Physicians (per 1,000 people) - Human development - Development outcomes - African Development Indicators

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Physicians are defined as graduates of any facility or school of medicine who are working in the country in any medical field (practice, teaching, research). Source: World Health Organization, OECD, TransMONEE, supplemented by country data.
Physicians (per 1,000 people) - Human development - Development outcomes - African Development Indicators (Most Recent Data)

Rank

Country

Value
1Egypt (2000)2.12
2Seychelles (2004)1.51
3Tunisia (2004)1.34
4Libya (2004)1.25
5North Africa (1997)1.22
6Algeria (2002)1.13
7Mauritius (2004)1.06
8South Africa (2004)0.77
9Morocco (2004)0.51
10Sao Tome and Principe (2004)0.49
11Cape Verde (2004)0.49
12Botswana (2004)0.4
13Namibia (2004)0.3
14Equatorial Guinea (2004)0.3
15Madagascar (2004)0.29
16Gabon (2004)0.29
17Nigeria (2003)0.28
18Sudan (2004)0.22
19Republic of the Congo (2004)0.2
20Cameroon (2004)0.19
21Djibouti (2004)0.18
22Zimbabwe (2004)0.16
23Swaziland (2004)0.16
24Comoros (2004)0.15
25Ghana (2004)0.15
26Africa (1975)0.15
27Kenya (2004)0.14
28Guinea-Bissau (2004)0.12
29Zambia (2004)0.12
30Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa and Nigeria (2004)0.12
31Ivory Coast (2004)0.12
32Guinea (2004)0.11
33Democratic Republic of the Congo (2004)0.11
34Gambia (2003)0.11
35Mauritania (2004)0.11
36Sub-Saharan Africa (1975)0.1
37Central African Republic (2004)0.08
38Mali (2004)0.08
39Uganda (2004)0.08
40Angola (2004)0.08
41Senegal (2004)0.06
42Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa (1975)0.06
43Burkina Faso (2004)0.05
44Rwanda (2004)0.05
45Lesotho (2003)0.05
46Eritrea (2004)0.05
47Benin (2004)0.04
48Chad (2004)0.04
49Somalia (1997)0.04
50Togo (2004)0.04
51Burundi (2004)0.03
52Sierra Leone (2004)0.03
53Ethiopia (2003)0.03
54Mozambique (2004)0.03
55Liberia (2004)0.03
56Niger (2004)0.02
57Malawi (2004)0.02
58Tanzania (2002)0.02
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