What is the difference in physicians between Benin and Guinea?

0.006 per 1,000 people, with Benin ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Benin and Guinea?

12 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2022.

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.

Benin vs Guinea: Physicians

Benin

0.216 per 1,000 people

in 2023

Guinea

0.21 per 1,000 people

in 2022

Benin rank

161st

Guinea rank

164th

Physicians over time

Benin
Guinea

How they compare

Benin currently reports 0.216 per 1,000 people against 0.21 per 1,000 people in Guinea, a difference of 0.006 per 1,000 people.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 12 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Benin ahead.

Benin ranks 161st and Guinea ranks 164th of 194 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Benin averaged higher in 3 and Guinea in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Benin	Guinea	Difference	Ahead
1960s	0.035 per 1,000 people	0.029 per 1,000 people	0.006 per 1,000 people	Benin
1970s	0.034 per 1,000 people	0.02 per 1,000 people	0.014 per 1,000 people	Benin
1980s	0.066 per 1,000 people	0.024 per 1,000 people	0.042 per 1,000 people	Benin
1990s	0.0567 per 1,000 people	0.1387 per 1,000 people	0.082 per 1,000 people	Guinea
2000s	0.038 per 1,000 people	0.109 per 1,000 people	0.071 per 1,000 people	Guinea
2010s	0.059 per 1,000 people	0.15 per 1,000 people	0.091 per 1,000 people	Guinea
2020s	0.19 per 1,000 people	0.21 per 1,000 people	0.02 per 1,000 people	Guinea

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher physicians, Benin or Guinea?: Benin, at 0.216 per 1,000 people against 0.21 per 1,000 people in Guinea as of 2023.
What is the difference in physicians between Benin and Guinea?: 0.006 per 1,000 people, with Benin ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Benin and Guinea?: 12 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2022.
How do Benin and Guinea rank globally for physicians?: Benin ranks 161st and Guinea ranks 164th 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

Benin vs Guinea: Physicians. Statizoid, drawing on Global Health Workforce Statistics, World Health Organization (WHO). Retrieved 19 August 2026, from https://health.statizoid.com/compare/physicians-per-1-000-people/benin/guinea/

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/benin/guinea/">Benin vs Guinea: 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: 06 August 2026

Physicians include generalist and specialist medical practitioners.