Times of Better Bharat

India, measured — every morning · est. 2026

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
2020
Published by
World Bank / WHO
irregular

Doctors per 1,000 over time

00.250.50.7511.2519601970198019902000201020200.723
1960–2020 · 16 observations · per 1,000 people
View as table
PeriodDoctors per 1,000
20200.723
20190.889
20180.84
20170.766
20160.748
20150.723
20140.715
19911.23
19880.407
19840.396
19810.27
19800.371
19750.204
19700.205
19650.205
19600.21

Compared with

Germany
4.53
United States
3.68
China
3.11
Japan
2.65
Brazil
2.36
Pakistan
1.16
Sri Lanka
1.14
Vietnam
1.11
Nepal
1.01
South Africa
0.794
India
0.723
Bangladesh
0.722
Indonesia
0.524
Latest available year for each country · per 1,000 people

Source

World Bank / WHO — https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SH.MED.PHYS.ZS