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2007/2008 Human Development Report

06Commitment to health: resources, access and services
Physicians (per 100,000 people) Excel Export results to Excel

HDI Rank Country 2000-04 1
1 Iceland 362 2
2 Norway 313 2
3 Australia 247 2
4 Canada 214 2
5 Ireland 279 2
6 Sweden 328 2
7 Switzerland 361 2
8 Japan 198 2
9 Netherlands 315 2
10 France 337 2
11 Finland 316 2
12 United States 256 2
13 Spain 330 2
14 Denmark 293 2
15 Austria 338 2
16 United Kingdom 230 3
17 Belgium 449 2
18 Luxembourg 266 2
19 New Zealand 237 2
20 Italy 420 2
21 Hong Kong, China (SAR) .. 2
22 Germany 337 2
23 Israel 382 2
24 Greece 438 2
25 Singapore 140 2
26 Korea (Republic of) 157 2
27 Slovenia 225 2
28 Cyprus 234 2
29 Portugal 342 2
30 Brunei Darussalam 101 2
31 Barbados 121 3
32 Czech Republic 351 2
33 Kuwait 153 2
34 Malta 318 2
35 Qatar 222 2
36 Hungary 333 2
37 Poland 247 2
38 Argentina 301 3
39 United Arab Emirates 202 2
40 Chile 109 2
41 Bahrain 109 2
42 Slovakia 318 2
43 Lithuania 397 2
44 Estonia 448 2
45 Latvia 301 2
46 Uruguay 365 2
47 Croatia 244 2
48 Costa Rica 132 2
49 Bahamas 105 3
50 Seychelles 151 2
51 Cuba 591 2
52 Mexico 198 2
53 Bulgaria 356 2
54 Saint Kitts and Nevis 119 3
55 Tonga 34 2
56 Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 129 3
57 Antigua and Barbuda 17 3
58 Oman 132 2
59 Trinidad and Tobago 79 3
60 Romania 190 2
61 Saudi Arabia 137 2
62 Panama 150 2
63 Malaysia 70 2
64 Belarus 455 2
65 Mauritius 106 2
66 Bosnia and Herzegovina 134 2
67 Russian Federation 425 2
68 Albania 131 2
69 Macedonia (TFYR) 219 2
70 Brazil 115 2
71 Dominica 50 3
72 Saint Lucia 517 3
73 Kazakhstan 354 2
74 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 194 2
75 Colombia 135 2
76 Ukraine 295 2
77 Samoa 70 3
78 Thailand 37 2
79 Dominican Republic 188 2
80 Belize 105 2
81 China 106 2
82 Grenada 50 3
83 Armenia 359 2
84 Turkey 135 2
85 Suriname 45 2
86 Jordan 203 2
87 Peru 117 3
88 Lebanon 325 2
89 Ecuador 148 2
90 Philippines 58 2
91 Tunisia 134 2
92 Fiji 34 3
93 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 87 3
94 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 87 2
95 Paraguay 111 2
96 Georgia 409 2
97 Guyana 48 2
98 Azerbaijan 355 2
99 Sri Lanka 55 2
100 Maldives 92 2
101 Jamaica 85 2
102 Cape Verde 49 2
103 El Salvador 124 2
104 Algeria 113 2
105 Viet Nam 53 2
106 Occupied Palestinian Territories .. 2
107 Indonesia 13 2
108 Syrian Arab Republic 140 2
109 Turkmenistan 418 2
110 Nicaragua 37 2
111 Moldova 264 2
112 Egypt 54 2
113 Uzbekistan 274 2
114 Mongolia 263 2
115 Honduras 57 2
116 Kyrgyzstan 251 2
117 Bolivia 122 2
118 Guatemala 90 3
119 Gabon 29 2
120 Vanuatu 11 3
121 South Africa 77 2
122 Tajikistan 203 2
123 Sao Tome and Principe 49 2
124 Botswana 40 2
125 Namibia 30 2
126 Morocco 51 2
127 Equatorial Guinea 30 2
128 India 60 2
129 Solomon Islands 13 3
130 Lao People's Democratic Republic .. 2
131 Cambodia 16 2
132 Myanmar 36 2
133 Bhutan 5 2
134 Comoros 15 2
135 Ghana 15 2
136 Pakistan 74 2
137 Mauritania 11 2
138 Lesotho 5 2
139 Congo 20 2
140 Bangladesh 26 2
141 Swaziland 16 2
142 Nepal 21 2
143 Madagascar 29 2
144 Cameroon 19 2
145 Papua New Guinea 5 2
146 Haiti 25 3
147 Sudan 22 2
148 Kenya 14 2
149 Djibouti 18 2
150 Timor-Leste 10 2
151 Zimbabwe 16 2
152 Togo 4 2
153 Yemen 33 2
154 Uganda 8 2
155 Gambia 11 2
156 Senegal 6 2
157 Eritrea 5 2
158 Nigeria 28 2
159 Tanzania (United Republic of) 2 2
160 Guinea 11 2
161 Rwanda 5 2
162 Angola 8 2
163 Benin 4 2
164 Malawi 2 2
165 Zambia 12 2
166 Côte d'Ivoire 12 2
167 Burundi 3 2
168 Congo (Democratic Republic of the) 11 2
169 Ethiopia 3 2
170 Chad 4 2
171 Central African Republic 8 2
172 Mozambique 3 2
173 Mali 8 2
174 Niger 2 2
175 Guinea-Bissau 12 2
176 Burkina Faso 5 2
177 Sierra Leone 3 2

Notes :
1 - Data refer to the most recent year available during the period specified.
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3 - Data refer to a year between 1997 and 1999.

Sources :
calculated on the basis of data on physicians per 1,000 population from WHO (World Health Organization). 2007a. Core Health Indicators 2007 Database. Geneva. [http://www.who.int/whosis/database/]. Accessed July 2007..
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