Canada vs Peru: Health care - Regions — Active physicians

Canada
2.41 Per 1 000 inhabitants
in 2024
Peru
2.83 Per 1 000 inhabitants
in 2023
Canada rank
41st
Peru rank
38th

Health care - Regions — Active physicians over time

  • Canada
  • Peru
0123199520092024

How they compare

Peru currently reports 2.83 Per 1 000 inhabitants against 2.41 Per 1 000 inhabitants in Canada, a difference of 0.42 Per 1 000 inhabitants.

That makes Peru's figure about 1.2 times Canada's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 17 shared years of data; in 2002 it was Canada ahead.

Canada ranks 41st and Peru ranks 38th of 44 countries.

Across the 3 decades both report, Canada averaged higher in 2 and Peru in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Canada Peru Difference Ahead
2000s 1.91 Per 1 000 inhabitants 1.46 Per 1 000 inhabitants 0.45 Per 1 000 inhabitants Canada
2010s 2.26 Per 1 000 inhabitants 2.21 Per 1 000 inhabitants 0.057 Per 1 000 inhabitants Canada
2020s 2.45 Per 1 000 inhabitants 2.69 Per 1 000 inhabitants 0.2475 Per 1 000 inhabitants Peru

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher health care - regions — active physicians, Canada or Peru?
Peru, at 2.83 Per 1 000 inhabitants against 2.41 Per 1 000 inhabitants in Canada as of 2023.
What is the difference in health care - regions — active physicians between Canada and Peru?
0.42 Per 1 000 inhabitants, with Peru ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Canada and Peru?
17 years are reported by both, from 2002 to 2023.
How do Canada and Peru rank globally for health care - regions — active physicians?
Canada ranks 41st and Peru ranks 38th of 44 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as Health care - Regions — Active physicians. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Health care - Regions — Active physicians
Unit
Per 1 000 inhabitants
Source
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Licence
OECD Terms and Conditions (attribution required)
Coverage
48 places, 1,174 data points, 1995–2025
Last refreshed

This dataset provides indicators on healthcare resources in large regions (TL2), and small regions (TL3) when data is available. Indicators include doctor, practising nurses, hospital beds and hospital discharges. Data definition and source Doctors (physicians) are usually generalists who assume responsibility for the provision of continuing care to individuals and families, or specialists such as paediatricians, obstetricians/gynaecologists, psychiatrists, medical specialists and surgical specialists. Practising nurses provide services directly to patients, it includes: professional nurses, associate professional nurses, foreign nurses licensed to practice and actively practising in the country. It excludes midwives unless they work most of the time as nurses. Hospital beds are all hospital beds which are regularly maintained and staffed and immediately available for the care of admitted patients. They include beds in all hospitals, including general hospitals, mental health and substance abuse hospitals, and other specialty hospitals; occupied and unoccupied beds. The three indicators above are measured per 1 000 inhabitants. Hospital discharge is the formal release of a patient from a hospital, here for all causes of diseases (A00-Z99) and all hospitals. It includes discharges from all hospitals, including general hospitals (HP.1.1), mental health hospitals (HP.1.2), and other specialised hospitals (HP.1.3) ; Deaths in hospital ; Transfers to another hospital ; Discharges of healthy newborns. This indicator is measured per 100 000 inhabitants. Data is collected from Eurostat (reg_hlth) for EU countries and via delegates of the OECD Working Party on Territorial Indicators (WPTI), as well as from national statistical offices' websites. Definition of regions Regions are subnational units below national boundaries. OECD countries have two regional levels: large regions (territorial level 2 or TL2) and small regions (territorial level 3 or TL3). For more information, see the OECD Territorial grid (pdf) and the OECD Territorial Correspondence Table (xlsx). Cite this dataset OECD Regions, Cities and Local Areas database http://oe.cd/geostats. Further information OECD Regions and Cities Statistical Atlas OECD Regions and Cities at a Glance For questions and/or comments, please email RegionStat@oecd.org.