Countries in Europe by doctors
Physicians — general practitioners and specialists — for every 1,000 people. 41 countries in Europe, highest first. World Bank, mostly 2022
Median country
4.03
half above, half below| # | Country | Per 1,000 people | Year | Region |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Monaco | 8.61 | 2020 | Western Europe |
| 2 |  Greece | 6.58 | 2022 | Southern Europe |
| 3 |  Portugal | 5.85 | 2022 | Southern Europe |
| 4 |  Austria | 5.52 | 2023 | Western Europe |
| 5 |  Russia | 5.11 | 2022 | Eastern Europe |
| 6 |  Andorra | 5.07 | 2023 | Southern Europe |
| 7 |  Norway | 4.97 | 2023 | Northern Europe |
| 8 |  Belarus | 4.72 | 2023 | Eastern Europe |
| 9 |  San Marino | 4.63 | 2023 | Southern Europe |
| 10 |  Germany | 4.53 | 2022 | Western Europe |
| 11 |  Malta | 4.51 | 2022 | Southern Europe |
| 12 |  Denmark | 4.50 | 2021 | Northern Europe |
| 13 |  Switzerland | 4.48 | 2022 | Western Europe |
| 14 |  Lithuania | 4.47 | 2022 | Northern Europe |
| 15 |  Sweden | 4.41 | 2021 | Northern Europe |
| 16 |  Iceland | 4.37 | 2023 | Northern Europe |
| 17 |  Czechia | 4.35 | 2022 | Eastern Europe |
| 18 |  Bulgaria | 4.33 | 2022 | Eastern Europe |
| 19 |  Spain | 4.29 | 2022 | Southern Europe |
| 20 |  Italy | 4.19 | 2022 | Southern Europe |
| 21 |  Poland | 4.03 | 2023 | Eastern Europe |
| 22 |  Moldova | 4.02 | 2023 | Eastern Europe |
| 23 |  Croatia | 3.91 | 2022 | Southern Europe |
| =24 |  Ireland | 3.88 | 2023 | Northern Europe |
| =24 |  Netherlands | 3.88 | 2022 | Western Europe |
| 26 |  Slovakia | 3.70 | 2022 | Eastern Europe |
| 27 |  Romania | 3.63 | 2022 | Eastern Europe |
| 28 |  Finland | 3.61 | 2021 | Northern Europe |
| 29 |  Belgium | 3.57 | 2022 | Western Europe |
| 30 |  Ukraine | 3.53 | 2023 | Eastern Europe |
| 31 |  Estonia | 3.47 | 2022 | Northern Europe |
| 32 |  Hungary | 3.46 | 2022 | Eastern Europe |
| 33 |  Latvia | 3.40 | 2022 | Northern Europe |
| 34 |  Slovenia | 3.37 | 2022 | Southern Europe |
| 35 |  United Kingdom | 3.30 | 2023 | Northern Europe |
| 36 |  France | 3.28 | 2022 | Western Europe |
| 37 |  Serbia | 3.10 | 2022 | Southern Europe |
| 38 |  North Macedonia | 2.94 | 2022 | Southern Europe |
| 39 |  Montenegro | 2.78 | 2023 | Southern Europe |
| 40 |  Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2.58 | 2019 | Southern Europe |
| 41 |  Albania | 1.88 | 2020 | Southern Europe |
No World Bank figure for 3 countries: Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Vatican City.
Questions
- Which country in Europe has the most doctors per person?
- Monaco has the most doctors per person in Europe: 8.61 doctors per 1,000 people (2020). Next come Greece (6.58 doctors per 1,000 people) and Portugal (5.85 doctors per 1,000 people).
- Which country in Europe has the fewest doctors per person?
- Albania, with 1.88 doctors per 1,000 people (2020).
- What is the typical doctors of a country in Europe?
- The median of the 41 countries in Europe is 4.03 doctors per 1,000 people: half are above it, half below. The median, not the average, because a few countries at the top would drag an average far above almost everyone.
- Where do the figures come from?
- Physicians — general practitioners and specialists — for every 1,000 people. Source: World Bank, mostly 2022. Only independent states are ranked; territories are listed separately. A country’s continent follows Natural Earth; the handful of island states it files under the open ocean are placed by their UN subregion.
Source: World Bank (CC BY 4.0). Figures more than 5 years older than the newest are left out rather than shown beside current ones. Countries sharing a value share a rank. All sources.