Physicians per 1,000 people — all countries

Physicians per 1,000 people — Algeria

Physicians per 1,000 people in Algeria in 2022 — 1.66 per 1,000. Ranked 68 in the world out of 125. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 859.5%.

2022 1.66 per 1,000 +70.61% vs 2019
World rank 68of 125
Period maximum 1.82 per 1,0002016
Period minimum 0.12 per 1,0001965

Trend over time

1960–2022 · per 1,000 people

Physicians per 1,000 people — Algeria, 1960–202200.511.5219601967197419811988199520022009201620221960: 0.17 per 1,0001965: 0.12 per 1,0001970: 0.12 per 1,0001979: 0.38 per 1,0001984: 0.43 per 1,0001988: 0.43 per 1,0001990: 0.94 per 1,0001993: 0.82 per 1,0001995: 0.85 per 1,0001998: 1 per 1,0002002: 1.11 per 1,0002005: 1.03 per 1,0002007: 1.2 per 1,0002016: 1.82 per 1,0002018: 1.71 per 1,0002019: 0.97 per 1,0002022: 1.66 per 1,000
Change over the period: +1.49 (+859.54%) Average annual rate: 3.71 %

Comparison, 2022

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Algeria

Algeria 1.66 per 1,000
World 1.86 per 1,000
Physicians per 1,000 people — Algeria, by year Algeria All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2022 1.66 — —
2019 0.97 −0.74 −43.03%
2018 1.71 — —
2016 1.82 — —
2007 1.2 — —
2005 1.03 — —
2002 1.11 — —
1998 1 — —
1995 0.85 — —
1993 0.82 — —
1990 0.94 — —
1988 0.43 — —
1984 0.43 — —
1979 0.38 — —
1970 0.12 — —
1965 0.12 — —
1960 0.17 — —

About the indicator

The number of practicing physicians (general practitioners and specialists alike) per 1,000 people. WHO treats a level below 2.3 health workers per 1,000 people as the critical threshold of health workforce provision — below it, basic coverage of health services cannot be secured.

Important: The data are not collected every year; countries differ in whether they count only practicing physicians or all licensed ones.

Source: Global Health Observatory (WHO), license CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO.