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India – Physicians 2015

Practicing physicians per 1,000 people. Includes generalists and specialist medical practitioners providing direct patient care. · World Bank
0.72 +0.01 from 2014 G20 rank: 90th

India's physicians was 0.72 in 2015, increased +0.01 from 0.72 in 2014. This was the 90th highest in the G20.

G20 Ranking – 2015
RankCountryValueYoY
1st Cuba 7.80 2.9%
2nd Greece 5.90 0.6%
3rd Georgia 5.31 4.6%
4th Austria 5.12 0.9%
5th Argentina 4.98 1.1%
6th Portugal 4.75 4.1%
7th Lithuania 4.34 0.7%
8th Belarus 4.26 4.2%
9th Switzerland 4.20 1.7%
10th Sweden 4.17 1.6%
11th Germany 4.12 0.8%
12th Norway 4.09 -7.6%
13th Bulgaria 4.04 1.6%
14th Czechia 3.95 0.4%
15th Denmark 3.93 1.4%
16th Russian Federation 3.93 -4.7%
17th Italy 3.85 -1.0%
18th Spain 3.83 1.2%
19th Iceland 3.77 3.6%
20th Andorra 3.75 13.9%
21st Kazakhstan 3.73 -3.6%
22nd Malta 3.68 2.0%
23rd Australia 3.49 1.6%
24th Netherlands 3.46 1.9%
25th Slovak Republic 3.45 0.7%
26th Israel 3.43 -0.3%
27th Finland 3.42 -0.8%
28th Estonia 3.42 1.7%
29th Azerbaijan 3.33 -2.1%
30th Mongolia 3.24 1.6%
31st Belgium 3.22 1.9%
32nd Croatia 3.21 1.8%
33rd Latvia 3.20 -0.6%
34th France 3.18 0.5%
35th Moldova 3.16 2.2%
36th Ireland 3.12 3.6%
37th Hungary 3.10 -6.8%
38th Serbia 3.04 0.4%
39th New Zealand 3.03 4.9%
40th North Macedonia 3.02 -0.1%
41st Armenia 2.92 1.2%
42nd St. Kitts and Nevis 2.91 171.9%
43rd Luxembourg 2.91 0.9%
44th Slovenia 2.83 2.0%
45th United Kingdom 2.77 1.1%
46th Romania 2.76 2.5%
47th Jordan 2.73 21.9%
48th Kuwait 2.65 -0.9%
49th Trinidad and Tobago 2.54 45.8%
50th Canada 2.54 1.7%
51st Cyprus 2.50 4.3%
52nd Saudi Arabia 2.44 3.1%
53rd Montenegro 2.37 9.3%
54th Uzbekistan 2.36 -1.1%
55th United Arab Emirates 2.36 5.8%
56th Mexico 2.34 4.6%
57th Poland 2.31 0.8%
58th Singapore 2.26 4.9%
59th Korea 2.24 1.4%
60th Chile 2.14 6.1%
61st Oman 2.13 -1.5%
62nd Lebanon 2.12 3.8%
63rd Bosnia and Herzegovina 2.11 1.2%
64th Colombia 2.02 3.2%
65th Turkmenistan 1.97 -1.4%
66th Mauritius 1.97 4.9%
67th Libya 1.86 -8.6%
68th Kyrgyz Republic 1.85 0.5%
69th Costa Rica 1.81 -32.1%
70th Ecuador 1.81 7.2%
71st China 1.80 5.0%
72nd Türkiye 1.77 1.6%
73rd Brunei Darussalam 1.75 17.8%
74th Tajikistan 1.75 1.2%
75th Panama 1.58 -0.6%
76th Malaysia 1.49 0.3%
77th Tunisia 1.29 2.6%
78th Nauru 1.27 -8.2%
79th Iran, Islamic Republic of 1.10 -23.4%
80th Suriname 1.01 48.2%
81st Nicaragua 0.94 4.0%
82nd Bahrain 0.93 -4.8%
83rd Pakistan 0.85 3.9%
84th Sri Lanka 0.83 2.9%
85th Fiji 0.81 5.6%
86th Viet Nam 0.80 1.5%
87th Egypt, Arab Republic of 0.76 4.5%
88th South Africa 0.76 3.1%
89th Cabo Verde 0.74 61.2%
90th India 0.72 1.1%
91st Iraq 0.72 -12.8%
92nd Timor-Leste 0.69 1.8%
93rd Philippines 0.61 3.4%
94th Bangladesh 0.48 -0.4%
95th Thailand 0.45 18.3%
96th Jamaica 0.43 9.5%
97th Lao PDR 0.40 6.1%
98th Sudan 0.40 23.0%
99th Bhutan 0.34 1.8%
100th São Tomé and Principe 0.32 -38.7%
101st Afghanistan 0.29 -4.6%
102nd Indonesia 0.27 37.1%
103rd Senegal 0.21 -34.8%
104th Guinea-Bissau 0.20 219.4%
105th Mauritania 0.18 8.0%
106th Zimbabwe 0.17 46.2%
107th Cambodia 0.15 -10.2%
108th Ghana 0.11 5.6%
109th Rwanda 0.11 23.6%
110th Uganda 0.10 -1.0%
111th Gambia, The 0.10 0.0%
112th Mali 0.09 -3.1%
113th Haiti 0.09 -62.8%
114th Guinea 0.08 -48.4%
115th Central African Republic 0.07 55.6%
116th Eritrea 0.07 3.0%
117th Burkina Faso 0.06 34.0%
118th Chad 0.05 11.6%
119th Togo 0.05 -7.1%
120th Burundi 0.05 -17.9%
121st Liberia 0.04 63.6%
122nd Niger 0.03 18.5%