Physicians (per 1,000 people) by country
United States: 3.68 in 2022, 20th of 37 OECD members (highest first). 39th of all 180 with data.
Highest: 
Cuba (9.54, 2021) · Lowest: 
Niger (0.04, 2023) · 180 countries and territories with data.
Number of doctors per 1,000 people.
Ranking
Latest value for each country (within 5 years).
Over time
United States: rank over time
Rank among the countries with data in each year (highest first).
World ranking (highest first)
| Rank | Country | Value | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cuba | 9.54 | 2021 |
| 2 |  Monaco | 8.61 | 2020 |
| 3 |  Seychelles | 6.60 | 2022 |
| 4 |  Greece | 6.58 | 2022 |
| 5 |  Portugal | 5.85 | 2022 |
| 6 |  Georgia | 5.64 | 2023 |
| 7 |  Austria | 5.51 | 2023 |
| 8 |  Russia | 5.11 | 2022 |
| 9 |  Argentina | 5.11 | 2023 |
| 10 |  Andorra | 5.07 | 2023 |
| 11 |  Norway | 4.97 | 2023 |
| 12 |  Belarus | 4.72 | 2023 |
| 13 |  Uruguay | 4.67 | 2022 |
| 14 |  San Marino | 4.63 | 2023 |
| 15 |  Germany | 4.53 | 2022 |
| 16 |  Malta | 4.51 | 2022 |
| 17 |  Denmark | 4.50 | 2021 |
| 18 |  Switzerland | 4.48 | 2022 |
| 19 |  Lithuania | 4.47 | 2022 |
| 20 |  Sweden | 4.41 | 2021 |
| 21 |  Iceland | 4.37 | 2023 |
| 22 |  Czechia | 4.35 | 2022 |
| 23 |  Bulgaria | 4.33 | 2022 |
| 24 |  Spain | 4.29 | 2022 |
| 25 |  St. Lucia | 4.23 | 2020 |
| 26 |  Italy | 4.19 | 2022 |
| 27 |  Trinidad and Tobago | 4.16 | 2021 |
| 28 |  Mongolia | 4.13 | 2022 |
| 29 |  Australia | 4.09 | 2022 |
| 30 |  Poland | 4.03 | 2023 |
| 31 |  Moldova | 4.02 | 2023 |
| 32 |  Croatia | 3.91 | 2022 |
| 33 |  Paraguay | 3.89 | 2022 |
| 34 |  Netherlands | 3.88 | 2022 |
| 35 |  Ireland | 3.88 | 2023 |
| 36 |  Israel | 3.80 | 2023 |
| 37 |  Kazakhstan | 3.75 | 2023 |
| 38 |  Slovakia | 3.70 | 2022 |
| 39 |  United States | 3.68 | 2022 |
| 40 |  Romania | 3.62 | 2022 |
| 41 |  New Zealand | 3.61 | 2022 |
| 42 |  Finland | 3.61 | 2021 |
| 43 |  Belgium | 3.57 | 2022 |
| 44 |  Cyprus | 3.56 | 2022 |
| 45 |  Ukraine | 3.53 | 2023 |
| 46 |  Estonia | 3.47 | 2022 |
| 47 |  Hungary | 3.46 | 2022 |
| 48 |  Saudi Arabia | 3.41 | 2023 |
| 49 |  Latvia | 3.40 | 2022 |
| 50 |  Slovenia | 3.37 | 2022 |
| 51 |  Armenia | 3.36 | 2022 |
| 52 |  Chile | 3.33 | 2023 |
| 53 |  United Kingdom | 3.30 | 2023 |
| 54 |  France | 3.28 | 2022 |
| 55 |  Azerbaijan | 3.19 | 2022 |
| 56 |  China | 3.11 | 2022 |
| 57 |  Serbia | 3.10 | 2022 |
| 58 |  St. Kitts and Nevis | 3.08 | 2018 |
| 59 |  Qatar | 3.02 | 2023 |
| 60 |  United Arab Emirates | 2.99 | 2023 |
| 61 |  Barbados | 2.96 | 2022 |
| 62 |  North Macedonia | 2.94 | 2022 |
| 63 |  Jordan | 2.85 | 2022 |
| 64 |  Singapore | 2.83 | 2022 |
| 65 |  Canada | 2.82 | 2023 |
| 66 |  Uzbekistan | 2.81 | 2021 |
| 67 |  Montenegro | 2.78 | 2023 |
| 68 |  Costa Rica | 2.69 | 2022 |
| 69 |  Lebanon | 2.68 | 2020 |
| 70 |  Japan | 2.65 | 2022 |
| 71 |  South Korea | 2.61 | 2022 |
| 72 |  Mexico | 2.59 | 2022 |
| 73 |  Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2.58 | 2019 |
| 74 |  Colombia | 2.54 | 2023 |
| 75 |  Dominican Republic | 2.43 | 2023 |
| 76 |  Brazil | 2.36 | 2023 |
| 77 |  Malaysia | 2.34 | 2023 |
| 78 |  Ecuador | 2.31 | 2020 |
| 79 |  Kuwait | 2.27 | 2020 |
| 80 |  Türkiye | 2.24 | 2022 |
| 81 |  Maldives | 2.23 | 2019 |
| 82 |  West Bank and Gaza | 2.17 | 2018 |
| 83 |  Oman | 1.99 | 2022 |
| 84 |  Turkmenistan | 1.93 | 2023 |
| 85 |  Brunei | 1.89 | 2021 |
| 86 |  Albania | 1.88 | 2020 |
| 87 |  Tajikistan | 1.87 | 2023 |
| 88 |  Iran | 1.81 | 2023 |
| 89 |  Palau | 1.81 | 2023 |
| 90 |  Peru | 1.69 | 2023 |
| 91 |  Algeria | 1.66 | 2022 |
| 92 |  Panama | 1.62 | 2022 |
| 93 |  El Salvador | 1.62 | 2023 |
| 94 |  Kyrgyzstan | 1.57 | 2023 |
| 95 |  Syria | 1.52 | 2021 |
| 96 |  Mauritius | 1.44 | 2022 |
| 97 |  Guyana | 1.39 | 2020 |
| 98 |  Grenada | 1.38 | 2018 |
| 99 |  Suriname | 1.35 | 2023 |
| 100 |  Tuvalu | 1.35 | 2020 |
| 101 |  Tunisia | 1.31 | 2021 |
| 102 |  Bolivia | 1.28 | 2021 |
| 103 |  Guatemala | 1.28 | 2020 |
| 104 |  Pakistan | 1.16 | 2021 |
| 105 |  Dominica | 1.16 | 2018 |
| 106 |  Sri Lanka | 1.14 | 2023 |
| 107 |  Vietnam | 1.11 | 2021 |
| 108 |  Belize | 1.09 | 2018 |
| 109 |  Iraq | 1.02 | 2022 |
| 110 |  Tonga | 1.01 | 2021 |
| 111 |  Nepal | 1.01 | 2023 |
| 112 |  Micronesia | 0.97 | 2020 |
| 113 |  South Africa | 0.79 | 2022 |
| 114 |  Philippines | 0.79 | 2021 |
| 115 |  Myanmar | 0.76 | 2019 |
| 116 |  Timor-Leste | 0.75 | 2020 |
| 117 |  Bahrain | 0.74 | 2020 |
| 118 |  Morocco | 0.74 | 2021 |
| 119 |  Cabo Verde | 0.73 | 2023 |
| 120 |  India | 0.72 | 2020 |
| 121 |  Bangladesh | 0.72 | 2023 |
| 122 |  Nicaragua | 0.68 | 2018 |
| 123 |  Egypt | 0.67 | 2020 |
| 124 |  Samoa | 0.56 | 2021 |
| 125 |  Eswatini | 0.56 | 2023 |
| 126 |  Bhutan | 0.55 | 2022 |
| 127 |  Namibia | 0.55 | 2022 |
| 128 |  Thailand | 0.54 | 2021 |
| 129 |  Indonesia | 0.52 | 2023 |
| 130 |  Gabon | 0.52 | 2022 |
| 131 |  Honduras | 0.49 | 2020 |
| 132 |  São Tomé and Príncipe | 0.46 | 2022 |
| 133 |  Jamaica | 0.46 | 2023 |
| 134 |  Comoros | 0.42 | 2022 |
| 135 |  Nigeria | 0.38 | 2023 |
| 136 |  Botswana | 0.38 | 2023 |
| 137 |  Laos | 0.33 | 2022 |
| 138 |  Zambia | 0.32 | 2022 |
| 139 |  Afghanistan | 0.32 | 2023 |
| 140 |  Haiti | 0.29 | 2022 |
| 141 |  Kenya | 0.29 | 2023 |
| 142 |  Ghana | 0.27 | 2023 |
| 143 |  Mauritania | 0.26 | 2022 |
| 144 |  Guinea-Bissau | 0.25 | 2022 |
| 145 |  Angola | 0.24 | 2022 |
| 146 |  Solomon Islands | 0.24 | 2023 |
| 147 |  Lesotho | 0.23 | 2022 |
| 148 |  Benin | 0.22 | 2023 |
| 149 |  Djibouti | 0.21 | 2022 |
| 150 |  Cambodia | 0.21 | 2019 |
| 151 |  Guinea | 0.21 | 2022 |
| 152 |  DR Congo | 0.21 | 2022 |
| 153 |  Uganda | 0.19 | 2022 |
| 154 |  Mali | 0.19 | 2023 |
| 155 |  Liberia | 0.18 | 2022 |
| 156 |  Mozambique | 0.17 | 2022 |
| 157 |  Republic of the Congo | 0.17 | 2022 |
| 158 |  Madagascar | 0.17 | 2022 |
| 159 |  Côte d'Ivoire | 0.17 | 2023 |
| 160 |  Vanuatu | 0.16 | 2019 |
| 161 |  Equatorial Guinea | 0.15 | 2022 |
| 162 |  Burkina Faso | 0.15 | 2022 |
| 163 |  Ethiopia | 0.14 | 2023 |
| 164 |  Cameroon | 0.14 | 2022 |
| 165 |  Zimbabwe | 0.14 | 2023 |
| 166 |  Sierra Leone | 0.13 | 2022 |
| 167 |  Tanzania | 0.13 | 2022 |
| 168 |  Senegal | 0.11 | 2023 |
| 169 |  Yemen | 0.10 | 2023 |
| 170 |  Gambia | 0.09 | 2023 |
| 171 |  Rwanda | 0.09 | 2022 |
| 172 |  Eritrea | 0.09 | 2022 |
| 173 |  Chad | 0.09 | 2023 |
| 174 |  Togo | 0.08 | 2022 |
| 175 |  Burundi | 0.08 | 2022 |
| 176 |  Central African Republic | 0.07 | 2023 |
| 177 |  Papua New Guinea | 0.06 | 2023 |
| 178 |  Malawi | 0.05 | 2022 |
| 179 |  South Sudan | 0.04 | 2022 |
| 180 | Niger | 0.04 | 2023 |
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (SH.MED.PHYS.ZS). License: CC BY 4.0. Data retrieved: 2026-10-28.
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