What is the difference in physicians between Burkina Faso and Cameroon?

0.012 per 1,000 people, with Burkina Faso ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Burkina Faso and Cameroon?

13 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.

Burkina Faso vs Cameroon: Physicians

Burkina Faso

0.148 per 1,000 people

in 2022

Cameroon

0.136 per 1,000 people

in 2022

Burkina Faso rank

176th

Cameroon rank

178th

Physicians over time

Burkina Faso
Cameroon

How they compare

Burkina Faso currently reports 0.148 per 1,000 people against 0.136 per 1,000 people in Cameroon, a difference of 0.012 per 1,000 people.

That makes Burkina Faso's figure about 1.1 times Cameroon's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 13 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Cameroon ahead.

Burkina Faso ranks 176th and Cameroon ranks 178th of 194 countries.

Cameroon has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Burkina Faso	Cameroon	Difference	Ahead
1960s	0.0125 per 1,000 people	0.0355 per 1,000 people	0.023 per 1,000 people	Cameroon
1970s	0.01 per 1,000 people	0.034 per 1,000 people	0.024 per 1,000 people	Cameroon
1980s	0.029 per 1,000 people	0.084 per 1,000 people	0.055 per 1,000 people	Cameroon
1990s	0.035 per 1,000 people	0.074 per 1,000 people	0.039 per 1,000 people	Cameroon
2000s	0.0475 per 1,000 people	0.129 per 1,000 people	0.0815 per 1,000 people	Cameroon
2010s	0.0543 per 1,000 people	0.103 per 1,000 people	0.0487 per 1,000 people	Cameroon
2020s	0.115 per 1,000 people	0.12 per 1,000 people	0.005 per 1,000 people	Cameroon

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher physicians, Burkina Faso or Cameroon?: Burkina Faso, at 0.148 per 1,000 people against 0.136 per 1,000 people in Cameroon as of 2022.
What is the difference in physicians between Burkina Faso and Cameroon?: 0.012 per 1,000 people, with Burkina Faso ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Burkina Faso and Cameroon?: 13 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2022.
How do Burkina Faso and Cameroon rank globally for physicians?: Burkina Faso ranks 176th and Cameroon ranks 178th 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

Burkina Faso vs Cameroon: Physicians. Statizoid, drawing on Global Health Workforce Statistics, World Health Organization (WHO). Retrieved 06 September 2026, from https://health.statizoid.com/compare/physicians-per-1-000-people/burkina-faso/cameroon/

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/burkina-faso/cameroon/">Burkina Faso vs Cameroon: 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: 03 September 2026

Physicians include generalist and specialist medical practitioners.