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South Africa - Physicians 1996

Name: South Africa Physicians 1996
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Physicians per 1,000 people · World Bank

0.59 −0.03 from 1995 Global rank: 69th

South Africa's physicians was 0.59 in 1996. This was the 69th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 1996▾

Physicians by Country - 1996
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Cuba	5.49	5.4%
2nd	Russian Federation	4.52	2.5%
3rd	Greece	3.93	0.3%
4th	Italy	3.88	3.1%
5th	Azerbaijan	3.73	-1.5%
6th	Lithuania	3.72	0.9%
7th	Uruguay	3.70	4.0%
8th	Israel	3.69	-0.5%
9th	Belgium	3.61	1.8%
10th	Austria	3.59	2.2%
11th	Switzerland	3.58	13.3%
12th	Bulgaria	3.57	2.6%
13th	Kazakhstan	3.53	-1.8%
14th	Moldova	3.51	1.7%
15th	Hungary	3.40	1.3%
16th	France	3.28	0.6%
17th	Turkmenistan	3.22	1.6%
18th	Uzbekistan	3.14	-3.0%
19th	Kyrgyz Republic	3.13	2.6%
20th	Iceland	3.12	3.1%
21st	Estonia	3.11	-1.6%
22nd	Germany	3.09	1.5%
23rd	Georgia	3.09	-35.6%
24th	Belarus	3.08	2.2%
25th	Norway	3.05	3.2%
26th	Portugal	3.01	2.7%
27th	Ukraine	2.99	-32.1%
28th	Czechia	2.99	-0.4%
29th	Sweden	2.84	0.7%
30th	Latvia	2.83	0.2%
31st	Spain	2.72	-36.4%
32nd	Denmark	2.70	0.8%
33rd	Australia	2.39	-3.0%
34th	Poland	2.37	1.6%
35th	Luxembourg	2.32	3.4%
36th	Finland	2.26	3.1%
37th	North Macedonia	2.22	-1.9%
38th	Croatia	2.22	5.3%
39th	Slovenia	2.14	0.9%
40th	Canada	2.10	0.0%
41st	Ireland	2.10	0.0%
42nd	New Zealand	2.05	-0.1%
43rd	Tajikistan	1.97	-3.1%
44th	Cyprus	1.87	0.3%
45th	Japan	1.84	3.8%
46th	Romania	1.82	2.5%
47th	United Kingdom	1.79	2.3%
48th	Mexico	1.66	-0.2%
49th	Bahamas, The	1.52	1.9%
50th	Seychelles	1.32	28.9%
51st	Albania	1.32	1.2%
52nd	Ecuador	1.30	5.8%
53rd	Qatar	1.26	-16.0%
54th	Brazil	1.26	2.6%
55th	Philippines	1.23	1,038.9%
56th	Panama	1.21	3.4%
57th	China	1.20	0.6%
58th	Korea	1.17	4.7%
59th	Antigua and Barbuda	1.14	50.1%
60th	St. Kitts and Nevis	1.12	2.8%
61st	Türkiye	1.12	0.4%
62nd	Colombia	1.10	3.9%
63rd	Costa Rica	0.86	1.2%
64th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	0.85	167.3%
65th	Brunei Darussalam	0.85	13.7%
66th	Trinidad and Tobago	0.74	-19.4%
67th	Tunisia	0.67	2.2%
68th	Maldives	0.66	134.0%
69th	South Africa	0.59	-5.0%
70th	Belize	0.55	-8.7%
71st	Pakistan	0.54	3.5%
72nd	Dominica	0.49	4.9%
73rd	Malaysia	0.49	3.4%
74th	São Tomé and Principe	0.47	42.4%
75th	Marshall Islands	0.42	-
76th	Samoa	0.34	-5.8%
77th	Sri Lanka	0.29	24.3%
78th	Suriname	0.25	-66.4%
79th	Equatorial Guinea	0.25	18.3%
80th	Yemen, Republic of	0.23	-6.9%
81st	Cabo Verde	0.17	-26.9%
82nd	Guinea-Bissau	0.17	-6.2%
83rd	Eswatini	0.15	39.8%
84th	Djibouti	0.14	-26.7%
85th	Cambodia	0.12	9.5%
86th	Madagascar	0.11	-60.7%
87th	Senegal	0.09	24.0%
88th	Côte d'Ivoire	0.09	2.3%
89th	Sudan	0.09	-14.3%
90th	Cameroon	0.07	1.4%
91st	Sierra Leone	0.07	-2.7%
92nd	Congo, Democratic Republic of	0.07	4.5%
93rd	Mali	0.06	46.5%
94th	Ghana	0.06	44.2%
95th	Nepal	0.04	0.0%
96th	Burkina Faso	0.04	2.9%
97th	Eritrea	0.03	57.9%
98th	Niger	0.02	4.3%

FAQ

What was South Africa's physicians in 1996?▾

South Africa's physicians in 1996 was 0.59. This ranked 69th globally.

How did South Africa's physicians change in 1996?▾

South Africa's physicians decreased by 5.0% in 1996 compared to 1995.

Which country had the highest physicians in 1996?▾

Cuba had the highest physicians in 1996 at 5.49.

What is the physicians of South Africa in 1996?▾

The physicians of South Africa in 1996 was 0.59. This ranked 69th globally.

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