Physicians per 1,000 people — all countries

Physicians per 1,000 people — Grenada

Physicians per 1,000 people in Grenada in 2018 — 1.38 per 1,000. Ranked 90 in the world out of 157. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 523%.

2018 1.38 per 1,000 +2.29% vs 2017
World rank 90of 157
Period maximum 1.38 per 1,0002018
Period minimum 0.22 per 1,0001960

Trend over time

1960–2018 · per 1,000 people

Physicians per 1,000 people — Grenada, 1960–201800.511.5196019661972197819841990199620022008201420181960: 0.22 per 1,0001970: 0.35 per 1,0001984: 0.49 per 1,0001988: 0.55 per 1,0001990: 0.5 per 1,0001993: 0.58 per 1,0001995: 0.65 per 1,0001997: 0.39 per 1,0001999: 0.55 per 1,0002000: 0.54 per 1,0002001: 0.54 per 1,0002002: 0.54 per 1,0002003: 0.53 per 1,0002006: 0.63 per 1,0002017: 1.35 per 1,0002018: 1.38 per 1,000
Change over the period: +1.16 (+522.97%) Average annual rate: 3.2 %

Comparison, 2018

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

Grenada 1.38 per 1,000
World computed 1.59 per 1,000
Upper-middle-income countries computed 1.92 per 1,000
Physicians per 1,000 people — Grenada, by year Grenada All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2018 1.38 +0.03 +2.29%
2017 1.35 — —
2006 0.63 — —
2003 0.53 −0 −0.37%
2002 0.54 −0 −0.37%
2001 0.54 −0 −0.56%
2000 0.54 −0.01 −2.35%
1999 0.55 — —
1997 0.39 — —
1995 0.65 — —
1993 0.58 — —
1990 0.5 — —
1988 0.55 — —
1984 0.49 — —
1970 0.35 — —
1960 0.22 — —

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.