Physicians per 1,000 people — all countries

Physicians per 1,000 people — Burundi

Physicians per 1,000 people in Burundi in 2022 — 0.08 per 1,000. Ranked 121 in the world out of 125. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 680%.

2022 0.08 per 1,000 +2.63% vs 2021
World rank 121of 125
Period maximum 0.09 per 1,0002017
Period minimum 0.01 per 1,0001960

Trend over time

1960–2022 · per 1,000 people

Physicians per 1,000 people — Burundi, 1960–202200.030.050.080.119601967197419811988199520022009201620221960: 0.01 per 1,0001965: 0.02 per 1,0001970: 0.02 per 1,0001975: 0.01 per 1,0001984: 0.05 per 1,0001986: 0.06 per 1,0001990: 0.06 per 1,0001991: 0.06 per 1,0001993: 0.06 per 1,0001995: 0.06 per 1,0002000: 0.05 per 1,0002004: 0.03 per 1,0002010: 0.05 per 1,0002011: 0.04 per 1,0002012: 0.05 per 1,0002013: 0.05 per 1,0002014: 0.06 per 1,0002015: 0.05 per 1,0002017: 0.09 per 1,0002018: 0.09 per 1,0002020: 0.07 per 1,0002021: 0.08 per 1,0002022: 0.08 per 1,000
Change over the period: +0.07 (+680%) Average annual rate: 3.37 %

Comparison, 2022

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

Burundi 0.08 per 1,000
World 1.86 per 1,000
Sub-Saharan Africa 0.25 per 1,000
Eastern Africa computed 0.15 per 1,000
Low-income countries computed 0.14 per 1,000
Physicians per 1,000 people — Burundi, by year Burundi All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2022 0.08 +0 +2.63%
2021 0.08 +0.01 +10.14%
2020 0.07 — —
2018 0.09 +0 +0%
2017 0.09 — —
2015 0.05 −0.01 −17.86%
2014 0.06 +0 +5.66%
2013 0.05 +0 +8.16%
2012 0.05 +0.01 +32.43%
2011 0.04 −0.01 −17.78%
2010 0.05 — —
2004 0.03 — —
2000 0.05 — —
1995 0.06 — —
1993 0.06 — —
1991 0.06 +0 +1.72%
1990 0.06 — —
1986 0.06 — —
1984 0.05 — —
1975 0.01 — —
1970 0.02 — —
1965 0.02 — —
1960 0.01 — —

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.