NationsTreeRanking · latest available · data as of 26 October 2026 · printed 27 Oct 2026
Physicians (per 1,000 people)
Medical doctors per 1,000 people. Higher is better.
Source: World Bank · World Development Indicators · SH.MED.PHYS.ZS
Top 5 over time
Dashed line: world median| # | Country | Region | Physiciansper 1,000 people | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Cuba |
Latin America & Caribbean | 9.54 per 1,000 people | 2021 |
| 2 |  Monaco |
Europe & Central Asia | 8.61 per 1,000 people | 2020 |
| 3 |  Seychelles |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 6.60 per 1,000 people | 2022 |
| 4 |  Greece |
Europe & Central Asia | 6.58 per 1,000 people | 2022 |
| 5 |  Portugal |
Europe & Central Asia | 5.85 per 1,000 people | 2022 |
| 6 |  Georgia |
Europe & Central Asia | 5.64 per 1,000 people | 2023 |
| 7 |  Austria |
Europe & Central Asia | 5.52 per 1,000 people | 2023 |
| 8 |  Russia |
Europe & Central Asia | 5.11 per 1,000 people | 2022 |
| 9 |  Argentina |
Latin America & Caribbean | 5.11 per 1,000 people | 2023 |
| 10 |  Andorra |
Europe & Central Asia | 5.07 per 1,000 people | 2023 |
| 11 |  Norway |
Europe & Central Asia | 4.98 per 1,000 people | 2023 |
| 12 |  Belarus |
Europe & Central Asia | 4.72 per 1,000 people | 2023 |
| 13 |  Uruguay |
Latin America & Caribbean | 4.67 per 1,000 people | 2022 |
| 14 |  San Marino |
Europe & Central Asia | 4.63 per 1,000 people | 2023 |
| 15 |  Germany |
Europe & Central Asia | 4.53 per 1,000 people | 2022 |
| 16 |  Malta |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 4.51 per 1,000 people | 2022 |
| 17 |  Denmark |
Europe & Central Asia | 4.50 per 1,000 people | 2021 |
| 18 |  Switzerland |
Europe & Central Asia | 4.48 per 1,000 people | 2022 |
| 19 |  Lithuania |
Europe & Central Asia | 4.47 per 1,000 people | 2022 |
| 20 |  Sweden |
Europe & Central Asia | 4.41 per 1,000 people | 2021 |
| 21 |  Iceland |
Europe & Central Asia | 4.37 per 1,000 people | 2023 |
| 22 |  Czechia |
Europe & Central Asia | 4.35 per 1,000 people | 2022 |
| 23 |  Bulgaria |
Europe & Central Asia | 4.33 per 1,000 people | 2022 |
| 24 |  Spain |
Europe & Central Asia | 4.29 per 1,000 people | 2022 |
| 25 |  Saint Lucia |
Latin America & Caribbean | 4.23 per 1,000 people | 2020 |
| 26 |  Italy |
Europe & Central Asia | 4.19 per 1,000 people | 2022 |
| 27 |  Trinidad and Tobago |
Latin America & Caribbean | 4.16 per 1,000 people | 2021 |
| 28 |  Mongolia |
East Asia & Pacific | 4.13 per 1,000 people | 2022 |
| 29 |  Australia |
East Asia & Pacific | 4.09 per 1,000 people | 2022 |
| 30 |  Poland |
Europe & Central Asia | 4.03 per 1,000 people | 2023 |
| 31 |  Moldova |
Europe & Central Asia | 4.02 per 1,000 people | 2023 |
| 32 |  Croatia |
Europe & Central Asia | 3.91 per 1,000 people | 2022 |
| 33 |  Paraguay |
Latin America & Caribbean | 3.89 per 1,000 people | 2022 |
| 34 |  Netherlands |
Europe & Central Asia | 3.88 per 1,000 people | 2022 |
| 35 |  Ireland |
Europe & Central Asia | 3.88 per 1,000 people | 2023 |
| 36 |  Israel |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 3.80 per 1,000 people | 2023 |
| 37 |  Kazakhstan |
Europe & Central Asia | 3.75 per 1,000 people | 2023 |
| 38 |  Slovakia |
Europe & Central Asia | 3.70 per 1,000 people | 2022 |
| 39 |  United States |
North America | 3.68 per 1,000 people | 2022 |
| 40 |  Romania |
Europe & Central Asia | 3.63 per 1,000 people | 2022 |
| 41 |  New Zealand |
East Asia & Pacific | 3.61 per 1,000 people | 2022 |
| 42 |  Finland |
Europe & Central Asia | 3.61 per 1,000 people | 2021 |
| 43 |  Belgium |
Europe & Central Asia | 3.57 per 1,000 people | 2022 |
| 44 |  Cyprus |
Europe & Central Asia | 3.56 per 1,000 people | 2022 |
| 45 |  Ukraine |
Europe & Central Asia | 3.53 per 1,000 people | 2023 |
| 46 |  Estonia |
Europe & Central Asia | 3.47 per 1,000 people | 2022 |
| 47 |  Hungary |
Europe & Central Asia | 3.46 per 1,000 people | 2022 |
| 48 |  Saudi Arabia |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 3.41 per 1,000 people | 2023 |
| 49 |  Latvia |
Europe & Central Asia | 3.40 per 1,000 people | 2022 |
| 50 |  Slovenia |
Europe & Central Asia | 3.37 per 1,000 people | 2022 |
| 51 |  Armenia |
Europe & Central Asia | 3.36 per 1,000 people | 2022 |
| 52 |  Chile |
Latin America & Caribbean | 3.33 per 1,000 people | 2023 |
| 53 |  United Kingdom |
Europe & Central Asia | 3.30 per 1,000 people | 2023 |
| 54 |  France |
Europe & Central Asia | 3.28 per 1,000 people | 2022 |
| 55 |  Azerbaijan |
Europe & Central Asia | 3.19 per 1,000 people | 2022 |
| 56 |  China |
East Asia & Pacific | 3.11 per 1,000 people | 2022 |
| 57 |  Serbia |
Europe & Central Asia | 3.10 per 1,000 people | 2022 |
| 58 |  Qatar |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 3.02 per 1,000 people | 2023 |
| 59 |  United Arab Emirates |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 2.99 per 1,000 people | 2023 |
| 60 |  Barbados |
Latin America & Caribbean | 2.96 per 1,000 people | 2022 |
| 61 |  North Macedonia |
Europe & Central Asia | 2.94 per 1,000 people | 2022 |
| 62 |  Jordan |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 2.85 per 1,000 people | 2022 |
| 63 |  Singapore |
East Asia & Pacific | 2.83 per 1,000 people | 2022 |
| 64 |  Canada |
North America | 2.82 per 1,000 people | 2023 |
| 65 |  Uzbekistan |
Europe & Central Asia | 2.81 per 1,000 people | 2021 |
| 66 |  Montenegro |
Europe & Central Asia | 2.78 per 1,000 people | 2023 |
| 67 |  Costa Rica |
Latin America & Caribbean | 2.69 per 1,000 people | 2022 |
| 68 |  Lebanon |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 2.68 per 1,000 people | 2020 |
| 69 |  Japan |
East Asia & Pacific | 2.65 per 1,000 people | 2022 |
| 70 |  South Korea |
East Asia & Pacific | 2.61 per 1,000 people | 2022 |
| 71 |  Mexico |
Latin America & Caribbean | 2.59 per 1,000 people | 2022 |
| 72 |  Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Europe & Central Asia | 2.58 per 1,000 people | 2019 |
| 73 |  Colombia |
Latin America & Caribbean | 2.54 per 1,000 people | 2023 |
| 74 |  Dominican Republic |
Latin America & Caribbean | 2.43 per 1,000 people | 2023 |
| 75 |  Brazil |
Latin America & Caribbean | 2.36 per 1,000 people | 2023 |
| 76 |  Malaysia |
East Asia & Pacific | 2.34 per 1,000 people | 2023 |
| 77 |  Ecuador |
Latin America & Caribbean | 2.31 per 1,000 people | 2020 |
| 78 |  Kuwait |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 2.27 per 1,000 people | 2020 |
| 79 |  Türkiye |
Europe & Central Asia | 2.24 per 1,000 people | 2022 |
| 80 |  Maldives |
South Asia | 2.24 per 1,000 people | 2019 |
| 81 |  Oman |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 1.99 per 1,000 people | 2022 |
| 82 |  Turkmenistan |
Europe & Central Asia | 1.93 per 1,000 people | 2023 |
| 83 |  Brunei |
East Asia & Pacific | 1.89 per 1,000 people | 2021 |
| 84 |  Albania |
Europe & Central Asia | 1.88 per 1,000 people | 2020 |
| 85 |  Tajikistan |
Europe & Central Asia | 1.87 per 1,000 people | 2023 |
| 86 |  Iran |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 1.81 per 1,000 people | 2023 |
| 87 |  Palau |
East Asia & Pacific | 1.81 per 1,000 people | 2023 |
| 88 |  Peru |
Latin America & Caribbean | 1.69 per 1,000 people | 2023 |
| 89 |  Algeria |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 1.66 per 1,000 people | 2022 |
| 90 |  Panama |
Latin America & Caribbean | 1.63 per 1,000 people | 2022 |
| 91 |  El Salvador |
Latin America & Caribbean | 1.62 per 1,000 people | 2023 |
| 92 |  Kyrgyzstan |
Europe & Central Asia | 1.57 per 1,000 people | 2023 |
| 93 |  Syria |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 1.52 per 1,000 people | 2021 |
| 94 |  Mauritius |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 1.44 per 1,000 people | 2022 |
| 95 |  Guyana |
Latin America & Caribbean | 1.39 per 1,000 people | 2020 |
| 96 |  Suriname |
Latin America & Caribbean | 1.36 per 1,000 people | 2023 |
| 97 |  Tuvalu |
East Asia & Pacific | 1.35 per 1,000 people | 2020 |
| 98 |  Tunisia |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 1.32 per 1,000 people | 2021 |
| 99 |  Bolivia |
Latin America & Caribbean | 1.28 per 1,000 people | 2021 |
| 100 |  Guatemala |
Latin America & Caribbean | 1.28 per 1,000 people | 2020 |
| 101 |  Pakistan |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 1.16 per 1,000 people | 2021 |
| 102 |  Sri Lanka |
South Asia | 1.14 per 1,000 people | 2023 |
| 103 |  Vietnam |
East Asia & Pacific | 1.11 per 1,000 people | 2021 |
| 104 |  Iraq |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 1.02 per 1,000 people | 2022 |
| 105 |  Tonga |
East Asia & Pacific | 1.01 per 1,000 people | 2021 |
| 106 |  Nepal |
South Asia | 1.01 per 1,000 people | 2023 |
| 107 |  Micronesia |
East Asia & Pacific | 0.97 per 1,000 people | 2020 |
| 108 |  South Africa |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 0.79 per 1,000 people | 2022 |
| 109 |  Philippines |
East Asia & Pacific | 0.79 per 1,000 people | 2021 |
| 110 |  Myanmar |
East Asia & Pacific | 0.76 per 1,000 people | 2019 |
| 111 |  Timor-Leste |
East Asia & Pacific | 0.75 per 1,000 people | 2020 |
| 112 |  Bahrain |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 0.74 per 1,000 people | 2020 |
| 113 |  Morocco |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 0.74 per 1,000 people | 2021 |
| 114 |  Cabo Verde |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 0.73 per 1,000 people | 2023 |
| 115 |  India |
South Asia | 0.72 per 1,000 people | 2020 |
| 116 |  Bangladesh |
South Asia | 0.72 per 1,000 people | 2023 |
| 117 |  Egypt |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 0.67 per 1,000 people | 2020 |
| 118 |  Samoa |
East Asia & Pacific | 0.56 per 1,000 people | 2021 |
| 119 |  Eswatini |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 0.56 per 1,000 people | 2023 |
| 120 |  Bhutan |
South Asia | 0.55 per 1,000 people | 2022 |
| 120 |  Namibia |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 0.55 per 1,000 people | 2022 |
| 122 |  Thailand |
East Asia & Pacific | 0.54 per 1,000 people | 2021 |
| 123 |  Indonesia |
East Asia & Pacific | 0.52 per 1,000 people | 2023 |
| 124 |  Gabon |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 0.52 per 1,000 people | 2022 |
| 125 |  Honduras |
Latin America & Caribbean | 0.49 per 1,000 people | 2020 |
| 126 |  São Tomé and Príncipe |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 0.46 per 1,000 people | 2022 |
| 127 |  Jamaica |
Latin America & Caribbean | 0.46 per 1,000 people | 2023 |
| 128 |  Comoros |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 0.42 per 1,000 people | 2022 |
| 129 |  Nigeria |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 0.38 per 1,000 people | 2023 |
| 130 |  Botswana |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 0.38 per 1,000 people | 2023 |
| 131 |  Laos |
East Asia & Pacific | 0.33 per 1,000 people | 2022 |
| 132 |  Zambia |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 0.32 per 1,000 people | 2022 |
| 133 |  Afghanistan |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 0.32 per 1,000 people | 2023 |
| 134 |  Haiti |
Latin America & Caribbean | 0.29 per 1,000 people | 2022 |
| 135 |  Kenya |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 0.29 per 1,000 people | 2023 |
| 136 |  Ghana |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 0.27 per 1,000 people | 2023 |
| 137 |  Mauritania |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 0.26 per 1,000 people | 2022 |
| 138 |  Guinea-Bissau |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 0.25 per 1,000 people | 2022 |
| 139 |  Angola |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 0.24 per 1,000 people | 2022 |
| 140 |  Solomon Islands |
East Asia & Pacific | 0.24 per 1,000 people | 2023 |
| 141 |  Lesotho |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 0.24 per 1,000 people | 2022 |
| 142 |  Benin |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 0.22 per 1,000 people | 2023 |
| 143 |  Cambodia |
East Asia & Pacific | 0.21 per 1,000 people | 2019 |
| 143 |  Djibouti |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 0.21 per 1,000 people | 2022 |
| 145 |  Guinea |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 0.21 per 1,000 people | 2022 |
| 146 |  DR Congo |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 0.21 per 1,000 people | 2022 |
| 147 |  Uganda |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 0.19 per 1,000 people | 2022 |
| 148 |  Mali |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 0.19 per 1,000 people | 2023 |
| 149 |  Liberia |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 0.18 per 1,000 people | 2022 |
| 150 |  Mozambique |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 0.18 per 1,000 people | 2022 |
| 151 |  Congo |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 0.17 per 1,000 people | 2022 |
| 152 |  Madagascar |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 0.17 per 1,000 people | 2022 |
| 153 |  Côte d'Ivoire |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 0.17 per 1,000 people | 2023 |
| 154 |  Vanuatu |
East Asia & Pacific | 0.16 per 1,000 people | 2019 |
| 155 |  Equatorial Guinea |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 0.15 per 1,000 people | 2022 |
| 156 |  Burkina Faso |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 0.15 per 1,000 people | 2022 |
| 157 |  Ethiopia |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 0.14 per 1,000 people | 2023 |
| 158 |  Cameroon |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 0.14 per 1,000 people | 2022 |
| 158 |  Zimbabwe |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 0.14 per 1,000 people | 2023 |
| 160 |  Sierra Leone |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 0.13 per 1,000 people | 2022 |
| 160 |  Tanzania |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 0.13 per 1,000 people | 2022 |
| 162 |  Senegal |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 0.11 per 1,000 people | 2023 |
| 163 |  Yemen |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 0.10 per 1,000 people | 2023 |
| 164 |  Gambia |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 0.09 per 1,000 people | 2023 |
| 164 |  Rwanda |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 0.09 per 1,000 people | 2022 |
| 166 |  Eritrea |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 0.09 per 1,000 people | 2022 |
| 167 |  Chad |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 0.09 per 1,000 people | 2023 |
| 168 |  Togo |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 0.08 per 1,000 people | 2022 |
| 169 |  Burundi |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 0.08 per 1,000 people | 2022 |
| 170 |  Central African Republic |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 0.07 per 1,000 people | 2023 |
| 171 |  Papua New Guinea |
East Asia & Pacific | 0.06 per 1,000 people | 2023 |
| 172 |  Malawi |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 0.05 per 1,000 people | 2022 |
| 173 |  South Sudan |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 0.04 per 1,000 people | 2022 |
| 174 |  Niger |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 0.04 per 1,000 people | 2023 |
| — |  American Samoa |
East Asia & Pacific | 0.78 per 1,000 people | 1999 |
| — |  Antigua and Barbuda |
Latin America & Caribbean | 2.92 per 1,000 people | 2017 |
| — |  Aruba |
Latin America & Caribbean | 1.12 per 1,000 people | 1995 |
| — |  Bahamas |
Latin America & Caribbean | 1.90 per 1,000 people | 2017 |
| — |  Belize |
Latin America & Caribbean | 1.09 per 1,000 people | 2018 |
| — |  Bermuda |
North America | 1.77 per 1,000 people | 1997 |
| — |  Cayman Islands |
Latin America & Caribbean | 1.94 per 1,000 people | 1997 |
| — |  Dominica |
Latin America & Caribbean | 1.16 per 1,000 people | 2018 |
| — |  Fiji |
East Asia & Pacific | 0.81 per 1,000 people | 2015 |
| — |  French Polynesia |
East Asia & Pacific | 1.70 per 1,000 people | 2000 |
| — |  Grenada |
Latin America & Caribbean | 1.38 per 1,000 people | 2018 |
| — |  Guam |
East Asia & Pacific | 1.08 per 1,000 people | 1999 |
| — |  Hong Kong |
East Asia & Pacific | 1.32 per 1,000 people | 1995 |
| — |  Isle of Man |
Europe & Central Asia | 1.45 per 1,000 people | 2010 |
| — |  Kiribati |
East Asia & Pacific | 0.19 per 1,000 people | 2013 |
| — |  Libya |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 2.04 per 1,000 people | 2017 |
| — |  Luxembourg |
Europe & Central Asia | 2.98 per 1,000 people | 2017 |
| — |  Marshall Islands |
East Asia & Pacific | 0.47 per 1,000 people | 2012 |
| — |  Naoero |
East Asia & Pacific | 1.27 per 1,000 people | 2015 |
| — |  New Caledonia |
East Asia & Pacific | 1.98 per 1,000 people | 1999 |
| — |  Nicaragua |
Latin America & Caribbean | 0.68 per 1,000 people | 2018 |
| — |  North Korea |
East Asia & Pacific | 3.63 per 1,000 people | 2017 |
| — |  Northern Mariana Islands |
East Asia & Pacific | 0.45 per 1,000 people | 1999 |
| — |  Palestine |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 2.17 per 1,000 people | 2018 |
| — |  Puerto Rico (US) |
Latin America & Caribbean | 1.75 per 1,000 people | 1995 |
| — |  Saint Kitts and Nevis |
Latin America & Caribbean | 3.09 per 1,000 people | 2018 |
| — |  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
Latin America & Caribbean | 0.94 per 1,000 people | 2012 |
| — |  Somalia, Fed. Rep. |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 0.05 per 1,000 people | 2014 |
| — |  Sudan |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 0.25 per 1,000 people | 2017 |
| — |  US Virgin Islands |
Latin America & Caribbean | 1.65 per 1,000 people | 1995 |
| — |  Venezuela |
Latin America & Caribbean | 1.66 per 1,000 people | 2017 |
Latest value per country. Ranked: countries with data from the last 5 years of the series; older values are listed below without a rank. 174 ranked.