Physicians per 1,000 people — all countries

Physicians per 1,000 people — Dominican Republic

Physicians per 1,000 people in the Dominican Republic in 2023 — 2.43 per 1,000. Ranked 23 in the world out of 58. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 1,905%.

2023 2.43 per 1,000 +8.59% vs 2022
World rank 23of 58
Period maximum 2.43 per 1,0002023
Period minimum 0.12 per 1,0001960

Trend over time

1960–2023 · per 1,000 people

Physicians per 1,000 people — Dominican Republic, 1960–2023012319601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 0.12 per 1,0001965: 0.59 per 1,0001975: 0.44 per 1,0001984: 0.56 per 1,0001988: 1.07 per 1,0001990: 1.49 per 1,0001993: 1.05 per 1,0001995: 1.5 per 1,0001997: 2.16 per 1,0002000: 1.83 per 1,0002008: 1.09 per 1,0002011: 1.51 per 1,0002018: 1.43 per 1,0002019: 1.43 per 1,0002020: 1.95 per 1,0002021: 2.03 per 1,0002022: 2.23 per 1,0002023: 2.43 per 1,000
Change over the period: +2.31 (+1,904.96%) Average annual rate: 4.87 %
Physicians per 1,000 people — Dominican Republic, by year Dominican Republic All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2023 2.43 +0.19 +8.59%
2022 2.23 +0.21 +10.1%
2021 2.03 +0.08 +4.16%
2020 1.95 +0.52 +36.13%
2019 1.43 +0.01 +0.35%
2018 1.43 — —
2011 1.51 — —
2008 1.09 — —
2000 1.83 — —
1997 2.16 — —
1995 1.5 — —
1993 1.05 — —
1990 1.49 — —
1988 1.07 — —
1984 0.56 — —
1975 0.44 — —
1965 0.59 — —
1960 0.12 — —

Caribbean, 2023

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

DO Dominican Republic 2.43 JM Jamaica 0.46

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.