Physicians density in selected countries 2017

Published by Frédéric Michas, May 13, 2020
China's density of practising physicians as of 2017 came to 0.8 doctors per every one thousand of its population. As a comparison, the United States had 2.6 physicians while best ranked Greece had over six physicians per every thousand of its population.

Physicians density in selected countries as of 2017 (per 1,000 population)

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Source

Release date

November 2019

Region

Worldwide

Survey time period

2017

Special properties

practising physicians

Supplementary notes

Data are from 2017 or latest year available.
* Data refer to all doctors licensed to practice, resulting in a large over-estimation of the number of practising doctors (e.g. of around 30% in Portugal).
** Data include not only doctors providing direct care to patients but also those working in the health sector as managers, educators, researchers, etc. (adding another 5-10% of doctors).

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