Health
Top 20 countries by doctors per 1,000 people
How many physicians a country has for its people
Updated · physicians (per 1,000 people)
Why these 20
World Bank indicator SH.MED.PHYS.ZS (from the WHO): generalist and specialist medical practitioners per 1,000 people. Countries count practising, professionally active or licensed doctors differently, so small gaps are not meaningful.
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1
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Cuba
9.5 year 2021
- 2 🇲🇨
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3
🇸🇨
Seychelles
6.6 year 2022
- 4 🇬🇷
- 5 🇵🇹
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6
🇬🇪
Georgia
5.6 year 2023
- 7 🇦🇹
- 8 🇷🇺
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9
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Argentina
5.1 year 2023
Also in: #14 countries by new doctors per year#20 countries by new nurses per year
- 10 🇦🇩
- 11 🇳🇴
- 12 🇧🇾
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13
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Uruguay
4.7 year 2022
- 14 🇸🇲
- 15 🇩🇪
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16
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Malta
4.5 year 2022
- 17 🇨🇭
- 18 🇱🇹
- 19 🇸🇪
- 20 🇮🇸
How it is measured
World Bank API, most recent value per country (year shown on each row); regional and income-group aggregates are left out.
References
- World Bank: physicians per 1,000 people, World Bank (CC BY 4.0). Checked 2026-10-20 05:13 UTC.
- World Bank indicator SH.MED.PHYS.ZS, World Bank, last updated 2026-10-08.
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