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Physicians in Africa

48 countries in Africa, 2022. Unit: per 1,000 people. World ranking →

First in the ranking

6.60 /1,000

Seychelles

Median country

0.18 /1,000

half above, half below

World total

1.86 /1,000

World Bank aggregate

Range

0.03 to 6.60

Niger - Seychelles

How to read it

Across 48 countries in Africa, the highest value is in Seychelles (6.60 /1,000) and the lowest in Niger (0.03 /1,000).

The median country is at 0.18 /1,000: half are above, half below.

Physicians include generalist and specialist medical practitioners.

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Source: Global Health Workforce Statistics, World Health Organization (WHO); Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD); Country data · via World Bank WDI (SH.MED.PHYS.ZS) · licence

Physicians over time

/1,000

Ranking of countries

2022

In chart
Seychelles in chart	1	Seychelles	6.60
Algeria in chart	2	Algeria	1.66
Mauritius in chart	3	Mauritius	1.44
South Africa in chart	4	South Africa	0.79
Cabo Verde in chart	5	Cabo Verde	0.72
Eswatini in chart	6	Eswatini	0.56
Namibia in chart	7	Namibia	0.55
Gabon in chart	8	Gabon	0.52
São Tomé and Principe in chart	9	São Tomé and Principe	0.46
Comoros in chart	10	Comoros	0.42
Botswana in chart	11	Botswana	0.41
Nigeria in chart	12	Nigeria	0.39
Zambia in chart	13	Zambia	0.32
Mauritania in chart	14	Mauritania	0.26
Guinea-Bissau in chart	15	Guinea-Bissau	0.25
Angola in chart	16	Angola	0.24
Kenya in chart	17	Kenya	0.24
Lesotho in chart	18	Lesotho	0.24
Djibouti in chart	19	Djibouti	0.21
Guinea in chart	20	Guinea	0.21
Democratic Republic of the Congo in chart	21	Democratic Republic of the Congo	0.21
Mali in chart	22	Mali	0.19
Uganda in chart	23	Uganda	0.19
Benin in chart	24	Benin	0.19
Liberia in chart	25	Liberia	0.18
Mozambique in chart	26	Mozambique	0.18
Republic of the Congo in chart	27	Republic of the Congo	0.17
Madagascar in chart	28	Madagascar	0.17
Côte d'Ivoire in chart	29	Côte d'Ivoire	0.16
Equatorial Guinea in chart	30	Equatorial Guinea	0.15
Burkina Faso in chart	31	Burkina Faso	0.15
Ghana in chart	32	Ghana	0.14
Cameroon in chart	33	Cameroon	0.14
Sierra Leone in chart	34	Sierra Leone	0.13
Tanzania in chart	35	Tanzania	0.13
Zimbabwe in chart	36	Zimbabwe	0.13
Senegal in chart	37	Senegal	0.12
Ethiopia in chart	38	Ethiopia	0.11
The Gambia in chart	39	The Gambia	0.10
Rwanda in chart	40	Rwanda	0.09
Eritrea in chart	41	Eritrea	0.09
Chad in chart	42	Chad	0.08
Togo in chart	43	Togo	0.08
Burundi in chart	44	Burundi	0.08
Malawi in chart	45	Malawi	0.05
South Sudan in chart	46	South Sudan	0.04
Central African Republic in chart	47	Central African Republic	0.03
Niger in chart	48	Niger	0.03

World Bank, WDI · SH.MED.PHYS.ZS · 2022 · CC BY 4.0 Source and licence

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