Physicians (medical doctors, including generalist and specialist medical practitioners) are a very important part of any society. No matter who you are and what you do, you will need doctors in your life. The healthcare system of a country is often times very telling of that country’s overall development and the efficiency of the allocation of resources, since this is one of the most important systems in any country.
A vacation is not a time we like to worry about things, but emergencies can happen at any time, and medical care might be necessary even on your holiday trip. In cases like this, it is very much preferable to be in a country with many available resources, including clinics, hospitals and competent medical personnel.
| Rank | Country | Physicians Density | |
| 1 | Cuba | 8.3 physicians / 1000 people | 2017 |
| 2 | Monaco | 7.51 physicians / 1000 people | 2014 |
| 3 | Georgia | 6.13 physicians / 1000 people | 2017 |
| 4 | San Marino | 6.11 physicians / 1000 people | 2014 |
| 5 | Greece | 5.48 physicians / 1000 people | 2017 |
| 6 | Belarus | 5.19 physicians / 1000 people | 2015 |
| 7 | Austria | 5.17 physicians / 1000 people | 2017 |
| 8 | Portugal | 5.12 physicians / 1000 people | 2017 |
| 9 | Uruguay | 5.08 physicians / 1000 people | 2017 |
| 10 | Lithuania | 4.83 physicians / 1000 people | 2017 |
| 11 | Armenia | 4.4 physicians / 1000 people | 2017 |
| 12 | Switzerland | 4.3 physicians / 1000 people | 2017 |
| 13 | Germany | 4.25 physicians / 1000 people | 2017 |
| 14 | Czechia | 4.07 physicians / 1000 people | 2017 |
| 15 | Bulgaria | 4.03 physicians / 1000 people | 2015 |
| 16 | Denmark | 4.01 physicians / 1000 people | 2016 |
| 17 | Russia | 4.01 physicians / 1000 people | 2016 |
| 18 | Argentina | 3.99 physicians / 1000 people | 2017 |
| 19 | Iceland | 3.98 physicians / 1000 people | 2017 |
| 20 | Italy | 3.98 physicians / 1000 people | 2017 |
| 21 | Kazakhstan | 3.98 physicians / 1000 people | 2014 |
| 22 | Sweden | 3.98 physicians / 1000 people | 2016 |
| 23 | Spain | 3.87 physicians / 1000 people | 2017 |
| 24 | Finland | 3.81 physicians / 1000 people | 2016 |
| 25 | Maldives | 3.72 physicians / 1000 people | 2017 |
| 26 | Australia | 3.68 physicians / 1000 people | 2017 |
| 27 | North Korea | 3.68 physicians / 1000 people | 2017 |
| 28 | Netherlands | 3.61 physicians / 1000 people | 2017 |
| 29 | Israel | 3.48 physicians / 1000 people | 2017 |
| 30 | New Zealand | 3.47 physicians / 1000 people | 2017 |
| 31 | Estonia | 3.46 physicians / 1000 people | 2017 |
| 32 | Azerbaijan | 3.45 physicians / 1000 people | 2014 |
| 33 | Slovakia | 3.42 physicians / 1000 people | 2017 |
| 34 | Trinidad and Tobago | 3.36 physicians / 1000 people | 2017 |
| 35 | Hungary | 3.34 physicians / 1000 people | 2017 |
| 36 | Andorra | 3.33 physicians / 1000 people | 2015 |
| 37 | Ireland | 3.29 physicians / 1000 people | 2017 |
| 38 | France | 3.26 physicians / 1000 people | 2017 |
| 39 | Moldova | 3.21 physicians / 1000 people | 2017 |
| 40 | Latvia | 3.19 physicians / 1000 people | 2017 |
| 41 | Serbia | 3.11 physicians / 1000 people | 2016 |
| 42 | Slovenia | 3.09 physicians / 1000 people | 2017 |
| 43 | Belgium | 3.07 physicians / 1000 people | 2017 |
| 44 | Puerto Rico | 3.06 physicians / 1000 people | 2018 |
| 45 | Luxembourg | 3.01 physicians / 1000 people | 2017 |
| 46 | Croatia | 3 physicians / 1000 people | 2016 |
| 47 | Ukraine | 2.99 physicians / 1000 people | 2014 |
| 48 | Romania | 2.98 physicians / 1000 people | 2017 |
| 49 | Antigua and Barbuda | 2.96 physicians / 1000 people | 2017 |
| 50 | Costa Rica | 2.95 physicians / 1000 people | 2017 |
| 51 | North Macedonia | 2.87 physicians / 1000 people | 2015 |
| 52 | Malta | 2.86 physicians / 1000 people | 2015 |
| 53 | Mongolia | 2.86 physicians / 1000 people | 2016 |
| 54 | Norway | 2.83 physicians / 1000 people | 2017 |
| 55 | United Kingdom | 2.79 physicians / 1000 people | 2017 |
| 56 | Gaza Strip | 2.77 physicians / 1000 people | 2018 |
| 57 | Qatar | 2.69 physicians / 1000 people | 2016 |
| 58 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 2.68 physicians / 1000 people | 2015 |
| 59 | Kuwait | 2.65 physicians / 1000 people | 2015 |
| 60 | Faroe Islands | 2.62 physicians / 1000 people | 2016 |
| 61 | United States | 2.61 physicians / 1000 people | 2017 |
| 62 | Mauritius | 2.6 physicians / 1000 people | 2019 |
| 63 | Saudi Arabia | 2.54 physicians / 1000 people | 2017 |
| 64 | Barbados | 2.48 physicians / 1000 people | 2017 |
| 65 | Chile | 2.44 physicians / 1000 people | 2017 |
| 66 | United Arab Emirates | 2.44 physicians / 1000 people | 2017 |
| 67 | Japan | 2.41 physicians / 1000 people | 2016 |
| 68 | Macau | 2.41 physicians / 1000 people | 2010 |
| 69 | Mexico | 2.38 physicians / 1000 people | 2017 |
| 70 | Montenegro | 2.38 physicians / 1000 people | 2015 |
| 71 | Poland | 2.38 physicians / 1000 people | 2017 |
| 72 | Uzbekistan | 2.37 physicians / 1000 people | 2014 |
| 73 | South Korea | 2.36 physicians / 1000 people | 2017 |
| 74 | Jordan | 2.32 physicians / 1000 people | 2017 |
| 75 | Canada | 2.31 physicians / 1000 people | 2017 |
| 76 | Singapore | 2.29 physicians / 1000 people | 2016 |
| 77 | New Caledonia | 2.22 physicians / 1000 people | 2009 |
| 78 | Turkmenistan | 2.22 physicians / 1000 people | 2014 |
| 79 | Kyrgyzstan | 2.21 physicians / 1000 people | 2014 |
| 80 | Brazil | 2.17 physicians / 1000 people | 2017 |
| 81 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2.16 physicians / 1000 people | 2015 |
| 82 | French Polynesia | 2.13 physicians / 1000 people | 2009 |
| 83 | Seychelles | 2.12 physicians / 1000 people | 2016 |
| 84 | Colombia | 2.11 physicians / 1000 people | 2017 |
| 85 | Tajikistan | 2.1 physicians / 1000 people | 2014 |
| 86 | Libya | 2.09 physicians / 1000 people | 2017 |
| 87 | Ecuador | 2.04 physicians / 1000 people | 2016 |
| 88 | Lebanon | 2.03 physicians / 1000 people | 2017 |
| 89 | Bahamas | 2.01 physicians / 1000 people | 2017 |
| 90 | China | 1.98 physicians / 1000 people | 2017 |
| 91 | Hong Kong | 1.96 physicians / 1000 people | 2018 |
| 92 | Oman | 1.96 physicians / 1000 people | 2017 |
| 93 | Cyprus | 1.95 physicians / 1000 people | 2016 |
| 94 | Greenland | 1.87 physicians / 1000 people | 2016 |
| 95 | Turkey | 1.85 physicians / 1000 people | 2017 |
| 96 | Algeria | 1.79 physicians / 1000 people | 2017 |
| 97 | Brunei | 1.61 physicians / 1000 people | 2017 |
| 98 | Bolivia | 1.59 physicians / 1000 people | 2016 |
| 99 | El Salvador | 1.57 physicians / 1000 people | 2016 |
| 100 | Panama | 1.57 physicians / 1000 people | 2016 |
| 101 | Dominican Republic | 1.56 physicians / 1000 people | 2017 |
| 102 | Malaysia | 1.54 physicians / 1000 people | 2015 |
| 103 | West Bank | 1.45 physicians / 1000 people | 2017 |
| 104 | Palau | 1.42 physicians / 1000 people | 2014 |
| 105 | Cook Islands | 1.41 physicians / 1000 people | 2014 |
| 106 | Grenada | 1.41 physicians / 1000 people | 2017 |
| 107 | Paraguay | 1.37 physicians / 1000 people | 2018 |
| 108 | Nauru | 1.35 physicians / 1000 people | 2015 |
| 109 | Jamaica | 1.31 physicians / 1000 people | 2017 |
| 110 | Peru | 1.3 physicians / 1000 people | 2016 |
| 111 | Tunisia | 1.3 physicians / 1000 people | 2017 |
| 112 | Syria | 1.29 physicians / 1000 people | 2016 |
| 113 | Suriname | 1.23 physicians / 1000 people | 2018 |
| 114 | Albania | 1.22 physicians / 1000 people | 2016 |
| 115 | Iran | 1.13 physicians / 1000 people | 2017 |
| 116 | Belize | 1.12 physicians / 1000 people | 2017 |
| 117 | Dominica | 1.12 physicians / 1000 people | 2017 |
| 118 | Nicaragua | 1.01 physicians / 1000 people | 2018 |
| 119 | Pakistan | 1 physicians / 1000 people | 2017 |
| 120 | Bahrain | 0.93 physicians / 1000 people | 2015 |
| 121 | Sri Lanka | 0.93 physicians / 1000 people | 2017 |
| 122 | Nepal | 0.91 physicians / 1000 people | 2017 |
| 123 | South Africa | 0.91 physicians / 1000 people | 2017 |
| 124 | Tuvalu | 0.91 physicians / 1000 people | 2014 |
| 125 | Burma | 0.86 physicians / 1000 people | 2017 |
| 126 | Fiji | 0.86 physicians / 1000 people | 2015 |
| 127 | Iraq | 0.84 physicians / 1000 people | 2017 |
| 128 | Vietnam | 0.83 physicians / 1000 people | 2016 |
| 129 | Thailand | 0.81 physicians / 1000 people | 2017 |
| 130 | Egypt | 0.8 physicians / 1000 people | 2017 |
| 131 | Guyana | 0.8 physicians / 1000 people | 2018 |
| 132 | Cabo Verde | 0.78 physicians / 1000 people | 2015 |
| 133 | India | 0.78 physicians / 1000 people | 2017 |
| 134 | Timor-Leste | 0.75 physicians / 1000 people | 2017 |
| 135 | Morocco | 0.73 physicians / 1000 people | 2017 |
| 136 | Gabon | 0.68 physicians / 1000 people | 2017 |
| 137 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.66 physicians / 1000 people | 2010 |
| 138 | Saint Lucia | 0.64 physicians / 1000 people | 2017 |
| 139 | Philippines | 0.6 physicians / 1000 people | 2017 |
| 140 | Namibia | 0.59 physicians / 1000 people | 2017 |
| 141 | Bangladesh | 0.54 physicians / 1000 people | 2017 |
| 142 | Tonga | 0.54 physicians / 1000 people | 2013 |
| 143 | Botswana | 0.53 physicians / 1000 people | 2016 |
| 144 | Yemen | 0.53 physicians / 1000 people | 2014 |
| 145 | Laos | 0.49 physicians / 1000 people | 2014 |
| 146 | Nigeria | 0.45 physicians / 1000 people | 2016 |
| 147 | Marshall Islands | 0.42 physicians / 1000 people | 2012 |
| 148 | Bhutan | 0.4 physicians / 1000 people | 2017 |
| 149 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.4 physicians / 1000 people | 2017 |
| 150 | Indonesia | 0.38 physicians / 1000 people | 2017 |
| 151 | Guatemala | 0.36 physicians / 1000 people | 2018 |
| 152 | Samoa | 0.34 physicians / 1000 people | 2016 |
| 153 | Eswatini | 0.33 physicians / 1000 people | 2016 |
| 154 | Honduras | 0.31 physicians / 1000 people | 2017 |
| 155 | Afghanistan | 0.28 physicians / 1000 people | 2016 |
| 156 | Comoros | 0.27 physicians / 1000 people | 2016 |
| 157 | Sudan | 0.26 physicians / 1000 people | 2017 |
| 158 | Cote d’Ivoire | 0.23 physicians / 1000 people | 2014 |
| 159 | Haiti | 0.23 physicians / 1000 people | 2018 |
| 160 | Djibouti | 0.22 physicians / 1000 people | 2014 |
| 161 | Angola | 0.21 physicians / 1000 people | 2017 |
| 162 | Kenya | 0.2 physicians / 1000 people | 2014 |
| 163 | Kiribati | 0.2 physicians / 1000 people | 2013 |
| 164 | Cambodia | 0.19 physicians / 1000 people | 2014 |
| 165 | Solomon Islands | 0.19 physicians / 1000 people | 2016 |
| 166 | Zimbabwe | 0.19 physicians / 1000 people | 2017 |
| 167 | Madagascar | 0.18 physicians / 1000 people | 2014 |
| 168 | Mauritania | 0.18 physicians / 1000 people | 2017 |
| 169 | Uganda | 0.17 physicians / 1000 people | 2017 |
| 170 | Vanuatu | 0.17 physicians / 1000 people | 2016 |
| 171 | Congo Republic | 0.16 physicians / 1000 people | 2011 |
| 172 | Zambia | 0.16 physicians / 1000 people | 2016 |
| 173 | Ghana | 0.14 physicians / 1000 people | 2017 |
| 174 | Mali | 0.14 physicians / 1000 people | 2016 |
| 175 | Rwanda | 0.14 physicians / 1000 people | 2017 |
| 176 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.13 physicians / 1000 people | 2016 |
| 177 | Burundi | 0.1 physicians / 1000 people | 2017 |
| 178 | Ethiopia | 0.1 physicians / 1000 people | 2017 |
| 179 | Gambia | 0.1 physicians / 1000 people | 2015 |
| 180 | Cameroon | 0.09 physicians / 1000 people | 2011 |
| 181 | Burkina Faso | 0.08 physicians / 1000 people | 2017 |
| 182 | Guinea | 0.08 physicians / 1000 people | 2016 |
| 183 | Mozambique | 0.08 physicians / 1000 people | 2017 |
| 184 | Central African Republic | 0.07 physicians / 1000 people | 2015 |
| 185 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 0.07 physicians / 1000 people | 2011 |
| 186 | Lesotho | 0.07 physicians / 1000 people | 2010 |
| 187 | Senegal | 0.07 physicians / 1000 people | 2017 |
| 188 | Eritrea | 0.06 physicians / 1000 people | 2016 |
| 189 | Benin | 0.05 physicians / 1000 people | 2016 |
| 190 | Papua New Guinea | 0.05 physicians / 1000 people | 2010 |
| 191 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.05 physicians / 1000 people | 2017 |
| 192 | Chad | 0.04 physicians / 1000 people | 2017 |
| 193 | Liberia | 0.04 physicians / 1000 people | 2015 |
| 194 | Niger | 0.04 physicians / 1000 people | 2016 |
| 195 | Sierra Leone | 0.03 physicians / 1000 people | 2011 |
| 196 | Togo | 0.03 physicians / 1000 people | 2017 |
| 197 | Malawi | 0.02 physicians / 1000 people | 2016 |
| 198 | Somalia | 0.02 physicians / 1000 people | 2014 |
| 199 | Tanzania | 0.01 physicians / 1000 people | 2016 |
Even when you are on vacation, medical issues should not be neglected. If you feel sick or sustain an injury during your stay in a different country, don’t hesitate to seek a doctor’s care. Book a flight to your country of choice and stay healthy!
