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Mauritania – Physicians 2018

Practicing physicians per 1,000 people. Includes generalists and specialist medical practitioners providing direct patient care. · World Bank
0.20 +0.01 from 2017 G20 rank: 132nd

Mauritania's physicians was 0.20 in 2018, increased +0.01 from 0.19 in 2017. This was the 132nd highest in the G20.

G20 Ranking – 2018▾
RankCountryValueYoY
1st Cuba 8.51 3.9%
2nd Monaco 8.30 7.0%
3rd Georgia 7.51 15.9%
4th St. Lucia 6.37 2.0%
5th Greece 6.11 0.6%
6th Portugal 5.28 3.4%
7th Austria 5.24 1.1%
8th Argentina 5.17 1.4%
9th Lithuania 4.60 0.9%
10th Andorra 4.54 10.1%
11th Belarus 4.49 1.3%
12th Norway 4.47 2.8%
13th Switzerland 4.34 1.0%
14th Sweden 4.32 1.2%
15th Germany 4.29 1.4%
16th Bulgaria 4.22 0.8%
17th Denmark 4.20 2.1%
18th Russian Federation 4.10 1.0%
19th Czechia 4.07 0.0%
20th Spain 4.00 3.7%
21st Italy 3.99 -0.3%
22nd Malta 3.97 0.2%
23rd Trinidad and Tobago 3.94 22.3%
24th Iceland 3.89 0.5%
25th Australia 3.73 1.9%
26th Netherlands 3.63 1.9%
27th Kazakhstan 3.53 -1.9%
28th Mongolia 3.53 3.5%
29th Slovak Republic 3.52 2.9%
30th Croatia 3.50 2.7%
31st Estonia 3.48 0.4%
32nd Israel 3.48 1.4%
33rd Finland 3.46 0.8%
34th Hungary 3.38 1.7%
35th Belgium 3.36 1.9%
36th North Macedonia 3.32 3.5%
37th New Zealand 3.31 1.8%
38th Latvia 3.30 3.1%
39th Ireland 3.28 0.6%
40th Azerbaijan 3.24 1.2%
41st France 3.21 -0.1%
42nd Moldova 3.20 -2.5%
43rd Slovenia 3.19 2.5%
44th St. Kitts and Nevis 3.09 6.1%
45th Romania 3.03 4.0%
46th Serbia 2.97 1.0%
47th El Salvador 2.96 89.2%
48th Saudi Arabia 2.90 8.3%
49th Armenia 2.89 -0.3%
50th United Kingdom 2.83 0.9%
51st Montenegro 2.81 5.0%
52nd Cyprus 2.79 5.2%
53rd United Arab Emirates 2.61 4.1%
54th Chile 2.57 5.7%
55th United States 2.55 -6.0%
56th Qatar 2.50 -9.0%
57th Japan 2.49 2.6%
58th Bosnia and Herzegovina 2.46 13.6%
59th Mexico 2.46 2.0%
60th Singapore 2.44 2.3%
61st Lebanon 2.41 7.6%
62nd Canada 2.41 -7.6%
63rd Korea 2.39 1.8%
64th Ecuador 2.34 5.2%
65th Poland 2.34 -0.8%
66th Uzbekistan 2.33 2.6%
67th Costa Rica 2.25 7.2%
68th Colombia 2.24 3.7%
69th West Bank and Gaza 2.17 22.2%
70th China 2.12 5.9%
71st Oman 2.10 4.5%
72nd Seychelles 2.09 12.9%
73rd Kuwait 2.03 -3.6%
74th Turkmenistan 1.97 0.1%
75th Tajikistan 1.93 8.3%
76th Maldives 1.86 -1.7%
77th Mauritius 1.86 -18.1%
78th Malaysia 1.86 4.0%
79th Türkiye 1.81 0.5%
80th Guyana 1.79 160.6%
81st Kyrgyz Republic 1.79 -2.6%
82nd Brunei Darussalam 1.76 11.7%
83rd Algeria 1.71 -6.1%
84th Panama 1.61 1.3%
85th Palau 1.57 -17.6%
86th Iran, Islamic Republic of 1.51 40.5%
87th Syrian Arab Republic 1.50 2.2%
88th Paraguay 1.47 5.4%
89th Dominican Republic 1.43 -5.4%
90th Grenada 1.38 2.3%
91st Peru 1.37 5.0%
92nd Dominica 1.16 -0.9%
93rd Belize 1.09 -4.0%
94th Sri Lanka 0.96 8.0%
95th Pakistan 0.92 -1.6%
96th Viet Nam 0.88 6.8%
97th India 0.84 9.7%
98th Suriname 0.79 -30.9%
99th Nepal 0.75 10.0%
100th South Africa 0.74 -4.3%
101st Bahrain 0.73 -4.1%
102nd Timor-Leste 0.72 -3.6%
103rd Egypt, Arab Republic of 0.72 -3.6%
104th Cabo Verde 0.71 7.9%
105th Myanmar 0.70 -21.7%
106th Philippines 0.70 5.3%
107th Nicaragua 0.68 -31.8%
108th Iraq 0.68 -15.5%
109th Gabon 0.62 -5.4%
110th Bangladesh 0.57 7.1%
111th Jamaica 0.55 16.3%
112th Thailand 0.52 -34.3%
113th Lesotho 0.46 562.3%
114th Bhutan 0.42 35.8%
115th Indonesia 0.42 12.9%
116th Botswana 0.40 8.4%
117th Nigeria 0.36 -15.0%
118th Guatemala 0.36 26.9%
119th Lao PDR 0.36 -18.0%
120th Côte d'Ivoire 0.35 64.0%
121st Namibia 0.34 -40.9%
122nd Afghanistan 0.30 23.7%
123rd Guinea-Bissau 0.30 201.0%
124th Comoros 0.29 -2.1%
125th Haiti 0.24 173.6%
126th Eswatini 0.24 32.2%
127th Zambia 0.22 148.9%
128th Guinea 0.22 170.4%
129th Angola 0.21 -0.5%
130th Cambodia 0.21 8.2%
131st Zimbabwe 0.20 12.3%
132nd Mauritania 0.20 4.3%
133rd Madagascar 0.20 12.7%
134th Kenya 0.16 -19.6%
135th Malawi 0.15 383.9%
136th Ghana 0.14 61.8%
137th Liberia 0.14 174.5%
138th Vanuatu 0.14 -18.9%
139th Rwanda 0.13 -2.2%
140th Cameroon 0.13 44.0%
141st Gambia, The 0.12 25.3%
142nd Mali 0.12 6.2%
143rd Congo, Republic of 0.10 -2.9%
144th Burundi 0.09 0.0%
145th Eritrea 0.09 23.9%
146th Mozambique 0.09 10.4%
147th Burkina Faso 0.08 0.0%
148th Sierra Leone 0.08 188.5%
149th Togo 0.07 2.8%
150th Benin 0.07 62.2%
151st Central African Republic 0.07 -1.4%
152nd Papua New Guinea 0.06 30.6%
153rd Chad 0.05 19.0%
154th Tanzania 0.05 -16.7%
155th South Sudan 0.04 –
156th Niger 0.04 68.2%
Source: World Bank (SH.MED.PHYS.ZS)
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