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China – Physicians 2021

Practicing physicians per 1,000 people. Includes generalists and specialist medical practitioners providing direct patient care. · World Bank
2.52 +0.13 from 2020 G20 rank: 62nd

China's physicians was 2.52 in 2021, increased +0.13 from 2.39 in 2020. This was the 62nd highest in the G20.

G20 Ranking – 2021
RankCountryValueYoY
1st Cuba 9.54 2.7%
2nd Greece 6.37 2.9%
3rd Portugal 5.71 2.4%
4th Austria 5.43 1.6%
5th Argentina 5.38 1.5%
6th Georgia 5.29 3.2%
7th Russian Federation 5.09 33.6%
8th Norway 4.77 1.8%
9th Andorra 4.76 3.7%
10th Belarus 4.69 1.8%
11th Uruguay 4.55 -9.2%
12th Germany 4.50 1.4%
13th Denmark 4.50 2.8%
14th Lithuania 4.49 0.1%
15th Spain 4.46 -2.0%
16th Switzerland 4.44 1.1%
17th Sweden 4.41 2.0%
18th Iceland 4.38 1.4%
19th Bulgaria 4.30 0.4%
20th Malta 4.29 3.1%
21st Czechia 4.25 2.2%
22nd Trinidad and Tobago 4.16 -3.3%
23rd Italy 4.06 2.4%
24th Moldova 4.04 0.0%
25th Ireland 4.03 16.5%
26th Australia 3.98 2.1%
27th Mongolia 3.88 2.8%
28th Netherlands 3.88 1.8%
29th Croatia 3.73 3.5%
30th Kazakhstan 3.71 1.3%
31st Slovak Republic 3.68 0.3%
32nd Israel 3.64 1.9%
33rd Seychelles 3.63 94.4%
34th Finland 3.61 0.0%
35th United States 3.58 1.6%
36th Belgium 3.54 0.9%
37th New Zealand 3.53 2.6%
38th Romania 3.49 5.4%
39th Estonia 3.43 -1.4%
40th Poland 3.42 3.4%
41st Latvia 3.36 0.5%
42nd Cyprus 3.36 4.9%
43rd Slovenia 3.34 1.0%
44th Hungary 3.30 5.1%
45th France 3.26 0.4%
46th Armenia 3.26 2.9%
47th Paraguay 3.25 150.9%
48th Saudi Arabia 3.20 4.0%
49th United Kingdom 3.16 4.4%
50th Azerbaijan 3.12 -0.1%
51st Serbia 3.03 5.4%
52nd Chile 2.98 6.5%
53rd El Salvador 2.94 -0.8%
54th Montenegro 2.88 1.7%
55th Barbados 2.87 9.7%
56th Palau 2.81 56.2%
57th Uzbekistan 2.81 21.4%
58th United Arab Emirates 2.79 -1.6%
59th Singapore 2.78 5.4%
60th Costa Rica 2.56 2.8%
61st Mexico 2.54 4.8%
62nd China 2.52 5.5%
63rd Korea 2.52 0.4%
64th Colombia 2.47 3.0%
65th Canada 2.44 1.2%
66th Malaysia 2.27 3.9%
67th Brazil 2.19 -6.8%
68th Türkiye 2.12 6.5%
69th Dominican Republic 2.03 4.2%
70th Oman 2.01 0.1%
71st Tajikistan 1.95 -2.3%
72nd Turkmenistan 1.92 -2.2%
73rd Brunei Darussalam 1.89 7.0%
74th Panama 1.74 6.6%
75th Peru 1.67 16.5%
76th Kyrgyz Republic 1.65 -2.4%
77th Syrian Arab Republic 1.52 1.4%
78th Suriname 1.47 86.3%
79th Tunisia 1.32 0.0%
80th Bolivia, Plurinational State of 1.28 33.6%
81st Pakistan 1.16 10.6%
82nd Sri Lanka 1.14 -2.0%
83rd Viet Nam 1.11 29.3%
84th Tonga 1.01 7.2%
85th Iraq 0.98 6.5%
86th Nepal 0.88 3.2%
87th Philippines 0.79 5.3%
88th South Africa 0.78 0.3%
89th Morocco 0.74 0.8%
90th Cabo Verde 0.73 1.0%
91st Indonesia 0.69 11.0%
92nd Bangladesh 0.68 2.4%
93rd Bhutan 0.56 15.4%
94th Samoa 0.56 -0.2%
95th Thailand 0.54 6.3%
96th Botswana 0.42 -2.5%
97th Namibia 0.42 10.5%
98th Nigeria 0.39 8.4%
99th Lao PDR 0.33 -8.7%
100th Zambia 0.30 16.6%
101st Guinea-Bissau 0.22 15.2%
102nd Mauritania 0.22 7.9%
103rd Benin 0.21 241.7%
104th Yemen, Republic of 0.17 -1.1%
105th Congo, Democratic Republic of 0.17 5.6%
106th Liberia 0.17 11.9%
107th Côte d'Ivoire 0.17 9.2%
108th Zimbabwe 0.14 6.3%
109th Ghana 0.13 -22.9%
110th Cameroon 0.13 28.6%
111th Rwanda 0.12 4.3%
112th Gambia, The 0.10 33.3%
113th Burkina Faso 0.10 5.2%
114th Senegal 0.10 20.7%
115th Kenya 0.10 32.4%
116th Eritrea 0.09 -3.4%
117th Mozambique 0.08 -2.4%
118th Burundi 0.08 10.1%
119th Papua New Guinea 0.06 5.0%
120th Togo 0.06 -27.8%
121st Chad 0.06 -3.4%
122nd Central African Republic 0.02 -68.1%