Canada: Doctors per 1,000 people
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| Canada |
Doctors per 1,000 people |
|---|---|
| Latest value | 2.77 |
| Year | 2021 |
| Measure | doctors per 1,000 people |
| Data availability | 2000 - 2021 |
| Average | 2.35 |
| Min - Max | 2.01 - 2.77 |
| Source | OECD |
For that indicator, we provide data for Canada from 2000 to 2021. The average value for Canada during that period was 2.35 doctors per 1,000 people with a minimum of 2.01 doctors per 1,000 people in 2000 and a maximum of 2.77 doctors per 1,000 people in 2021.
The latest value from 2021 is 2.77 doctors per 1,000 people. For comparison, the world average in 2021 based on 12
countries is 3.93 doctors per 1,000 people.
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Definition: The number of practicing physicians per 1,000 residents of the country.
| Related indicators | Latest value | Reference | Measure |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hospital beds | 96,849 | 2020 | hospital beds |
| Hospital beds per 1,000 people | 2.55 | 2020 | hospital beds |
| Nurse to hospital bed ratio | 2.52 | 2019 | nurse to bed ratio |
| Doctors per 1,000 people | 2.77 | 2021 | doctors per 1,000 people |
| Nurses per 1,000 people | 10.06 | 2020 | nurses per 1,000 people |
| Dentists per 1,000 people | 0.65 | 2020 | dentists per 1,000 people |
| Pharmacists per 1,000 people | 1.04 | 2020 | pharmacists per 1,000 people |
| Physiotherapists per 1,000 people | 0.67 | 2020 | physiotherapists per 1,000 people |
| Computed tomography scanners | 14.60 | 2019 | scanners per million people |
| Magnetic resonance imaging units | 10.05 | 2019 | MRI units per million people |
| Mammographs | 17.47 | 2021 | mammographs per million people |