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How many practicing physicians are there per 1,000 inhabitants?

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Values among 41 countries

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Definition:	Practising Physicians per 1,000 Inhabitants
Year:	2021
Unit:	o/oo
Direction:	High values translate into high scores
Source 1:	Eurostat Online Database
Data for:	BGR, HRV, CYP, GRC, MLT, PRT, ROU, SVK, TUR
Exceptions:	BGR (2019), HRV (2019), CYP (2019), GRC (2019), MLT (2019), PRT (2019), ROU (2019), SVK (2019), TUR (2019)
Annotation:	Eurostat: Dataset: Physicians by sex and age [hlth_rs_phys] URL: https://ec.europa.eu/eurost… extracted July 4th, 2022 Eurostat: Dataset: Population on 1 January by broad age group and sex [demo_pjanbroad] URL: https://ec.europa.eu/eurosta… extracted June 21st, 2022
Source 2:	OECD Online Database
Data for:	AUS, AUT, BEL, CAN, CZE, DNK, EST, FIN, FRA, DEU, HUN, ISL, IRL, ISR, ITA, JPN, KOR, LVA, LTU, LUX, MEX, NLD, NZL, NOR, POL, SVN, ESP, SWE, CHE, GBR, USA
Exceptions:	AUS (2020), BEL (2020), CZE (2020), DNK (2019), EST (2020), FIN (2018), FRA (2020), ISL (2019), ISR (2020), JPN (2020), KOR (2020), LVA (2020), LTU (2020), LUX (2017), MEX (2020), NLD (2020), POL (2017), SVN (2020), ESP (2020), SWE (2019), USA (2019)
Annotation:	OECD: Dataset: Health Care Resources URL: https://stats.oecd.org/Index… extracted July 4th, 2022
Source 3:	World Bank, World Development Indicators
Data for:	CHL
Exceptions:	CHL (2018)
Annotation:	World Bank: Dataset: World Development Indicators, Physicians (per 1,000 people) [SH.MED.PHYS.ZS] URL: https://databank.worldbank.o… extracted July 4th, 2022

Calculation:	Long-term data series were used to set appropriate minimum and maximum values.
Maximum:	5.36
Minimum:	0.8
/	Above/Below IQR boundary value. See FAQ for further information.
Distance:	Distance=(value for calculation-minimum)/(maximum-minimum)
Score:	Score=1+relative distance*9
Annotat.:	Source 1: Indicator calculated by Margit Kraus (Calculus Consult)

Top group

Score

Physicians per 1000 Inhabitants

Greece

10.0

6.16

Austria

10.0

5.45

Portugal

9.9

5.33

Chile

9.6

5.18

Norway

9.6

5.18

Upper middle group

Spain

8.5

4.58

Germany

8.4

4.53

Lithuania

8.3

4.48

Switzerland

8.2

4.45

Cyprus

7.9

4.30

Sweden

7.9

4.29

Denmark

7.8

4.25

Bulgaria

7.8

4.22

Italy

7.6

4.13

Malta

7.5

4.11

Czechia

7.5

4.10

Ireland

7.4

4.05

Australia

7.1

3.90

Iceland

7.1

3.89

Netherlands

7.0

3.83

Slovakia

6.5

3.57

New Zealand

6.4

3.53

Croatia

6.3

3.51

Estonia

6.3

3.48

Finland

6.3

3.48

Latvia

6.0

3.34

Israel

6.0

3.31

Lower middle group

Slovenia

5.9

3.30

Hungary

5.9

3.28

Belgium

5.8

3.21

Romania

5.7

3.18

5.7

3.18

France

5.7

3.17

Luxembourg

5.3

2.98

Canada

4.9

2.77

USA

4.6

2.64

Japan

4.6

2.60

South Korea

4.4

2.51

Mexico

4.2

2.41

Poland

4.1

2.38

Turkey

3.3

1.96

Bottom group

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