Doctors per 1,000
Physicians per thousand people. A measure of how thinly medical care is spread, and the reason so much of it is out of pocket and far away — the workforce is growing, but from a low base and unevenly across states.
Latest
0.72
Published by
World Bank / WHO
Doctors per 1,000 over time
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| Period | Doctors per 1,000 |
|---|---|
| 2020 | 0.723 |
| 2019 | 0.889 |
| 2018 | 0.84 |
| 2017 | 0.766 |
| 2016 | 0.748 |
| 2015 | 0.723 |
| 2014 | 0.715 |
| 1991 | 1.23 |
| 1988 | 0.407 |
| 1984 | 0.396 |
| 1981 | 0.27 |
| 1980 | 0.371 |
| 1975 | 0.204 |
| 1970 | 0.205 |
| 1965 | 0.205 |
| 1960 | 0.21 |
Compared with
Source
World Bank / WHO — https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SH.MED.PHYS.ZS