Mapped: Highest and Lowest Doctor Density Around the World
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Mapped: Highest and Lowest Doctor Density Around the World
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This graphic maps and ranks the countries with the highest and lowest doctor density (measured per 10,000 population), according to World Health Organization (WHO) estimates as of 2022.
โน๏ธ โDoctorsโ includes generalists, specialist medical practitioners and other medical doctors not further defined. Depending on the source country, may include only practicing physicians or all registered physicians.
Health worker density in general is an important metric tracked by the UN, as part of its sustainable development goals. A 2016 WHO study found that investing and expanding healthcare workforces improves economic growth.
Ranked: Doctors Per 10,000 Population
European countries, like Belgium, Georgia, and Austria, lead the ranks by the ratio of doctors to resident population. South American countries, represented by Uruguay and Argentina, also make the top 10.
RankCountryDoctors per 10K People (2022) 1๐ง๐ช Belgium63.9 2๐ฌ๐ช Georgia56.1 3๐ฆ๐น Austria55.1 4๐ฑ๐น Lithuania51.3 5๐ง๐ฌ Bulgaria49.0 6๐บ๐พ Uruguay46.3 7๐ฎ๐ธ Iceland45.2 8๐จ๐ป Cabo Verde44.6 9๐ฎ๐น Italy42.5 10๐ฆ๐ท Argentina40.8 11๐ต๐พ Paraguay38.8 12๐ธ๐จ Seychelles38.2 13๐ฎ๐ฑ Israel37.1 14๐ณ๐ฟ New Zealand35.7 15๐จ๐ฑ Chile31.7 16๐ฌ๐ง UK31.7 17๐ธ๐ฆ Saudi Arabia30.8 18๐ง๐ง Barbados29.7 19๐ฒ๐ช Montenegro27.5 20๐จ๐ท Costa Rica26.4 21๐จ๐ฆ Canada25.0 22๐ฉ๐ด Dominican Republic22.3 23๐ด๐ฒ Oman20.6 24๐ต๐ช Peru16.2 25๐ธ๐ฟ Eswatini15.9 26๐ธ๐ป El Salvador15.5 27๐ฒ๐บ Mauritius12.0 28๐ฎ๐ถ Iraq10.1 29๐ฎ๐ฉ Indonesia6.9 30๐ง๐น Bhutan5.5 31๐ณ๐ฆ Namibia5.4 32๐ฌ๐ฆ Gabon4.8 33๐ณ๐ฌ Nigeria3.9 34๐ง๐ผ Botswana3.8 35๐ฟ๐ฒ Zambia2.6 36๐ฆ๐ด Angola2.4 37๐ฒ๐ท Mauritania2.4 38๐ฌ๐ผ Guinea-Bissau2.1 39๐ง๐ฏ Benin2.0 40๐จ๐ฉ DRC1.9 41๐ฒ๐ฑ Mali1.9 42๐จ๐ฎ Cรดte d’Ivoire1.8 43๐ฑ๐ท Liberia1.8 44๐จ๐ฌ Congo1.7 45๐บ๐ฌ Uganda1.7 46๐ฟ๐ผ Zimbabwe1.7
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