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Physicians (per 1,000 people) - Health services - Health - World Development Indicators

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Physicians include generalist and specialist medical practitioners.

Physicians (per 1,000 people) - Health services - Health - World Development Indicators (Most Recent Data) Rank Country Value 1 San Marino (1990) 47.35 2 Cuba (2007) 6.4 3 Monaco (1995) 5.81 4 Greece (2006) 5.35 5 St. Lucia (1999) 5.17 6 Belarus (2007) 4.87 7 Georgia (2007) 4.54 8 Russia (2006) 4.31 9 Belgium (2006) 4.23 10 Uruguay (2007) 4.18 11 Lithuania (2007) 4.03 12 Switzerland (2006) 3.97 13 Netherlands (2007) 3.92 14 Norway (2007) 3.89 15 Kazakhstan (2007) 3.88 16 Austria (2007) 3.79 17 Azerbaijan (2007) 3.79 18 Iceland (2006) 3.77 19 Spain (2007) 3.76 20 France (2007) 3.74 21 Andorra (2007) 3.72 22 Armenia (2007) 3.7 23 Italy (2006) 3.7 24 Bulgaria (2007) 3.67 25 Euro area (2007) 3.64 26 Israel (2007) 3.63 27 Czech Republic (2007) 3.61 28 Sweden (2006) 3.58 29 Germany (2007) 3.48 30 Portugal (2005) 3.44 31 Malta (2007) 3.35 32 Estonia (2006) 3.33 33 Finland (2007) 3.32 34 Lebanon (2006) 3.25 35 Argentina (2005) 3.21 36 Denmark (2006) 3.16 37 Ukraine (2006) 3.13 38 Europe & Central Asia (2006) 3.13 39 Slovakia (2004) 3.12 40 Ireland (2007) 3.08 41 Latvia (2007) 3.04 42 Bahrain (2007) 2.96 43 Mexico (2004) 2.89 44 Luxembourg (2005) 2.85 45 Hungary (2007) 2.78 46 Qatar (2006) 2.76 47 United States (2004) 2.67 48 Moldova (2007) 2.67 49 High income: OECD (2002) 2.63 50 Mongolia (2002) 2.63 51 Uzbekistan (2007) 2.62 52 High income (2002) 2.62 53 Croatia (2007) 2.59 54 Jordan (2007) 2.56 55 Macedonia (2006) 2.55 56 Turkmenistan (2007) 2.44 57 Egypt (2005) 2.43 58 Slovenia (2006) 2.42 59 Kyrgyzstan (2007) 2.3 60 Cyprus (2006) 2.3 61 Upper middle income (2000) 2.26 62 New Zealand (2003) 2.2 63 United Kingdom (2003) 2.2 64 Japan (2004) 2.12 65 Serbia (2007) 2.04 66 Poland (2006) 2.01 67 Tajikistan (2006) 2.01 68 Montenegro (2007) 1.99 69 New Caledonia (1999) 1.98 70 Cayman Islands (1997) 1.94 71 Venezuela (2001) 1.94 72 Romania (2006) 1.92 73 Canada (2006) 1.91 74 Dominican Republic (2000) 1.88 75 Oman (2007) 1.84 76 Kuwait (2005) 1.8 77 Bermuda (1997) 1.77 78 Puerto Rico (1995) 1.75 79 North Korea (2004) 1.71 80 South Korea (2004) 1.71 81 French Polynesia (2000) 1.7 82 Brazil (2006) 1.69 83 Virgin Islands (U.S.) (1995) 1.65 84 Saudi Arabia (2007) 1.62 85 Palau (2000) 1.58 86 High income: nonOECD (1993) 1.57 87 Macau (1987) 1.56 88 Latin America & Caribbean (2000) 1.55 89 United Arab Emirates (2005) 1.54 90 Channel Islands (1981) 1.52 91 East Asia & Pacific (2005) 1.51 92 Seychelles (2004) 1.51 93 China (2005) 1.51 94 El Salvador (2006) 1.5 95 Singapore (2003) 1.5 96 Panama (2000) 1.5 97 Ecuador (2000) 1.48 98 Turkey (2008) 1.45 99 Colombia (2008) 1.43 100 Bosnia and Herzegovina (2005) 1.42 101 Netherlands Antilles (1995) 1.4 102 Tunisia (2004) 1.34 103 Hong Kong (1995) 1.32 104 Costa Rica (2000) 1.32 105 Middle income (2005) 1.3 106 Chile (2006) 1.28 107 Libya (2004) 1.25 108 Bolivia (2001) 1.22 109 Barbados (1999) 1.21 110 Algeria (2007) 1.21 111 Trinidad and Tobago (2007) 1.18 112 Peru (1999) 1.17 113 Philippines (2002) 1.15 114 Albania (2007) 1.15 115 Greenland (1980) 1.14 116 Brunei Darussalam (2002) 1.14 117 Low & middle income (1993) 1.14 118 Aruba (1995) 1.12 119 Paraguay (2002) 1.11 120 Lower middle income (2005) 1.1 121 St. Kitts and Nevis (2000) 1.1 122 Guam (1999) 1.08 123 Mauritius (2004) 1.06 124 Belize (2000) 1.05 125 Bahamas (1998) 1.05 126 Grenada (1998) 0.98 127 Australia (2006) 0.96 128 Maldives (2004) 0.92 129 Guatemala (1999) 0.9 130 Iran (2005) 0.89 131 Jamaica (2003) 0.85 132 West Bank and Gaza (2001) 0.84 133 Middle East & North Africa (1986) 0.79 134 American Samoa (1999) 0.78 135 Pakistan (2007) 0.78 136 South Africa (2004) 0.77 137 St. Vincent and the Grenadines (2000) 0.75 138 Malaysia (2002) 0.71 139 India (2005) 0.58 140 Cape Verde (2008) 0.57 141 Honduras (2000) 0.57 142 South Asia (2005) 0.57 143 Morocco (2007) 0.56 144 Vietnam (2002) 0.56 145 Micronesia (2003) 0.55 146 Sri Lanka (2004) 0.55 147 Syria (2006) 0.53 148 Iraq (2007) 0.53 149 Dominica (1997) 0.5 150 Sao Tome and Principe (2004) 0.49 151 Guyana (2000) 0.48 152 Marshall Islands (2000) 0.47 153 Fiji (2003) 0.45 154 Northern Mariana Islands (1999) 0.45 155 Suriname (2000) 0.45 156 Nigeria (2008) 0.4 157 Botswana (2004) 0.4 158 Nicaragua (2003) 0.37 159 Burma (2004) 0.36 160 Laos (2004) 0.35 161 Low income (1990) 0.34 162 Yemen (2004) 0.33 163 Namibia (2004) 0.3 164 Bangladesh (2005) 0.3 165 Equatorial Guinea (2004) 0.3 166 Sudan (2006) 0.3 167 Thailand (2002) 0.3 168 Tonga (2002) 0.29 169 Gabon (2004) 0.29 170 Samoa (2003) 0.28 171 Haiti (1998) 0.25 172 Kiribati (2004) 0.23 173 Nepal (2004) 0.21 174 Afghanistan (2005) 0.2 175 Cameroon (2004) 0.19 176 Djibouti (2005) 0.18 177 Least developed countries: UN classification (2004) 0.18 178 Antigua and Barbuda (1999) 0.17 179 Madagascar (2007) 0.16 180 Zimbabwe (2004) 0.16 181 Cambodia (2000) 0.16 182 Swaziland (2004) 0.16 183 Comoros (2004) 0.15 184 Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) (2004) 0.14 185 Ivory Coast (2008) 0.14 186 Kenya (2004) 0.14 187 Vanuatu (2004) 0.14 188 Indonesia (2003) 0.13 189 Solomon Islands (2003) 0.13 190 Uganda (2005) 0.12 191 Mauritania (2004) 0.11 192 Democratic Republic of the Congo (2004) 0.11 193 Ghana (2008) 0.11 194 Timor-Leste (2004) 0.1 195 Guinea (2005) 0.1 196 Sub-Saharan Africa (1975) 0.1 197 Republic of the Congo (2007) 0.1 198 Central African Republic (2004) 0.08 199 Angola (2004) 0.08 200 Mali (2007) 0.07 201 Senegal (2008) 0.06 202 Benin (2008) 0.06 203 Burkina Faso (2008) 0.06 204 Zambia (2006) 0.06 205 Togo (2008) 0.05 206 Eritrea (2004) 0.05 207 Lesotho (2003) 0.05 208 Papua New Guinea (2000) 0.05 209 Guinea-Bissau (2008) 0.04 210 Gambia (2008) 0.04 211 Chad (2004) 0.04 212 Somalia (2006) 0.04 213 Mozambique (2006) 0.03 214 Burundi (2004) 0.03 215 Sierra Leone (2008) 0.02 216 Bhutan (2007) 0.02 217 Malawi (2008) 0.02 218 Ethiopia (2007) 0.02 219 Niger (2008) 0.02 220 Rwanda (2005) 0.02 221 Liberia (2008) 0.01 222 Tanzania (2006) 0.01

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