Country rankings

Doctors per Capita by Country

Monaco has the highest Medical Doctors (86.09 per 10k), followed by Cuba (85.05 per 10k) and Greece (67.12 per 10k). Niger has the lowest (0.38 per 10k).

Health195 countries · 8 metricsUpdated Aug 4, 2024Original page
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Medical Doctors

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Ranking

Best first: the first 15 and last 5 of 195 countries.

Distribution Median and middle halfThe median is the middle value: half of places are above it, half below. The middle half is the range holding the central 50% of places.More in the glossary →

Each dot is one country; the lines mark the median and the middle half.

Median
18.08 per 10k
Middle half 4.66 per 10k – 33.57 per 10k
Average
20.88 per 10k
195 countries
Highest
86.09 per 10k
Monaco
Lowest
0.38 per 10k
Niger

Data

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195 countries · # = rank by Medical Doctors
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1Monaco86.09 per 10k2020208.3 per 10k20149.19 /10k2,02023.36 /10k2020
2Cuba85.05 per 10k202271.94 per 10k202215.97 /10k2,0225.37 /10k2022
3Greece67.12 per 10k202341.28 per 10k202313.59 /10k2,02311.21 /10k2023
4Portugal60.22 per 10k202380.09 per 10k202312.25 /10k2,02310.01 /10k2023
5Austria56.7 per 10k2024109.4 per 10k20236.35 /10k2,0247.69 /10k2024
6Georgia56.42 per 10k202356.87 per 10k20248.08 /10k2,0240.92 /10k2022
7Italy53.06 per 10k202370.95 per 10k20238.16 /10k2,02313.85 /10k2023
8Andorra51.16 per 10k202449.45 per 10k202412.7 /10k2,0249.77 /10k2024
9Russia51.11 per 10k202270.39 per 10k20222.79 /10k2,0200.39 /10k2020
10Argentina50.88 per 10k202364.87 per 10k202310.84 /10k2,0235.78 /10k2023
11Norway49.75 per 10k2023160.4 per 10k20238.79 /10k2,0236.42 /10k2023
12Belarus47.96 per 10k2024107.6 per 10k20246.16 /10k2,0244.66 /10k2024
13Malta47.19 per 10k202382.57 per 10k20235.29 /10k2,02316.02 /10k2023
14Lithuania46.45 per 10k202377.9 per 10k202311.65 /10k2,0239.46 /10k2023
15Mongolia45.96 per 10k202446.96 per 10k20246.31 /10k2,02412.85 /10k2024
16Germany45.93 per 10k2023124 per 10k20238.44 /10k2,0236.65 /10k2023
17Iceland45.78 per 10k2024160.8 per 10k20248.01 /10k2,02412.2 /10k2024
18Switzerland45.59 per 10k2023192 per 10k20234.06 /10k2,0197 /10k2022
19Uruguay45.51 per 10k202376.25 per 10k20232.6 /10k2,0230.72 /10k2023
20Denmark45.3 per 10k2023109.3 per 10k20237.73 /10k2,0235.88 /10k2022
21Sweden44.74 per 10k2022117.4 per 10k20227.79 /10k2,0228.02 /10k2022
22Spain44.29 per 10k202362.21 per 10k20236.48 /10k2,02312.45 /10k2023
23San Marino44.05 per 10k202497.02 per 10k20246.85 /10k2,02410.42 /10k2024
24Bulgaria43.92 per 10k202346.83 per 10k202311.29 /10k2,0239.59 /10k2024
25Antigua and Barbuda43.18 per 10k202450.75 per 10k20242.35 /10k2,0249.06 /10k2024
26Czechia42.39 per 10k202394.24 per 10k20237.52 /10k2,0237.64 /10k2023
27Saint Lucia42.34 per 10k202053.43 per 10k20231.76 /10k2,0174.48 /10k2017
28Australia42.28 per 10k2023144.3 per 10k20246.52 /10k2,0239.58 /10k2023
29Trinidad and Tobago41.57 per 10k202141.08 per 10k20232.99 /10k2,0196.28 /10k2018
30France40.09 per 10k202394.22 per 10k20217.01 /10k2,0239.43 /10k2023
31Ireland39.89 per 10k2024154 per 10k20244.87 /10k2,02411.89 /10k2024
32Croatia39.73 per 10k202380.45 per 10k20239.56 /10k2,0238.78 /10k2023
33Moldova39.25 per 10k202363.17 per 10k20234.98 /10k2,0236.11 /10k2023
34Israel39.22 per 10k202462.14 per 10k202411.61 /10k2,0249.59 /10k2024
35Paraguay38.93 per 10k202294.09 per 10k202213.41 /10k2,0226.73 /10k2022
36Netherlands38.68 per 10k2023112.3 per 10k20235.6 /10k2,0232.16 /10k2023
37Cyprus38.06 per 10k202339.84 per 10k20239.41 /10k2,0237.86 /10k2023
38New Zealand37.72 per 10k2024131.2 per 10k20245.17 /10k2,0247.4 /10k2024
39Slovakia37.61 per 10k202359.72 per 10k20235.37 /10k2,0238.49 /10k2023
40Romania37.12 per 10k202383.34 per 10k202311.3 /10k2,02311.33 /10k2023
41Poland36.49 per 10k202363.11 per 10k20239.51 /10k2,0237.39 /10k2023
42Hungary35.87 per 10k202357.22 per 10k20237.56 /10k2,0238.66 /10k2023
43Ukraine35.31 per 10k202360.79 per 10k20235.86 /10k2,0140.33 /10k2014
44Slovenia35.07 per 10k2023106.8 per 10k20237.66 /10k2,0237.39 /10k2023
45Chile34.9 per 10k202447.16 per 10k202416.77 /10k2,0237.27 /10k2023
45Estonia34.9 per 10k202370.41 per 10k202310.29 /10k2,0236.99 /10k2023
47Saudi Arabia34.06 per 10k202365.57 per 10k20237.81 /10k2,02311.07 /10k2023
48Belgium33.91 per 10k2023122.9 per 10k20227.24 /10k2,02312.84 /10k2023
49Armenia33.6 per 10k202247.47 per 10k20223.59 /10k2,0220.39 /10k2022
50United Kingdom33.54 per 10k202395.59 per 10k20235.08 /10k2,0239.52 /10k2023
51Latvia33.52 per 10k202343.62 per 10k20237.18 /10k2,0238.59 /10k2024
52Jordan32.62 per 10k202433.42 per 10k20248.28 /10k2,02421.1 /10k2024
53Serbia32.15 per 10k202370.15 per 10k20232.56 /10k2,0231.55 /10k2022
54Azerbaijan31.85 per 10k202255.78 per 10k20223.38 /10k2,0220.62 /10k2022
55Qatar31.36 per 10k202486.07 per 10k20247.23 /10k2,02412.87 /10k2024
56North Korea30.99 per 10k202444.46 per 10k20243 /10k2,0245.4 /10k2024
57Saint Kitts and Nevis30.85 per 10k201865.81 per 10k20232.55 /10k2,018——
58Kazakhstan30.59 per 10k202466.05 per 10k20242.25 /10k2,0243.33 /10k2024
59Mauritius30.15 per 10k202335.01 per 10k20233.24 /10k2,0224.17 /10k2019
60United Arab Emirates29.92 per 10k202361.56 per 10k20238.85 /10k2,02315.28 /10k2023
61Luxembourg29.84 per 10k2017137.2 per 10k20239.74 /10k2,0176.97 /10k2017
62Kuwait29.69 per 10k202267.1 per 10k20228.34 /10k2,0229 /10k2020
63North Macedonia29.44 per 10k202255.15 per 10k20229.24 /10k2,0225.95 /10k2022
64Finland28.75 per 10k2023130.2 per 10k20236.95 /10k2,02311.61 /10k2023
65Canada28.54 per 10k2024116.2 per 10k20246.53 /10k2,02011.66 /10k2024
66China28.19 per 10k202339.63 per 10k20234.51 /10k2,0174 /10k2023
67Montenegro27.85 per 10k202459.67 per 10k20240.49 /10k2,0242.79 /10k2024
68Mexico27.52 per 10k202330.48 per 10k20231.39 /10k2,0230.49 /10k2010
69Costa Rica26.87 per 10k202230.71 per 10k202210.89 /10k2,02212.09 /10k2022
70Lebanon26.8 per 10k202019.18 per 10k201812.5 /10k2,02016.3 /10k2020
71Singapore26.7 per 10k202370.9 per 10k20234.45 /10k2,0236.04 /10k2023
72South Korea26.63 per 10k202398.03 per 10k20245.49 /10k2,0238.26 /10k2023
73United States26.54 per 10k2022123.9 per 10k20245.89 /10k2,0239.52 /10k2024
74Japan26.49 per 10k2022124.4 per 10k20228.16 /10k2,02220.26 /10k2022
75Bosnia and Herzegovina25.84 per 10k201967.27 per 10k20222.58 /10k2,0191.38 /10k2019
76Colombia25.37 per 10k202315.73 per 10k20248.7 /10k2,0231.85 /10k2023
77Brazil24.99 per 10k202458.32 per 10k20247.85 /10k2,0243.8 /10k2024
78Barbados23.98 per 10k202341.37 per 10k20233.12 /10k2,02311.58 /10k2023
79Turkey23.4 per 10k202335.3 per 10k20235.24 /10k2,0234.65 /10k2023
80Uzbekistan23.23 per 10k2023107 per 10k20231.3 /10k2,0230.34 /10k2023
81Ecuador23.13 per 10k202026.3 per 10k20202.97 /10k2,0200.41 /10k2015
82Maldives23 per 10k202159.63 per 10k20211.02 /10k2,0207.01 /10k2020
83Malaysia22.72 per 10k202440.3 per 10k20244.87 /10k2,0246.43 /10k2024
84Niue22.22 per 10k202483.33 per 10k202411.11 /10k2,0245.56 /10k2024
85Brunei21.79 per 10k202464.95 per 10k20242.87 /10k2,0242.29 /10k2024
86Palestine21.68 per 10k201819.53 per 10k20187.22 /10k2,018——
87Oman21.37 per 10k202445.88 per 10k20243.27 /10k2,0248.3 /10k2024
88Dominican Republic21.22 per 10k202417.58 per 10k20242.83 /10k2,0240.24 /10k2024
89Libya20.42 per 10k201763.77 per 10k20175.8 /10k2,0204.1 /10k2020
90Cook Islands19.71 per 10k202497.81 per 10k20246.57 /10k2,0242.92 /10k2024
91Honduras19.02 per 10k20237.35 per 10k20237.1 /10k2,0235.51 /10k2023
92Saint Vincent and the Grenadines18.99 per 10k202480.16 per 10k20232.27 /10k2,0237.01 /10k2023
93Turkmenistan18.98 per 10k202434.72 per 10k20241.23 /10k2,0241.37 /10k2024
94Bahamas18.95 per 10k201742.24 per 10k20232.54 /10k2,0175.43 /10k2011
95Albania18.79 per 10k202058.21 per 10k202010.27 /10k2,01810.8 /10k2018
96Tajikistan18.7 per 10k202364.53 per 10k20231.5 /10k2,0232.56 /10k2020
97Iran18.11 per 10k202328.76 per 10k20235.26 /10k2,0233.36 /10k2023
98Palau18.08 per 10k202366.1 per 10k20233.96 /10k2,0232.81 /10k2020
99Tuvalu17.71 per 10k202441.67 per 10k20242.08 /10k2,0243.13 /10k2024
100Peru16.88 per 10k202327.38 per 10k20232.15 /10k2,0231.65 /10k2023
101Venezuela16.64 per 10k201720.03 per 10k20181.35 /10k2,017——
102Algeria16.6 per 10k202225.08 per 10k20223.57 /10k2,0223 /10k2022
103Seychelles16.33 per 10k202461.96 per 10k20243.07 /10k2,0247.98 /10k2024
104Syria16.27 per 10k202214.35 per 10k202211.16 /10k2,02216.59 /10k2022
104Guatemala16.27 per 10k202422.73 per 10k20232.73 /10k2,0244.33 /10k2024
106Panama16.25 per 10k202233.45 per 10k20222.8 /10k2,0222.18 /10k2022
107El Salvador16.16 per 10k202321.79 per 10k20221.57 /10k2,0231.59 /10k2023
108Kyrgyzstan15.45 per 10k202440.26 per 10k20241.49 /10k2,0240.26 /10k2024
109Grenada13.83 per 10k201845.77 per 10k20231.9 /10k2,0186.52 /10k2016
110Belize13.36 per 10k202120.6 per 10k20231.71 /10k2,0227.7 /10k2022
111Suriname13.07 per 10k202418.4 per 10k20240.7 /10k2,0210.81 /10k2021
112Pakistan12.84 per 10k20245.23 per 10k20241.61 /10k2,0242.32 /10k2024
112Bolivia12.84 per 10k202116.24 per 10k20212.29 /10k2,0212.41 /10k2021
114Nauru12.73 per 10k201573.04 per 10k20183.45 /10k2,0191.82 /10k2015
115Guyana12.49 per 10k202348.43 per 10k20240.68 /10k2,0200.58 /10k2020
116Tunisia12.38 per 10k202319.16 per 10k20233.68 /10k2,0212.42 /10k2021
117Egypt11.8 per 10k202119.5 per 10k20213.09 /10k2,0215.26 /10k2021
118Dominica11.58 per 10k201867.6 per 10k20181.17 /10k2,0182.64 /10k2001
119Sri Lanka11.36 per 10k202322.58 per 10k20230.96 /10k2,0231.09 /10k2023
120Marshall Islands11.35 per 10k202148.07 per 10k20211.45 /10k2,0210.78 /10k2012
121Vietnam11.07 per 10k202114.38 per 10k2017——3.34 /10k2017
122Nepal10.88 per 10k202441.62 per 10k20241.8 /10k2,0242.51 /10k2024
123Iraq10.64 per 10k202325.71 per 10k20236.8 /10k2,0237.18 /10k2023
124Jamaica10.23 per 10k202420.95 per 10k20240.97 /10k2,0241.01 /10k2024
125Tonga10.14 per 10k202141.99 per 10k20211.42 /10k2,0200.76 /10k2021
126Micronesia9.74 per 10k202022.21 per 10k20191.29 /10k2,008——
127India9.55 per 10k202427.15 per 10k20242.43 /10k2,02412.12 /10k2024
128Nicaragua9.08 per 10k202216.97 per 10k20220.36 /10k2,0221.88 /10k2014
129Philippines8.69 per 10k202452.87 per 10k20242.86 /10k2,0245.31 /10k2024
130Morocco7.93 per 10k20237.2 per 10k20240.13 /10k2,0240.14 /10k2024
131Timor-Leste7.68 per 10k202315.17 per 10k20230.02 /10k2,0202 /10k2023
132South Africa7.66 per 10k202441.54 per 10k20241.07 /10k2,0242.86 /10k2024
133Myanmar7.57 per 10k20192.05 per 10k20220.72 /10k2,0190.8 /10k2019
134Fiji7.54 per 10k202321.3 per 10k20230.83 /10k2,0230.17 /10k2023
135Bahrain7.41 per 10k202026.48 per 10k20200.8 /10k2,0201.65 /10k2020
136Cape Verde7.3 per 10k202317.98 per 10k20232.33 /10k2,0190.12 /10k2023
137Bangladesh7.22 per 10k20236.64 per 10k20230.76 /10k2,0231.1 /10k2023
138Thailand5.91 per 10k202335.72 per 10k20231.13 /10k2,0222.3 /10k2022
139Samoa5.61 per 10k202130.58 per 10k20200.9 /10k2,0200.24 /10k2020
140Indonesia5.59 per 10k202433 per 10k20241.23 /10k2,0242.44 /10k2024
141Namibia5.58 per 10k202437.99 per 10k20241.14 /10k2,0242.73 /10k2024
142Eswatini5.57 per 10k202342.6 per 10k20230.17 /10k2,0240.37 /10k2024
143Bhutan5.53 per 10k202220.52 per 10k20220.97 /10k2,0220.68 /10k2022
144Gabon5.21 per 10k202223.7 per 10k20220.18 /10k2,0220.77 /10k2022
145Republic of the Congo4.98 per 10k202413.35 per 10k20240.02 /10k2,0220.06 /10k2024
146Kiribati4.68 per 10k202339.02 per 10k20230.53 /10k2,0230.53 /10k2023
147Sao Tome and Principe4.64 per 10k202221.65 per 10k20220.27 /10k2,0221.64 /10k2022
148Botswana4.28 per 10k202430.23 per 10k20240.35 /10k2,0240.54 /10k2024
149Comoros4.24 per 10k202216.44 per 10k20220.38 /10k2,0220.48 /10k2022
150Nigeria4.14 per 10k202411.52 per 10k20240.25 /10k2,0241.51 /10k2024
151Laos3.77 per 10k202413.64 per 10k20240.82 /10k2,0242.98 /10k2024
152Afghanistan3.17 per 10k20235.49 per 10k20230.06 /10k2,0200.32 /10k2023
152Mali3.17 per 10k20243.45 per 10k20240.06 /10k2,0240.43 /10k2024
154Haiti2.92 per 10k20227.32 per 10k20220.22 /10k2,0180.31 /10k2018
155Ghana2.89 per 10k202441.72 per 10k20240.2 /10k2,0242.07 /10k2024
156Solomon Islands2.87 per 10k202421.3 per 10k20240.45 /10k2,0240.7 /10k2024
157Mauritania2.61 per 10k202216.09 per 10k20220.31 /10k2,0220.2 /10k2022
158Kenya2.6 per 10k202412.12 per 10k20240.05 /10k2,0240.49 /10k2024
159Ivory Coast2.55 per 10k20249.93 per 10k20240.15 /10k2,0240.39 /10k2023
160Sudan2.5 per 10k201710.83 per 10k20182.5 /10k2,0200.24 /10k2017
161Guinea-Bissau2.49 per 10k20249.26 per 10k20240.01 /10k2,0240.01 /10k2024
162Benin2.14 per 10k20246.12 per 10k20240.05 /10k2,0240.54 /10k2024
163Cambodia2.11 per 10k201910.08 per 10k20190.31 /10k2,0180.46 /10k2018
163Djibouti2.11 per 10k20221.94 per 10k20220.19 /10k2,0142.09 /10k2014
165DR Congo2.08 per 10k202211.68 per 10k20220.04 /10k2,0220.09 /10k2022
166Uganda2.06 per 10k202423.27 per 10k20240.11 /10k2,0240.36 /10k2024
167Angola2.02 per 10k202413.9 per 10k20240.1 /10k2,0240.11 /10k2024
168Zimbabwe1.86 per 10k202414.65 per 10k20240.3 /10k2,0231.32 /10k2024
169Lesotho1.84 per 10k202433.99 per 10k20240.12 /10k2,0240.71 /10k2024
170Liberia1.78 per 10k20228.35 per 10k20240.02 /10k2,0220.27 /10k2024
171Rwanda1.77 per 10k202412.78 per 10k20240.09 /10k2,0240.04 /10k2023
172Tanzania1.75 per 10k20242.6 per 10k20240.06 /10k2,0240.56 /10k2024
173Yemen1.65 per 10k20225.41 per 10k20230.19 /10k2,0220.53 /10k2022
174Vanuatu1.64 per 10k201914.59 per 10k20190.31 /10k2,0191.17 /10k2012
175Zambia1.63 per 10k202416.72 per 10k20240.11 /10k2,0240.47 /10k2024
176Ethiopia1.56 per 10k202410.85 per 10k20240.28 /10k2,0221.62 /10k2024
177Equatorial Guinea1.53 per 10k202213.75 per 10k20220.06 /10k2,0040.08 /10k2022
178South Sudan1.49 per 10k20247.06 per 10k20240.05 /10k2,0240.36 /10k2024
179Sierra Leone1.34 per 10k202211.63 per 10k20220.02 /10k2,0220.11 /10k2022
180Senegal1.24 per 10k20244.32 per 10k20240.11 /10k2,0240.21 /10k2024
181Guinea1.15 per 10k20241.99 per 10k20240.02 /10k2,0240.15 /10k2024
182Burkina Faso1.07 per 10k20248.24 per 10k20240.06 /10k2,0230.16 /10k2024
183Madagascar1.03 per 10k20242.68 per 10k20240.07 /10k2,0240.01 /10k2024
184Central African Republic1 per 10k20244.37 per 10k20240.01 /10k2,0230.02 /10k2024
185Mozambique0.91 per 10k20247.62 per 10k20240.13 /10k2,0240.16 /10k2024
186Gambia0.9 per 10k20236.58 per 10k20230.03 /10k2,0220.04 /10k2023
187Eritrea0.89 per 10k202315.16 per 10k20230.2 /10k2,0220.67 /10k2022
188Cameroon0.88 per 10k20246.59 per 10k20220.12 /10k2,0220.22 /10k2022
189Malawi0.84 per 10k20245.78 per 10k20240.07 /10k2,0240.08 /10k2024
190Burundi0.83 per 10k20247.94 per 10k2023—2,0240.09 /10k2022
191Chad0.8 per 10k20243.62 per 10k20240.01 /10k2,0240.08 /10k2024
192Somalia0.65 per 10k20243.16 per 10k20240.02 /10k2,0240.22 /10k2024
193Togo0.59 per 10k20244.08 per 10k20240.02 /10k2,0220.28 /10k2022
194Papua New Guinea0.46 per 10k20248.12 per 10k20240.06 /10k2,0240.08 /10k2024
195Niger0.38 per 10k20234.21 per 10k20230.01 /10k2,0220.02 /10k2023

What correlates with Medical Doctors?

Pearson r against 1,407 other country metrics sharing at least 117 countries. Ranks are read by standing: a better rank counts as higher, whether rank 1 is the best place on a list or the worst. Correlation is not causation.

Higher together

Places that have a higher Medical Doctors tend to score higher on these (or rank better)

  1. EPI Sanitation & Drinking WaterEnvironmental Performance Index by Country
    r = +0.86 · very strong · n = 175
    Plot
  2. EPI Safe Drinking Water ScoreWater Quality by Country
    r = +0.84 · very strong · n = 171
    Plot
  3. Median AgeMedian Age by Country
    r = +0.84 · very strong · n = 193
    Plot
  4. LP EducationLegatum Prosperity IndexA rank: rank 1 is the best
    r = −0.83 · very strong · n = 165
    Plot
  5. LP Living ConditionsLegatum Prosperity IndexA rank: rank 1 is the best
    r = −0.82 · very strong · n = 165
    Plot
  6. Average Age Upon Birth of First Child (CIA)Average Age of Having First Child by Country
    r = +0.82 · very strong · n = 119
    Plot

Opposite directions

Places that have a higher Medical Doctors tend to score lower on these (or rank worse)

  1. % of Pop. Living on Less Than $10 USD/DayPoverty Rate by Country
    r = −0.82 · very strong · n = 159
    Plot
  2. Gender Inequality Index ScoreGender Inequality Index by Country
    r = −0.80 · very strong · n = 165
    Plot
  3. % ChildrenChildren in the World by Country
    r = −0.79 · very strong · n = 187
    Plot
  4. Aged 0-14Age Structure by Country
    r = −0.78 · very strong · n = 194
    Plot
  5. Natural Population IncreaseNatural Population Increase by Country
    r = −0.77 · very strong · n = 186
    Plot
  6. Individuals Making Under $10kWealth Inequality by Country
    r = −0.76 · very strong · n = 168
    Plot

Quick answers

Which country has the highest Medical Doctors?
Monaco has the highest Medical Doctors, at 86.09 per 10k, followed by Cuba (85.05 per 10k) and Greece (67.12 per 10k).
Which country has the lowest Medical Doctors?
Niger has the lowest Medical Doctors, at 0.38 per 10k.
What is the median Medical Doctors across countries?
The median is 18.08 per 10k across the 195 countries with data.
Where does this doctors per capita by country data come from?
Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: World health statistics 2023: monitoring health for the SDGs, sustainable development goals - WHO (World Health Organization); Medical doctors (per 10 000 population) - WHO.