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title: "Countries With the Most Doctors per Person — Geo-Parity"
description: "Medical doctors per 10,000 population from the WHO Global Health Observatory, newest observation at the site's vintage floor — most first."
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# Where are there most doctors per 10,000 people?

Greece leads on doctors per 10,000 at 67.1 per 10,000; New Zealand is last of the 15 shown at 37.7 per 10,000.

Doctors per 10,000 is the cleanest measure of how much medical capacity a country has built; WHO collects it the same way everywhere. It is a count of supply, not a promise of access — a visitor still needs insurance, a registration or a fee to see one — and the tool behind this page shows the UHC coverage index beside it for that reason.

Only observations at or after 2023 are ranked, so 36 of the 41 countries appear; a country whose newest figure is older is absent rather than shown as current. Nurses and hospital beds are on the same tab.

High density clusters in the same places as high spending, which the healthcare tab on the Costs hub measures; the two read together are a fuller picture than either alone. Published figures, for information only.

| # | Country | Doctors per 10,000 |  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | [🇬🇷 Greece](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/greece/) | 67.1 per 10,000 | 2023 |
| 2 | [🇵🇹 Portugal](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/portugal/) | 60.2 per 10,000 | 2023 |
| 3 | [🇮🇹 Italy](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/italy/) | 53.1 per 10,000 | 2023 |
| 4 | [🇦🇷 Argentina](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/argentina/) | 50.9 per 10,000 | 2023 |
| 5 | [🇳🇴 Norway](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/norway/) | 49.8 per 10,000 | 2023 |
| 6 | [🇩🇪 Germany](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/germany/) | 45.9 per 10,000 | 2023 |
| 7 | [🇨🇭 Switzerland](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/switzerland/) | 45.6 per 10,000 | 2023 |
| 8 | [🇩🇰 Denmark](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/denmark/) | 45.3 per 10,000 | 2023 |
| 9 | [🇪🇸 Spain](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/spain/) | 44.3 per 10,000 | 2023 |
| 10 | [🇨🇿 Czechia](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/czechia/) | 42.4 per 10,000 | 2023 |
| 11 | [🇦🇺 Australia](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/australia/) | 42.3 per 10,000 | 2023 |
| 12 | [🇫🇷 France](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/france/) | 40.1 per 10,000 | 2023 |
| 13 | [🇮🇪 Ireland](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/ireland/) | 39.9 per 10,000 | 2024 |
| 14 | [🇳🇱 Netherlands](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/netherlands/) | 38.7 per 10,000 | 2023 |
| 15 | [🇳🇿 New Zealand](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/new-zealand/) | 37.7 per 10,000 | 2024 |

**How this is worked out:** Medical doctors per 10,000 population, WHO Global Health Observatory (HWF_0001), newest observation per country at or after 2023, highest first. Refreshed 2026-09-05. Estimates for comparison, not advice.

## Check your own numbers

A ranking is a starting point, not an answer — your income, household and destination change the order. The [Health system capacity](https://geo-parity.com/safety/?tab=capacity) runs the same engine against your own figures, and every country above links to its own page.

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