Physicians per 1,000 people — all countries

Physicians per 1,000 people — Liberia

Physicians per 1,000 people in Liberia in 2022 — 0.18 per 1,000. Ranked 101 in the world out of 125. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 131.2%.

2022 0.18 per 1,000 +5.33% vs 2021
World rank 101of 125
Period maximum 0.18 per 1,0002022
Period minimum 0.01 per 1,0002008

Trend over time

1960–2022 · per 1,000 people

Physicians per 1,000 people — Liberia, 1960–202200.050.10.150.219601967197419811988199520022009201620221960: 0.08 per 1,0001965: 0.08 per 1,0001970: 0.08 per 1,0001975: 0.08 per 1,0001981: 0.11 per 1,0001983: 0.11 per 1,0001997: 0.02 per 1,0002004: 0.03 per 1,0002008: 0.01 per 1,0002009: 0.02 per 1,0002010: 0.02 per 1,0002015: 0.04 per 1,0002016: 0.05 per 1,0002017: 0.05 per 1,0002018: 0.14 per 1,0002019: 0.15 per 1,0002020: 0.15 per 1,0002021: 0.17 per 1,0002022: 0.18 per 1,000
Change over the period: +0.1 (+131.17%) Average annual rate: 1.36 %

Comparison, 2022

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

Liberia 0.18 per 1,000
World 1.86 per 1,000
Sub-Saharan Africa 0.25 per 1,000
Western Africa computed 0.27 per 1,000
Low-income countries computed 0.14 per 1,000
Physicians per 1,000 people — Liberia, by year Liberia All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2022 0.18 +0.01 +5.33%
2021 0.17 +0.02 +11.92%
2020 0.15 +0.01 +4.14%
2019 0.15 +0 +3.57%
2018 0.14 +0.09 +174.51%
2017 0.05 +0 +4.08%
2016 0.05 +0.01 +36.11%
2015 0.04 — —
2010 0.02 −0 −4.35%
2009 0.02 +0.01 +76.92%
2008 0.01 — —
2004 0.03 — —
1997 0.02 — —
1983 0.11 — —
1981 0.11 — —
1975 0.08 — —
1970 0.08 — —
1965 0.08 — —
1960 0.08 — —

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.