Angola vs Guinea-Bissau: Physicians

Angola
0.244 per 1,000 people
in 2022
Guinea-Bissau
0.252 per 1,000 people
in 2022
Angola rank
158th
Guinea-Bissau rank
156th

Physicians over time

  • Angola
  • Guinea-Bissau
00.10.20.3196019912022

How they compare

Guinea-Bissau currently reports 0.252 per 1,000 people against 0.244 per 1,000 people in Angola, a difference of 0.008 per 1,000 people.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 6 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Angola ahead.

Angola ranks 158th and Guinea-Bissau ranks 156th of 194 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, Angola averaged higher in 2 and Guinea-Bissau in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade Angola Guinea-Bissau Difference Ahead
1960s 0.067 per 1,000 people 0.045 per 1,000 people 0.022 per 1,000 people Angola
1970s 0.116 per 1,000 people 0.052 per 1,000 people 0.064 per 1,000 people Angola
2000s 0.0975 per 1,000 people 0.11 per 1,000 people 0.0125 per 1,000 people Guinea-Bissau
2010s 0.211 per 1,000 people 0.301 per 1,000 people 0.09 per 1,000 people Guinea-Bissau
2020s 0.244 per 1,000 people 0.252 per 1,000 people 0.008 per 1,000 people Guinea-Bissau

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher physicians, Angola or Guinea-Bissau?
Guinea-Bissau, at 0.252 per 1,000 people against 0.244 per 1,000 people in Angola as of 2022.
What is the difference in physicians between Angola and Guinea-Bissau?
0.008 per 1,000 people, with Guinea-Bissau ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Angola and Guinea-Bissau?
6 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2022.
How do Angola and Guinea-Bissau rank globally for physicians?
Angola ranks 158th and Guinea-Bissau ranks 156th of 194 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Global Health Workforce Statistics, World Health Organization (WHO), published as Physicians (per 1,000 people). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Angola vs Guinea-Bissau: Physicians. Statizoid, drawing on Global Health Workforce Statistics, World Health Organization (WHO). Retrieved 31 August 2026, from https://health.statizoid.com/compare/physicians-per-1-000-people/angola/guinea-bissau/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://health.statizoid.com/compare/physicians-per-1-000-people/angola/guinea-bissau/">Angola vs Guinea-Bissau: Physicians</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Physicians (per 1,000 people)
Unit
per 1,000 people
Source
Global Health Workforce Statistics, World Health Organization (WHO)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
194 places, 5,326 data points, 1960–2023
Last refreshed

Physicians include generalist and specialist medical practitioners.