Health
Physicians / 1,000
SH.MED.PHYS.ZS
Annual series published by the World Bank, compared across Italy, Spain, Netherlands, United States, China, South Sudan, Sierra Leone, Germany. The chart carries the trajectory, the table carries the year by year figures, and the definition at the foot of the page is the World Bank's own, quoted as it stands.
- Latest value, Italy
- 4.192022
- Period covered
- 1990 - 202233 annual values
- Highest of the compared countries
- 4.53Germany, 2022
- Lowest of the compared countries
- 0.04South Sudan, 2022
8 countries compared, that is the maximum. Remove one to add another.
Latest known valuesorted by value
Germany4.532022
Spain4.292022
Italy4.192022
Netherlands3.882022
United States3.682022
China3.112022
Sierra Leone0.132022
South Sudan0.042022
Year by year values
Click the Year header to reverse the order. An empty cell means the World Bank publishes nothing for that country that year.
| Italy | Spain | Netherlands | United States | China | South Sudan | Sierra Leone | Germany | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 4.19 | 4.29 | 3.88 | 3.68 | 3.11 | 0.04 | 0.13 | 4.53 |
| 2021 | 4.06 | 4.46 | 3.88 | 3.58 | 2.52 | 4.5 | ||
| 2020 | 3.97 | 4.55 | 3.81 | 3.52 | 2.39 | 0.04 | 0.07 | 4.44 |
| 2019 | 4.02 | 4.38 | 3.71 | 3.48 | 2.26 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 4.37 |
| 2018 | 3.99 | 4 | 3.63 | 2.55 | 2.12 | 0.04 | 0.08 | 4.29 |
| 2017 | 4 | 3.85 | 3.57 | 2 | 4.23 | |||
| 2016 | 3.96 | 3.8 | 3.5 | 1.89 | 4.17 | |||
| 2015 | 3.85 | 3.83 | 3.46 | 1.8 | 4.12 | |||
| 2014 | 3.89 | 3.78 | 3.39 | 1.71 | 4.09 | |||
| 2013 | 3.87 | 3.79 | 3.28 | 1.66 | 4.02 | |||
| 2012 | 3.81 | 3.8 | 3.22 | 1.56 | 3.92 | |||
| 2011 | 3.84 | 3.81 | 3.1 | 1.49 | 0.03 | 3.85 | ||
| 2010 | 3.76 | 3.74 | 2.94 | 1.46 | 0.02 | 3.76 | ||
| 2009 | 3.74 | 3.58 | 2.9 | 1.42 | 3.66 | |||
| 2008 | 3.74 | 3.52 | 2.84 | 1.34 | 0.02 | 3.58 | ||
| 2007 | 3.75 | 3.54 | 2.77 | 1.29 | 3.53 | |||
| 2006 | 3.69 | 3.6 | 2.77 | 1.27 | 3.47 | |||
| 2005 | 3.69 | 3.52 | 2.68 | 1.24 | 3.41 | |||
| 2004 | 3.67 | 3.42 | 2.63 | 2.71 | 1.22 | 0.03 | 3.39 | |
| 2003 | 3.6 | 3.2 | 2.59 | 1.19 | 3.37 | |||
| 2002 | 9.34 | 3.11 | 2.55 | 1.14 | 3.34 | |||
| 2001 | 3.49 | 3.11 | 2.49 | 1.28 | 3.31 | |||
| 2000 | 3.42 | 3.1 | 2.42 | 2.6 | 1.26 | 3.26 | ||
| 1999 | 4.09 | 3.02 | 2.36 | 1.24 | 3.21 | |||
| 1998 | 4.05 | 2.9 | 1.21 | 3.16 | ||||
| 1997 | 3.98 | 2.84 | 1.21 | 3.1 | ||||
| 1996 | 3.88 | 2.72 | 1.2 | 0.07 | 3.09 | |||
| 1995 | 3.76 | 4.28 | 2.41 | 1.19 | 3.04 | |||
| 1994 | 5.78 | 4.22 | 2.98 | |||||
| 1993 | 5.72 | 4.18 | 1.9 | 2.9 | ||||
| 1992 | 5.68 | 4.13 | 1.9 | 2.82 | ||||
| 1991 | 5.6 | 4.14 | 2.58 | 1.9 | 2.75 | |||
| 1990 | 5.49 | 2.04 | 2.49 | 1.8 | 1.13 | |||
| 1989 | 1.8 | 1.54 | ||||||
| 1988 | 1.8 | 1.47 | ||||||
| 1987 | 1.8 | 1.37 | ||||||
| 1986 | 1.7 | 1.35 | ||||||
| 1984 | 1.33 | 0.08 | ||||||
| 1983 | 1.6 | 1.32 | ||||||
| 1982 | 1.6 | 1.3 | ||||||
| 1981 | 1.5 | 1.25 | 0.05 | |||||
| 1980 | 1.5 | 0.06 | ||||||
| 1979 | 1.8 | 1.4 | 1.12 | |||||
| 1978 | 1.8 | 1.4 | ||||||
| 1977 | 1.7 | 1.3 | 1.03 | |||||
| 1976 | 1.7 | 1.3 | 1 | |||||
| 1975 | 1.6 | 1.3 | 0.96 | 0.05 | ||||
| 1974 | 1.5 | 0.92 | ||||||
| 1973 | 1.4 | 0.89 | ||||||
| 1972 | 1.4 | 0.86 | ||||||
| 1971 | 1.3 | 0.85 | ||||||
| 1970 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 0.86 | 0.06 | ||||
| 1969 | 1.2 | 0.88 | ||||||
| 1968 | 1.2 | 0.91 | ||||||
| 1967 | 1.2 | 0.94 | ||||||
| 1966 | 1.2 | 0.96 | ||||||
| 1965 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.07 | 0.06 | ||||
| 1964 | 1.1 | |||||||
| 1963 | 1.1 | |||||||
| 1962 | 1.1 | |||||||
| 1961 | 1.1 | |||||||
| 1960 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 0.05 |
World Bank definition
Physicians (per 1,000 people)
Physicians include generalist and specialist medical practitioners.
Text published by the World Bank for indicator SH.MED.PHYS.ZS, reproduced unchanged.
The same indicator across Europe & Central Asia
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