Number of employed employees, by occupation: Medical workers by country

Countries reporting
25
Highest
2,297
Brazil
Lowest
51
Honduras
Median
254
Years covered
21
2000–2020
Data points
287

What the numbers show

Number of employed employees, by occupation: Medical workers is currently reported for 25 countries. The highest value is 2,297 in Brazil; the lowest is 51 in Honduras.

The median across all reporting countries is 254, and the mean is 455.88.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 45.

Over the past decade 14 countries rose and 10 fell. The largest increase was in Moldova (up 282.6%), and the largest decrease in Palestine (down 76.3%).

Number of employed employees, by occupation: Medical workers: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Brazil 2,297 2014 up 47.0% rising
2 Chile 1,250 2017 up 105.3% rising
3 Uruguay 1,058 2016 down 9.2% rising
4 Philippines 986 2019 up 77.0% rising
5 Jordan 946 2016 down 11.7% falling
6 United States 876 2018 down 16.8% falling
7 Mongolia 642 2018 up 69.8% rising
8 Ecuador 584 2017 up 107.8% rising
9 Australia 380 2015 up 34.8% rising
11 Sri Lanka 293 2016 up 67.4% rising
12 Ethiopia 285 2016 up 174.0% volatile
13 Bolivia 268 2017 volatile
14 Pakistan 254 2014 up 167.4% rising
15 Georgia 219 2013 up 3.3% falling
16 Costa Rica 169 2012 down 2.9% rising
17 El Salvador 140 2017 down 16.2% flat
18 Peru 132 2016 up 34.7% rising
19 Dominican Republic 110 2015 down 1.8% falling
20 Moldova 88 2015 up 282.6% volatile
21 Bosnia and Herzegovina 83 2017 up 9.2% falling
22 Palestine 73 2017 down 76.3% falling
22 Paraguay 73 2010 down 17.0% flat
24 Russia 72 2016 down 10.0% rising
25 Mauritius 68 2012 up 94.3% rising
26 Honduras 51 2019 down 55.7% volatile

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

About this data

Indicator
Number of employed employees, by occupation: Medical workers
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
26 places, 287 data points, 2000–2020
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