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Health1960–2023per 1,000 population

Physicians

Practising physicians per 1,000 population from the World Bank and WHO. Reflects medical staff availability rather than hospital beds Hospital beds.

4/1,000Poland · 2023

World Bank Open DataPublished by source: 2026-07-13
Saved data version: retrieved 2026-09-15, ID 95451ad33249Warehouse version at build: v45
Data coverage
  • Poland: 1960–2023; observations: 62; missing years: 2 (1988, 1989)

Missing years are counted between the first and last observations. A missing value is not zero.

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62 rows for Poland

Time range:
1.02.03.04.05.019601970198019902000201020204.0
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Poland

Period statistics

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Poland

1.0→4.0

Total change
+3.0 per 1,000 population
Period
1960–2023

Poland: 1.0 (1960) → 4.0 (2023). Difference: +3.0 per 1,000 population. Peak value of 4.0 in 2023; lowest value of 1.0 in 1960.

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Physicians — Poland
YearCountryValue
2023Poland4/1,000
2022Poland3.4/1,000
2021Poland3.4/1,000
2020Poland3.3/1,000
2019Poland3.3/1,000
2018Poland2.3/1,000
2017Poland2.4/1,000
2016Poland2.4/1,000
2015Poland2.3/1,000
2014Poland2.3/1,000
2013Poland2.2/1,000
2012Poland2.2/1,000
2011Poland2.2/1,000
2010Poland2.2/1,000
2009Poland2.2/1,000
2008Poland2.2/1,000
2007Poland2.2/1,000
2006Poland2.2/1,000
2005Poland2.1/1,000
2004Poland2.3/1,000
Source
World Bank Open Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0
Published by source
2026-07-13
Retrieved
2026-09-15
Indicator code in source
SH.MED.PHYS.ZS
Unit of measure
per 1,000 population
Data version
v45

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Longseries, “Physicians”. World Bank Open Data (SH.MED.PHYS.ZS), 1960–2023, Brazil, China, Czechia, Germany, Spain, France, United Kingdom, India, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Poland, Sweden, United States, World. Retrieved 2026-09-15. CC BY 4.0. Data version v45. Data SHA-256: 95451ad33249238d5f0e193eac673e33aaf2ad9e24e6e17117f4f1d9f05ce1ff. https://longseries.com/en/d/physicians/

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Latest values

Extremes among countries with the same observation year: for 2022: highest — Germany; lowest — Japan

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15 places — sorted by value, highest first
Country
Highest value in the comparable yearGermany20224.5/1,0004.5/1,000
Sweden20214.4/1,0004.4/1,000
Czechia20224.4/1,0004.4/1,000
Spain20224.3/1,0004.3/1,000
Italy20224.2/1,0004.2/1,000
Poland20234/1,0004/1,000
Netherlands20223.9/1,0003.9/1,000
United States20223.7/1,0003.7/1,000
Remaining locations (7)

    About this series

    Physicians per 1,000 people. WHO via the World Bank.

    Indicator definition

    Physicians per 1,000 people from the World Bank. See also: Hospital beds.

    How to read the data

    Beds and doctors are two stocks. Pair: Hospital beds. Do not average.

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