Countries with the Most Doctors per Person 2022
About This Dataset
Countries with the Most Doctors per Person 2022
Countries ranked by physicians (per 1,000 people) in 2022, using World Bank figures for the 79 countries that reported that year. Seychelles leads on 6.60, ahead of Greece (6.58) and Portugal (5.85). Practising physicians per 1,000 people, including generalists and specialists. Doctors registered but not practising are counted in some national statistics, so figures are not exactly comparable.
Analysis
Seychelles (6.60), Greece (6.58) and Portugal (5.85) take the top three. Across the twenty shown, values run from 6.60 down to 3.68, a spread of 2.92. Only 0.02 separates Seychelles from Greece in second, 0.3% of the leading figure. The chart shows the twenty highest of 79 reporting countries, so it describes the top of the distribution rather than the world average.
Source:
World Bank
Key Findings
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Seychelles leads in Physicians (per 1,000 People) with 6.60 in 2022.
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Average Physicians (per 1,000 People) in 2022: 5 · median: 4.
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Gap in 2022: Seychelles is 1.8× larger than United States.
Data Insights
Numbers, trends & sources behind this chart
Methodology & source
- Data source
- World Bank
- Coverage
- 20 entities · 2022 · 20 observations
- Measure
- Physicians (per 1,000 People)
- Last updated
- 6 September 2026
- Compiled by
- The ANYSTAT team, from the source above
How the figures are calculated
- Values are shown as reported by the source. Nothing is rescaled, rebased or converted — the only changes are thousand separators and decimals shown to two places.
- Entities are ranked highest-first on their value in 2022.
Data Sources & References
All external sources cited in this dataset
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