000 | +18.6% | ▼ 4 |
| 63 |  Mexico | 2.42 per 1,000 | +20.4% | ▼ 2 |
| 64 |  Colombia | 2.39 per 1,000 | +43.1% | ▲ 5 |
| 65 |  China | 2.38 per 1,000 | +63.0% | ▲ 7 |
| 66 |  Ecuador | 2.31 per 1,000 | +80.5% | ▲ 13 |
| 67 |  Uzbekistan | 2.31 per 1,000 | -9.8% | ▼ 22 |
| 68 |  Kuwait | 2.27 per 1,000 | -8.1% | ▼ 21 |
| 69 |  Malaysia | 2.18 per 1,000 | +89.6% | ▲ 14 |
| 70 |  Oman | 2 per 1,000 | -6.1% | ▼ 14 |
| 71 |  Tajikistan | 2 per 1,000 | +19.8% | ▼ 1 |
| 72 |  Turkey | 1.99 per 1,000 | +18.5% | ▼ 4 |
| 73 |  Turkmenistan | 1.96 per 1,000 | -5.8% | ▼ 16 |
| 74 |  Dominican Republic | 1.95 per 1,000 | – | – |
| 75 |  Albania | 1.88 per 1,000 | +51.6% | ▲ 5 |
| 76 |  Palau | 1.8 per 1,000 | +13.9% | ▼ 5 |
| 77 |  Kyrgyzstan | 1.69 per 1,000 | -9.6% | ▼ 15 |
| 78 |  Panama | 1.63 per 1,000 | +15.6% | ▼ 1 |
| 79 |  Syria | 1.5 per 1,000 | +7.9% | ▼ 1 |
| 80 |  Peru | 1.44 per 1,000 | – | – |
| 81 |  Guyana | 1.39 per 1,000 | +101.4% | ▲ 11 |
| 82 |  Tuvalu | 1.35 per 1,000 | – | – |
| 83 |  Tunisia | 1.32 per 1,000 | +9.1% | ▼ 2 |
| 84 |  Paraguay | 1.3 per 1,000 | – | – |
| 85 |  Guatemala | 1.28 per 1,000 | – | – |
| 86 |  Sri Lanka | 1.17 per 1,000 | +67.1% | ▲ 5 |
| 87 |  Federated States of Micronesia | 0.97 per 1,000 | – | – |
| 88 |  Bolivia | 0.96 per 1,000 | +123.3% | ▲ 12 |
| 89 |  Tonga | 0.95 per 1,000 | +75.9% | ▲ 10 |
| 90 |  Iraq | 0.92 per 1,000 | +43.8% | ▲ 4 |
| 91 |  Nepal | 0.86 per 1,000 | – | – |
| 92 |  Vietnam | 0.86 per 1,000 | +21.1% | ▼ 3 |
| 93 |  Philippines | 0.75 per 1,000 | +38.9% | ▲ 5 |
| 94 |  Timor-Leste | 0.75 per 1,000 | +837.5% | ▲ 25 |
| 95 |  Bahrain | 0.74 per 1,000 | -23.7% | ▼ 9 |
| 96 |  Cabo Verde | 0.73 per 1,000 | +28.1% | = |
| 97 |  India | 0.72 per 1,000 | – | – |
| 98 |  Egypt | 0.67 per 1,000 | – | – |
| 99 |  Bangladesh | 0.66 per 1,000 | +88.6% | ▲ 5 |
| 100 |  Indonesia | 0.62 per 1,000 | +158.3% | ▲ 9 |
| 101 |  Gabon | 0.59 per 1,000 | – | – |
| 102 |  Samoa | 0.56 per 1,000 | +69.7% | ▲ 4 |
| 103 |  Thailand | 0.51 per 1,000 | +34.2% | = |
| 104 |  Bhutan | 0.49 per 1,000 | – | – |
| 105 |  Honduras | 0.49 per 1,000 | +69.0% | ▲ 2 |
| 106 |  Comoros | 0.44 per 1,000 | – | – |
| 107 |  Botswana | 0.43 per 1,000 | +7.5% | ▼ 6 |
| 108 |  Namibia | 0.38 per 1,000 | – | – |
| 109 |  Laos | 0.36 per 1,000 | +9.1% | ▼ 4 |
| 110 |  Afghanistan | 0.25 per 1,000 | +4.2% | ▼ 2 |
| 111 |  Zambia | 0.25 per 1,000 | +316.7% | ▲ 11 |
| 112 |  Mauritania | 0.2 per 1,000 | +25.0% | ▲ 1 |
| 113 |  Guinea-Bissau | 0.19 per 1,000 | – | – |
| 114 |  Yemen | 0.18 per 1,000 | – | – |
| 115 |  Ghana | 0.17 per 1,000 | +88.9% | ▲ 3 |
| 116 |  Uganda | 0.16 per 1,000 | – | – |
| 117 |  Ivory Coast | 0.15 per 1,000 | – | – |
| 118 |  Liberia | 0.15 per 1,000 | +650.0% | ▲ 12 |
| 119 |  Eswatini | 0.14 per 1,000 | – | – |
| 120 |  Zimbabwe | 0.13 per 1,000 | +8.3% | ▼ 6 |
| 121 |  Rwanda | 0.12 per 1,000 | +100.0% | = |
| 122 |  Burkina Faso | 0.1 per 1,000 | +150.0% | ▲ 6 |
| 123 |  Cameroon | 0.1 per 1,000 | +11.1% | ▼ 6 |
| 124 |  Ethiopia | 0.1 per 1,000 | – | – |
| 125 |  Eritrea | 0.09 per 1,000 | +125.0% | ▲ 4 |
| 126 |  Gambia | 0.08 per 1,000 | – | – |
| 127 |  Mozambique | 0.08 per 1,000 | +60.0% | ▼ 2 |
| 128 |  Senegal | 0.08 per 1,000 | – | – |
| 129 |  Togo | 0.08 per 1,000 | +60.0% | ▼ 2 |
| 130 |  Burundi | 0.07 per 1,000 | +40.0% | ▼ 7 |
| 131 |  Kenya | 0.07 per 1,000 | -58.8% | ▼ 19 |
| 132 |  Sierra Leone | 0.07 per 1,000 | +250.0% | ▼ 1 |
| 133 |  Chad | 0.06 per 1,000 | – | – |
| 134 |  Malawi | 0.05 per 1,000 | – | – |
| 135 |  Niger | 0.04 per 1,000 | – | – |
| 136 |  South Sudan | 0.04 per 1,000 | – | – |
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