Countries With the Highest Physicians
Every country with a figure for physicians, ranked from highest to lowest. The top three are Cuba (9.54), Monaco (8.61) and Seychelles (6.6). The middle country of the 194 has 1.66.
What this measures
Physicians (per 1,000 people). Source: World Health Organization. For this measure, higher is better.
Reported irregularly, so the latest value in the time window used is from a different year for different countries. Hospital beds, already on the site, have no "better" direction, since more beds is not plainly better. More doctors is closer to plainly better, so a direction is set on that basis.
This measure mostly follows how rich a country is, so this ranking is close to a ranking by national income. Each country’s page also ranks it against countries with similar incomes, which is often the fairer comparison.
The full ranking
Each country’s latest figure, from 2010–2023. The year beside each value says when it was measured.
| Rank | Country | Physicians | Year | Region |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cuba | 9.54 | 2021 | Latin America & Caribbean |
| 2 | Monaco | 8.61 | 2020 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 3 | Seychelles | 6.6 | 2022 | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 4 | Greece | 6.58 | 2022 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 5 | Portugal | 5.85 | 2022 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 6 | Georgia | 5.64 | 2023 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 7 | Austria | 5.51 | 2023 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 8 | Russian Federation | 5.11 | 2022 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 9 | Argentina | 5.11 | 2023 | Latin America & Caribbean |
| 10 | Andorra | 5.07 | 2023 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 11 | Norway | 4.97 | 2023 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 12 | Belarus | 4.72 | 2023 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 13 | Uruguay | 4.67 | 2022 | Latin America & Caribbean |
| 14 | San Marino | 4.63 | 2023 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 15 | Germany | 4.53 | 2022 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 16 | Malta | 4.51 | 2022 | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan |
| 17 | Denmark | 4.5 | 2021 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 18 | Switzerland | 4.48 | 2022 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 19 | Lithuania | 4.47 | 2022 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 20 | Sweden | 4.41 | 2021 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 21 | Iceland | 4.37 | 2023 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 22 | Czechia | 4.35 | 2022 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 23 | Bulgaria | 4.33 | 2022 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 24 | Spain | 4.29 | 2022 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 25 | St. Lucia | 4.23 | 2020 | Latin America & Caribbean |
| 26 | Italy | 4.19 | 2022 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 27 | Trinidad and Tobago | 4.16 | 2021 | Latin America & Caribbean |
| 28 | Mongolia | 4.13 | 2022 | East Asia & Pacific |
| 29 | Australia | 4.09 | 2022 | East Asia & Pacific |
| 30 | Poland | 4.03 | 2023 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 31 | Moldova | 4.02 | 2023 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 32 | Croatia | 3.91 | 2022 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 33 | Paraguay | 3.89 | 2022 | Latin America & Caribbean |
| 34 | Netherlands | 3.88 | 2022 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 35 | Ireland | 3.88 | 2023 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 36 | Israel | 3.8 | 2023 | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan |
| 37 | Kazakhstan | 3.75 | 2023 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 38 | Slovak Republic | 3.7 | 2022 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 39 | United States | 3.68 | 2022 | North America |
| 40 | Korea, Dem. People's Rep. | 3.63 | 2017 | East Asia & Pacific |
| 41 | Romania | 3.63 | 2022 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 42 | New Zealand | 3.61 | 2022 | East Asia & Pacific |
| 43 | Finland | 3.61 | 2021 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 44 | Belgium | 3.57 | 2022 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 45 | Cyprus | 3.56 | 2022 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 46 | Ukraine | 3.53 | 2023 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 47 | Estonia | 3.47 | 2022 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 48 | Hungary | 3.46 | 2022 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 49 | Saudi Arabia | 3.41 | 2023 | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan |
| 50 | Latvia | 3.4 | 2022 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 51 | Slovenia | 3.37 | 2022 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 52 | Armenia | 3.36 | 2022 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 53 | Chile | 3.33 | 2023 | Latin America & Caribbean |
| 54 | United Kingdom | 3.3 | 2023 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 55 | France | 3.28 | 2022 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 56 | Azerbaijan | 3.19 | 2022 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 57 | China | 3.11 | 2022 | East Asia & Pacific |
| 58 | Serbia | 3.1 | 2022 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 59 | St. Kitts and Nevis | 3.08 | 2018 | Latin America & Caribbean |
| 60 | Qatar | 3.02 | 2023 | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan |
| 61 | United Arab Emirates | 2.99 | 2023 | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan |
| 62 | Luxembourg | 2.98 | 2017 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 63 | Barbados | 2.96 | 2022 | Latin America & Caribbean |
| 64 | North Macedonia | 2.94 | 2022 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 65 | Antigua and Barbuda | 2.92 | 2017 | Latin America & Caribbean |
| 66 | Jordan | 2.85 | 2022 | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan |
| 67 | Singapore | 2.83 | 2022 | East Asia & Pacific |
| 68 | Canada | 2.82 | 2023 | North America |
| 69 | Uzbekistan | 2.81 | 2021 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 70 | Montenegro | 2.78 | 2023 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 71 | Costa Rica | 2.69 | 2022 | Latin America & Caribbean |
| 72 | Lebanon | 2.68 | 2020 | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan |
| 73 | Japan | 2.65 | 2022 | East Asia & Pacific |
| 74 | Korea, Rep. | 2.61 | 2022 | East Asia & Pacific |
| 75 | Mexico | 2.59 | 2022 | Latin America & Caribbean |
| 76 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2.58 | 2019 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 77 | Colombia | 2.54 | 2023 | Latin America & Caribbean |
| 78 | Dominican Republic | 2.43 | 2023 | Latin America & Caribbean |
| 79 | Brazil | 2.36 | 2023 | Latin America & Caribbean |
| 80 | Malaysia | 2.34 | 2023 | East Asia & Pacific |
| 81 | Ecuador | 2.31 | 2020 | Latin America & Caribbean |
| 82 | Kuwait | 2.27 | 2020 | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan |
| 83 | Turkiye | 2.24 | 2022 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 84 | Maldives | 2.23 | 2019 | South Asia |
| 85 | West Bank and Gaza | 2.17 | 2018 | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan |
| 86 | Libya | 2.04 | 2017 | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan |
| 87 | Oman | 1.99 | 2022 | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan |
| 88 | Turkmenistan | 1.93 | 2023 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 89 | Bahamas, The | 1.9 | 2017 | Latin America & Caribbean |
| 90 | Brunei Darussalam | 1.89 | 2021 | East Asia & Pacific |
| 91 | Albania | 1.88 | 2020 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 92 | Tajikistan | 1.87 | 2023 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 93 | Iran, Islamic Rep. | 1.81 | 2023 | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan |
| 94 | Palau | 1.81 | 2023 | East Asia & Pacific |
| 95 | Peru | 1.69 | 2023 | Latin America & Caribbean |
| 96 | Venezuela, RB | 1.66 | 2017 | Latin America & Caribbean |
| 97 | Algeria | 1.66 | 2022 | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan |
| 98 | Panama | 1.63 | 2022 | Latin America & Caribbean |
| 99 | El Salvador | 1.62 | 2023 | Latin America & Caribbean |
| 100 | Kyrgyz Republic | 1.57 | 2023 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 101 | Syrian Arab Republic | 1.52 | 2021 | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan |
| 102 | Isle of Man | 1.45 | 2010 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 103 | Mauritius | 1.44 | 2022 | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 104 | Guyana | 1.39 | 2020 | Latin America & Caribbean |
| 105 | Grenada | 1.38 | 2018 | Latin America & Caribbean |
| 106 | Suriname | 1.35 | 2023 | Latin America & Caribbean |
| 107 | Tuvalu | 1.35 | 2020 | East Asia & Pacific |
| 108 | Tunisia | 1.31 | 2021 | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan |
| 109 | Bolivia | 1.28 | 2021 | Latin America & Caribbean |
| 110 | Guatemala | 1.28 | 2020 | Latin America & Caribbean |
| 111 | Naoero | 1.27 | 2015 | East Asia & Pacific |
| 112 | Pakistan | 1.16 | 2021 | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan |
| 113 | Dominica | 1.16 | 2018 | Latin America & Caribbean |
| 114 | Sri Lanka | 1.14 | 2023 | South Asia |
| 115 | Viet Nam | 1.11 | 2021 | East Asia & Pacific |
| 116 | Belize | 1.09 | 2018 | Latin America & Caribbean |
| 117 | Iraq | 1.02 | 2022 | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan |
| 118 | Tonga | 1.01 | 2021 | East Asia & Pacific |
| 119 | Nepal | 1.01 | 2023 | South Asia |
| 120 | Micronesia, Fed. Sts. | 0.974 | 2020 | East Asia & Pacific |
| 121 | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.938 | 2012 | Latin America & Caribbean |
| 122 | Fiji | 0.813 | 2015 | East Asia & Pacific |
| 123 | South Africa | 0.794 | 2022 | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 124 | Philippines | 0.792 | 2021 | East Asia & Pacific |
| 125 | Myanmar | 0.757 | 2019 | East Asia & Pacific |
| 126 | Timor-Leste | 0.752 | 2020 | East Asia & Pacific |
| 127 | Bahrain | 0.741 | 2020 | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan |
| 128 | Morocco | 0.74 | 2021 | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan |
| 129 | Cabo Verde | 0.73 | 2023 | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 130 | India | 0.723 | 2020 | South Asia |
| 131 | Bangladesh | 0.722 | 2023 | South Asia |
| 132 | Nicaragua | 0.682 | 2018 | Latin America & Caribbean |
| 133 | Egypt, Arab Rep. | 0.671 | 2020 | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan |
| 134 | Samoa | 0.561 | 2021 | East Asia & Pacific |
| 135 | Eswatini | 0.557 | 2023 | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 136 | Bhutan | 0.553 | 2022 | South Asia |
| 137 | Namibia | 0.553 | 2022 | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 138 | Thailand | 0.541 | 2021 | East Asia & Pacific |
| 139 | Indonesia | 0.524 | 2023 | East Asia & Pacific |
| 140 | Gabon | 0.521 | 2022 | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 141 | Honduras | 0.489 | 2020 | Latin America & Caribbean |
| 142 | Marshall Islands | 0.467 | 2012 | East Asia & Pacific |
| 143 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.464 | 2022 | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 144 | Jamaica | 0.46 | 2023 | Latin America & Caribbean |
| 145 | Comoros | 0.424 | 2022 | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 146 | Nigeria | 0.38 | 2023 | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 147 | Botswana | 0.379 | 2023 | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 148 | Lao PDR | 0.331 | 2022 | East Asia & Pacific |
| 149 | Zambia | 0.324 | 2022 | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 150 | Afghanistan | 0.317 | 2023 | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan |
| 151 | Haiti | 0.292 | 2022 | Latin America & Caribbean |
| 152 | Kenya | 0.289 | 2023 | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 153 | Ghana | 0.266 | 2023 | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 154 | Mauritania | 0.261 | 2022 | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 155 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.252 | 2022 | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 156 | Sudan | 0.25 | 2017 | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 157 | Angola | 0.244 | 2022 | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 158 | Solomon Islands | 0.238 | 2023 | East Asia & Pacific |
| 159 | Lesotho | 0.235 | 2022 | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 160 | Benin | 0.216 | 2023 | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 161 | Djibouti | 0.211 | 2022 | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan |
| 162 | Cambodia | 0.211 | 2019 | East Asia & Pacific |
| 163 | Guinea | 0.21 | 2022 | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 164 | Congo, Dem. Rep. | 0.208 | 2022 | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 165 | Kiribati | 0.193 | 2013 | East Asia & Pacific |
| 166 | Uganda | 0.191 | 2022 | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 167 | Mali | 0.188 | 2023 | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 168 | Liberia | 0.178 | 2022 | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 169 | Mozambique | 0.175 | 2022 | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 170 | Congo, Rep. | 0.173 | 2022 | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 171 | Madagascar | 0.172 | 2022 | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 172 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.166 | 2023 | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 173 | Vanuatu | 0.164 | 2019 | East Asia & Pacific |
| 174 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.153 | 2022 | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 175 | Burkina Faso | 0.148 | 2022 | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 176 | Ethiopia | 0.143 | 2023 | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 177 | Cameroon | 0.136 | 2022 | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 178 | Zimbabwe | 0.136 | 2023 | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 179 | Sierra Leone | 0.134 | 2022 | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 180 | Tanzania | 0.134 | 2022 | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 181 | Senegal | 0.109 | 2023 | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 182 | Yemen, Rep. | 0.098 | 2023 | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan |
| 183 | Gambia, The | 0.09 | 2023 | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 184 | Rwanda | 0.09 | 2022 | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 185 | Eritrea | 0.088 | 2022 | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 186 | Chad | 0.085 | 2023 | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 187 | Togo | 0.08 | 2022 | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 188 | Burundi | 0.078 | 2022 | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 189 | Central African Republic | 0.074 | 2023 | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 190 | Papua New Guinea | 0.061 | 2023 | East Asia & Pacific |
| 191 | Malawi | 0.054 | 2022 | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 192 | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 0.048 | 2014 | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 193 | South Sudan | 0.041 | 2022 | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 194 | Niger | 0.038 | 2023 | Sub-Saharan Africa |
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