Doctor Density

Practising physicians per 1,000 people. Higher is better. The raw value uses the latest available World Bank/WHO/OECD country value and maintained Nomadino replacement values for territories without separate public series.
1 Cuba9.54 doctors/1,000 people 9.54 doctors/1,000 people 97
2 Monaco8.61 doctors/1,000 people 8.61 doctors/1,000 people 96
3 Seychelles6.6 doctors/1,000 people 6.6 doctors/1,000 people 92
3 Greece6.58 doctors/1,000 people 6.58 doctors/1,000 people 92
5 Portugal5.85 doctors/1,000 people 5.85 doctors/1,000 people 89
5 Georgia5.64 doctors/1,000 people 5.64 doctors/1,000 people 89
7 Austria5.51 doctors/1,000 people 5.51 doctors/1,000 people 88
8 Argentina5.11 doctors/1,000 people 5.11 doctors/1,000 people 86
8 Russia5.11 doctors/1,000 people 5.11 doctors/1,000 people 86
8 Andorra5.07 doctors/1,000 people 5.07 doctors/1,000 people 86
11 Norway4.97 doctors/1,000 people 4.97 doctors/1,000 people 85
12 Belarus4.72 doctors/1,000 people 4.72 doctors/1,000 people 84
12 Uruguay4.67 doctors/1,000 people 4.67 doctors/1,000 people 84
14 San Marino4.63 doctors/1,000 people 4.63 doctors/1,000 people 83
14 Germany4.53 doctors/1,000 people 4.53 doctors/1,000 people 83
14 Malta4.51 doctors/1,000 people 4.51 doctors/1,000 people 83
14 Denmark4.5 doctors/1,000 people 4.5 doctors/1,000 people 83
18 Switzerland4.48 doctors/1,000 people 4.48 doctors/1,000 people 82
18 Lithuania4.47 doctors/1,000 people 4.47 doctors/1,000 people 82
18 Sweden4.41 doctors/1,000 people 4.41 doctors/1,000 people 82
18 Iceland4.37 doctors/1,000 people 4.37 doctors/1,000 people 82
18 Czech Republic4.35 doctors/1,000 people 4.35 doctors/1,000 people 82
23 Bulgaria4.33 doctors/1,000 people 4.33 doctors/1,000 people 81
23 Liechtenstein4.3 doctors/1,000 people 4.3 doctors/1,000 people 81
23 Spain4.29 doctors/1,000 people 4.29 doctors/1,000 people 81
23 Saint Lucia4.23 doctors/1,000 people 4.23 doctors/1,000 people 81
27 Italy4.19 doctors/1,000 people 4.19 doctors/1,000 people 80
27 Trinidad and Tobago4.16 doctors/1,000 people 4.16 doctors/1,000 people 80
27 Mongolia4.13 doctors/1,000 people 4.13 doctors/1,000 people 80
27 Australia4.09 doctors/1,000 people 4.09 doctors/1,000 people 80
31 Poland4.03 doctors/1,000 people 4.03 doctors/1,000 people 79
31 Moldova4.02 doctors/1,000 people 4.02 doctors/1,000 people 79
33 Croatia3.91 doctors/1,000 people 3.91 doctors/1,000 people 78
33 Paraguay3.89 doctors/1,000 people 3.89 doctors/1,000 people 78
33 Ireland3.88 doctors/1,000 people 3.88 doctors/1,000 people 78
33 Netherlands3.88 doctors/1,000 people 3.88 doctors/1,000 people 78
37 Israel3.8 doctors/1,000 people 3.8 doctors/1,000 people 77
37 Kazakhstan3.75 doctors/1,000 people 3.75 doctors/1,000 people 77
39 Slovakia3.7 doctors/1,000 people 3.7 doctors/1,000 people 76
39 United States3.68 doctors/1,000 people 3.68 doctors/1,000 people 76
39 Korea DPR3.63 doctors/1,000 people 3.63 doctors/1,000 people 76
39 Romania3.62 doctors/1,000 people 3.62 doctors/1,000 people 76
39 Finland3.61 doctors/1,000 people 3.61 doctors/1,000 people 76
39 New Zealand3.61 doctors/1,000 people 3.61 doctors/1,000 people 76
45 Belgium3.57 doctors/1,000 people 3.57 doctors/1,000 people 75
45 Cyprus3.56 doctors/1,000 people 3.56 doctors/1,000 people 75
45 Ukraine3.53 doctors/1,000 people 3.53 doctors/1,000 people 75
48 Estonia3.47 doctors/1,000 people 3.47 doctors/1,000 people 74
48 Hungary3.46 doctors/1,000 people 3.46 doctors/1,000 people 74
48 Saudi Arabia3.41 doctors/1,000 people 3.41 doctors/1,000 people 74
48 Latvia3.4 doctors/1,000 people 3.4 doctors/1,000 people 74
52 Slovenia3.37 doctors/1,000 people 3.37 doctors/1,000 people 73
52 Armenia3.36 doctors/1,000 people 3.36 doctors/1,000 people 73
52 Chile3.33 doctors/1,000 people 3.33 doctors/1,000 people 73
52 United Kingdom3.3 doctors/1,000 people 3.3 doctors/1,000 people 73
56 France3.28 doctors/1,000 people 3.28 doctors/1,000 people 72
57 Azerbaijan3.19 doctors/1,000 people 3.19 doctors/1,000 people 71
58 China3.11 doctors/1,000 people 3.11 doctors/1,000 people 70
58 Serbia3.1 doctors/1,000 people 3.1 doctors/1,000 people 70
58 Saint Kitts and Nevis3.08 doctors/1,000 people 3.08 doctors/1,000 people 70
61 Qatar3.02 doctors/1,000 people 3.02 doctors/1,000 people 69
61 Niue3 doctors/1,000 people 3 doctors/1,000 people 69
61 Saint Pierre and Miquelon3 doctors/1,000 people 3 doctors/1,000 people 69
61 United Arab Emirates2.99 doctors/1,000 people 2.99 doctors/1,000 people 69
61 Luxembourg2.98 doctors/1,000 people 2.98 doctors/1,000 people 69
61 Barbados2.96 doctors/1,000 people 2.96 doctors/1,000 people 69
61 North Macedonia2.94 doctors/1,000 people 2.94 doctors/1,000 people 69
68 Antigua and Barbuda2.92 doctors/1,000 people 2.92 doctors/1,000 people 68
69 Jordan2.85 doctors/1,000 people 2.85 doctors/1,000 people 67
69 Singapore2.83 doctors/1,000 people 2.83 doctors/1,000 people 67
69 Canada2.82 doctors/1,000 people 2.82 doctors/1,000 people 67
69 Uzbekistan2.81 doctors/1,000 people 2.81 doctors/1,000 people 67
69 Faroe Islands2.8 doctors/1,000 people 2.8 doctors/1,000 people 67
74 Montenegro2.78 doctors/1,000 people 2.78 doctors/1,000 people 66
75 Costa Rica2.69 doctors/1,000 people 2.69 doctors/1,000 people 65
75 Lebanon2.68 doctors/1,000 people 2.68 doctors/1,000 people 65
75 Japan2.65 doctors/1,000 people 2.65 doctors/1,000 people 65
78 Korea Republic2.61 doctors/1,000 people 2.61 doctors/1,000 people 64
78 Mexico2.59 doctors/1,000 people 2.59 doctors/1,000 people 64
78 Bosnia and Herzegovina2.58 doctors/1,000 people 2.58 doctors/1,000 people 64
81 Colombia2.54 doctors/1,000 people 2.54 doctors/1,000 people 63
81 Gibraltar2.5 doctors/1,000 people 2.5 doctors/1,000 people 63
81 Macau2.5 doctors/1,000 people 2.5 doctors/1,000 people 63
84 Dominican Republic2.43 doctors/1,000 people 2.43 doctors/1,000 people 61
85 Brazil2.36 doctors/1,000 people 2.36 doctors/1,000 people 60
85 Malaysia2.34 doctors/1,000 people 2.34 doctors/1,000 people 60
85 Ecuador2.31 doctors/1,000 people 2.31 doctors/1,000 people 60
85 Bermuda2.3 doctors/1,000 people 2.3 doctors/1,000 people 60
89 Kuwait2.27 doctors/1,000 people 2.27 doctors/1,000 people 59
89 Turkey2.24 doctors/1,000 people 2.24 doctors/1,000 people 59
89 Maldives2.23 doctors/1,000 people 2.23 doctors/1,000 people 59
92 Guadeloupe2.2 doctors/1,000 people 2.2 doctors/1,000 people 58
92 Martinique2.2 doctors/1,000 people 2.2 doctors/1,000 people 58
92 New Caledonia2.2 doctors/1,000 people 2.2 doctors/1,000 people 58
92 Puerto Rico2.2 doctors/1,000 people 2.2 doctors/1,000 people 58
92 Réunion2.2 doctors/1,000 people 2.2 doctors/1,000 people 58
92 U.S. Virgin Islands2.2 doctors/1,000 people 2.2 doctors/1,000 people 58
98 Palestine2.17 doctors/1,000 people 2.17 doctors/1,000 people 57
99 Hong Kong2.1 doctors/1,000 people 2.1 doctors/1,000 people 56
100 Libya2.04 doctors/1,000 people 2.04 doctors/1,000 people 55
100 Bahamas2 doctors/1,000 people 2 doctors/1,000 people 55
100 Chinese Taipei2 doctors/1,000 people 2 doctors/1,000 people 55
100 Cook Islands2 doctors/1,000 people 2 doctors/1,000 people 55
100 Saint-Martin2 doctors/1,000 people 2 doctors/1,000 people 55
100 Tahiti2 doctors/1,000 people 2 doctors/1,000 people 55
106 Oman1.99 doctors/1,000 people 1.99 doctors/1,000 people 54
107 Turkmenistan1.93 doctors/1,000 people 1.93 doctors/1,000 people 53
107 Curacao1.9 doctors/1,000 people 1.9 doctors/1,000 people 53
109 Brunei1.89 doctors/1,000 people 1.89 doctors/1,000 people 52
109 Albania1.88 doctors/1,000 people 1.88 doctors/1,000 people 52
109 Tajikistan1.87 doctors/1,000 people 1.87 doctors/1,000 people 52
112 Iran1.81 doctors/1,000 people 1.81 doctors/1,000 people 51
112 Palau1.81 doctors/1,000 people 1.81 doctors/1,000 people 51
112 Aruba1.8 doctors/1,000 people 1.8 doctors/1,000 people 51
112 Cayman Islands1.8 doctors/1,000 people 1.8 doctors/1,000 people 51
112 Greenland1.8 doctors/1,000 people 1.8 doctors/1,000 people 51
117 Guam1.7 doctors/1,000 people 1.7 doctors/1,000 people 49
117 Peru1.69 doctors/1,000 people 1.69 doctors/1,000 people 49
119 Algeria1.66 doctors/1,000 people 1.66 doctors/1,000 people 48
119 Venezuela1.66 doctors/1,000 people 1.66 doctors/1,000 people 48
121 El Salvador1.62 doctors/1,000 people 1.62 doctors/1,000 people 47
121 Panama1.62 doctors/1,000 people 1.62 doctors/1,000 people 47
123 Kyrgyzstan1.57 doctors/1,000 people 1.57 doctors/1,000 people 46
124 Syria1.52 doctors/1,000 people 1.52 doctors/1,000 people 45
124 French Guiana1.5 doctors/1,000 people 1.5 doctors/1,000 people 45
124 Sint Maarten1.5 doctors/1,000 people 1.5 doctors/1,000 people 45
124 Wallis and Futuna1.5 doctors/1,000 people 1.5 doctors/1,000 people 45
128 Mauritius1.44 doctors/1,000 people 1.44 doctors/1,000 people 43
129 Guyana1.39 doctors/1,000 people 1.39 doctors/1,000 people 42
129 Grenada1.38 doctors/1,000 people 1.38 doctors/1,000 people 42
131 Suriname1.35 doctors/1,000 people 1.35 doctors/1,000 people 41
131 Tuvalu1.35 doctors/1,000 people 1.35 doctors/1,000 people 41
133 Tunisia1.31 doctors/1,000 people 1.31 doctors/1,000 people 40
133 Northern Mariana Islands1.3 doctors/1,000 people 1.3 doctors/1,000 people 40
133 Bolivia1.28 doctors/1,000 people 1.28 doctors/1,000 people 40
133 Guatemala1.28 doctors/1,000 people 1.28 doctors/1,000 people 40
133 Nauru1.27 doctors/1,000 people 1.27 doctors/1,000 people 40
138 Dominica1.16 doctors/1,000 people 1.16 doctors/1,000 people 37
138 Pakistan1.16 doctors/1,000 people 1.16 doctors/1,000 people 37
140 Sri Lanka1.14 doctors/1,000 people 1.14 doctors/1,000 people 36
141 Vietnam1.11 doctors/1,000 people 1.11 doctors/1,000 people 35
141 Anguilla1.1 doctors/1,000 people 1.1 doctors/1,000 people 35
141 British Virgin Islands1.1 doctors/1,000 people 1.1 doctors/1,000 people 35
141 Kosovo1.1 doctors/1,000 people 1.1 doctors/1,000 people 35
141 Turks and Caicos Islands1.1 doctors/1,000 people 1.1 doctors/1,000 people 35
141 Belize1.09 doctors/1,000 people 1.09 doctors/1,000 people 35
147 Iraq1.02 doctors/1,000 people 1.02 doctors/1,000 people 33
147 Nepal1.01 doctors/1,000 people 1.01 doctors/1,000 people 33
147 Tonga1.01 doctors/1,000 people 1.01 doctors/1,000 people 33
147 Montserrat1 doctors/1,000 people 1 doctors/1,000 people 33
151 Micronesia0.97 doctors/1,000 people 0.97 doctors/1,000 people 32
152 Fiji0.81 doctors/1,000 people 0.81 doctors/1,000 people 27
152 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines0.8 doctors/1,000 people 0.8 doctors/1,000 people 27
152 Philippines0.79 doctors/1,000 people 0.79 doctors/1,000 people 27
152 South Africa0.79 doctors/1,000 people 0.79 doctors/1,000 people 27
156 Myanmar0.76 doctors/1,000 people 0.76 doctors/1,000 people 26
156 Timor-Leste0.75 doctors/1,000 people 0.75 doctors/1,000 people 26
158 Bahrain0.74 doctors/1,000 people 0.74 doctors/1,000 people 25
158 Morocco0.74 doctors/1,000 people 0.74 doctors/1,000 people 25
158 Cape Verde0.73 doctors/1,000 people 0.73 doctors/1,000 people 25
158 Bangladesh0.72 doctors/1,000 people 0.72 doctors/1,000 people 25
158 India0.72 doctors/1,000 people 0.72 doctors/1,000 people 25
163 Nicaragua0.68 doctors/1,000 people 0.68 doctors/1,000 people 24
164 Egypt0.67 doctors/1,000 people 0.67 doctors/1,000 people 23
165 American Samoa0.6 doctors/1,000 people 0.6 doctors/1,000 people 21
166 Samoa0.56 doctors/1,000 people 0.56 doctors/1,000 people 20
166 Swaziland0.56 doctors/1,000 people 0.56 doctors/1,000 people 20
166 Bhutan0.55 doctors/1,000 people 0.55 doctors/1,000 people 20
166 Namibia0.55 doctors/1,000 people 0.55 doctors/1,000 people 20
170 Thailand0.54 doctors/1,000 people 0.54 doctors/1,000 people 19
170 Gabon0.52 doctors/1,000 people 0.52 doctors/1,000 people 19
170 Indonesia0.52 doctors/1,000 people 0.52 doctors/1,000 people 19
173 Marshall Islands0.5 doctors/1,000 people 0.5 doctors/1,000 people 18
173 Mayotte0.5 doctors/1,000 people 0.5 doctors/1,000 people 18
173 Western Sahara0.5 doctors/1,000 people 0.5 doctors/1,000 people 18
173 Honduras0.49 doctors/1,000 people 0.49 doctors/1,000 people 18
177 Jamaica0.46 doctors/1,000 people 0.46 doctors/1,000 people 17
177 São Tomé and Príncipe0.46 doctors/1,000 people 0.46 doctors/1,000 people 17
179 Comoros0.42 doctors/1,000 people 0.42 doctors/1,000 people 15
180 Botswana0.38 doctors/1,000 people 0.38 doctors/1,000 people 14
180 Nigeria0.38 doctors/1,000 people 0.38 doctors/1,000 people 14
182 Laos0.33 doctors/1,000 people 0.33 doctors/1,000 people 12
182 Afghanistan0.32 doctors/1,000 people 0.32 doctors/1,000 people 12
182 Zambia0.32 doctors/1,000 people 0.32 doctors/1,000 people 12
185 Haiti0.29 doctors/1,000 people 0.29 doctors/1,000 people 11
185 Kenya0.29 doctors/1,000 people 0.29 doctors/1,000 people 11
187 Ghana0.27 doctors/1,000 people 0.27 doctors/1,000 people 10
187 Mauritania0.26 doctors/1,000 people 0.26 doctors/1,000 people 10
189 Guinea-Bissau0.25 doctors/1,000 people 0.25 doctors/1,000 people 9
189 Sudan0.25 doctors/1,000 people 0.25 doctors/1,000 people 9
189 Angola0.24 doctors/1,000 people 0.24 doctors/1,000 people 9
189 Solomon Islands0.24 doctors/1,000 people 0.24 doctors/1,000 people 9
189 Lesotho0.23 doctors/1,000 people 0.23 doctors/1,000 people 9
194 Benin0.22 doctors/1,000 people 0.22 doctors/1,000 people 8
194 Cambodia0.21 doctors/1,000 people 0.21 doctors/1,000 people 8
194 Congo DR0.21 doctors/1,000 people 0.21 doctors/1,000 people 8
194 Djibouti0.21 doctors/1,000 people 0.21 doctors/1,000 people 8
194 Guinea0.21 doctors/1,000 people 0.21 doctors/1,000 people 8
194 Kiribati0.2 doctors/1,000 people 0.2 doctors/1,000 people 8
200 Mali0.19 doctors/1,000 people 0.19 doctors/1,000 people 7
200 Uganda0.19 doctors/1,000 people 0.19 doctors/1,000 people 7
200 Liberia0.18 doctors/1,000 people 0.18 doctors/1,000 people 7
200 Congo0.17 doctors/1,000 people 0.17 doctors/1,000 people 7
200 Madagascar0.17 doctors/1,000 people 0.17 doctors/1,000 people 7
200 Mozambique0.17 doctors/1,000 people 0.17 doctors/1,000 people 7
206 Ivory Coast0.17 doctors/1,000 people 0.17 doctors/1,000 people 6
206 Vanuatu0.16 doctors/1,000 people 0.16 doctors/1,000 people 6
206 Burkina Faso0.15 doctors/1,000 people 0.15 doctors/1,000 people 6
206 Equatorial Guinea0.15 doctors/1,000 people 0.15 doctors/1,000 people 6
206 Ethiopia0.14 doctors/1,000 people 0.14 doctors/1,000 people 6
211 Cameroon0.14 doctors/1,000 people 0.14 doctors/1,000 people 5
211 Zimbabwe0.14 doctors/1,000 people 0.14 doctors/1,000 people 5
211 Sierra Leone0.13 doctors/1,000 people 0.13 doctors/1,000 people 5
211 Tanzania0.13 doctors/1,000 people 0.13 doctors/1,000 people 5
215 Senegal0.11 doctors/1,000 people 0.11 doctors/1,000 people 4
215 Yemen0.1 doctors/1,000 people 0.1 doctors/1,000 people 4
215 Zanzibar0.1 doctors/1,000 people 0.1 doctors/1,000 people 4
215 Gambia0.09 doctors/1,000 people 0.09 doctors/1,000 people 4
215 Rwanda0.09 doctors/1,000 people 0.09 doctors/1,000 people 4
220 Chad0.09 doctors/1,000 people 0.09 doctors/1,000 people 3
220 Eritrea0.09 doctors/1,000 people 0.09 doctors/1,000 people 3
220 Burundi0.08 doctors/1,000 people 0.08 doctors/1,000 people 3
220 Togo0.08 doctors/1,000 people 0.08 doctors/1,000 people 3
220 Central African Republic0.07 doctors/1,000 people 0.07 doctors/1,000 people 3
225 Papua New Guinea0.06 doctors/1,000 people 0.06 doctors/1,000 people 2
225 Malawi0.05 doctors/1,000 people 0.05 doctors/1,000 people 2
225 South Sudan0.04 doctors/1,000 people 0.04 doctors/1,000 people 2
228 Niger0.04 doctors/1,000 people 0.04 doctors/1,000 people 1
228 Somalia0.03 doctors/1,000 people 0.03 doctors/1,000 people 1

Last rating: June 15th, 2026

How the Raw Value Is Calculated

The raw value is the number of practising physicians per 1,000 people. A value of 4.5 means that there are 4.5 practising doctors per 1,000 residents. Higher is better.

The main source is the World Bank indicator SH.MED.PHYS.ZS. It combines WHO health-workforce data, OECD data and national data series. Nomadino uses the latest available non-empty country value.

Where the World Bank does not provide a separate value for a country or territory, Nomadino uses maintained replacement values. These are derived from WHO health-workforce data, national health statistics, administering state, population size, local care structure and plausible comparator countries.

Very old World Bank values before 2015 are not used automatically when a better maintained replacement value is available. This mainly affects small or dependent territories where historical one-off values could distort the current situation.

The score is calculated from the raw value with diminishing returns. Additional doctors improve the score most strongly where a country starts very low; above roughly five doctors per 1,000 people, the score rises only slowly. This keeps the real raw value visible while preventing extreme outliers from dominating the ranking.

This indicator measures only doctor density. It does not automatically rate care quality, waiting times, regional distribution, hospital beds, nursing staff or affordability. These aspects are covered by separate indicators.