Countries in Oceania by doctors
Physicians — general practitioners and specialists — for every 1,000 people. 9 countries in Oceania, highest first. World Bank, mostly 2023
Median country
0.97
half above, half below| # | Country | Per 1,000 people | Year | Region |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Australia | 4.09 | 2022 | Australia and New Zealand |
| 2 |  New Zealand | 3.61 | 2022 | Australia and New Zealand |
| 3 |  Palau | 1.81 | 2023 | Micronesia |
| 4 |  Tonga | 1.01 | 2021 | Polynesia |
| 5 |  Micronesia | 0.97 | 2020 | Micronesia |
| 6 |  Samoa | 0.56 | 2021 | Polynesia |
| 7 |  Solomon Islands | 0.24 | 2023 | Melanesia |
| 8 |  Vanuatu | 0.16 | 2019 | Melanesia |
| 9 |  Papua New Guinea | 0.06 | 2023 | Melanesia |
No World Bank figure for 4 countries: Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru.
Questions
- Which country in Oceania has the most doctors per person?
- Australia has the most doctors per person in Oceania: 4.09 doctors per 1,000 people (2022). Next come New Zealand (3.61 doctors per 1,000 people) and Palau (1.81 doctors per 1,000 people).
- Which country in Oceania has the fewest doctors per person?
- Papua New Guinea, with 0.06 doctors per 1,000 people (2023).
- What is the typical doctors of a country in Oceania?
- The median of the 9 countries in Oceania is 0.97 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 2023. 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.