What is the difference in physicians between Cameroon and Ethiopia?

0.007 per 1,000 people, with Ethiopia ahead.

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

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.

Cameroon vs Ethiopia: Physicians

Cameroon

0.136 per 1,000 people

in 2022

Ethiopia

0.143 per 1,000 people

in 2023

Cameroon rank

178th

Ethiopia rank

177th

Physicians over time

Cameroon
Ethiopia

How they compare

Ethiopia currently reports 0.143 per 1,000 people against 0.136 per 1,000 people in Cameroon, a difference of 0.007 per 1,000 people.

That makes Ethiopia's figure about 1.1 times Cameroon's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 13 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Cameroon ahead.

Cameroon ranks 178th and Ethiopia ranks 177th of 194 countries.

Cameroon has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Cameroon	Ethiopia	Difference	Ahead
1960s	0.0355 per 1,000 people	0.0115 per 1,000 people	0.024 per 1,000 people	Cameroon
1970s	0.053 per 1,000 people	0.012 per 1,000 people	0.041 per 1,000 people	Cameroon
1990s	0.074 per 1,000 people	0.025 per 1,000 people	0.049 per 1,000 people	Cameroon
2000s	0.098 per 1,000 people	0.026 per 1,000 people	0.072 per 1,000 people	Cameroon
2010s	0.131 per 1,000 people	0.075 per 1,000 people	0.056 per 1,000 people	Cameroon
2020s	0.12 per 1,000 people	0.1023 per 1,000 people	0.0177 per 1,000 people	Cameroon

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher physicians, Cameroon or Ethiopia?: Ethiopia, at 0.143 per 1,000 people against 0.136 per 1,000 people in Cameroon as of 2023.
What is the difference in physicians between Cameroon and Ethiopia?: 0.007 per 1,000 people, with Ethiopia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Cameroon and Ethiopia?: 13 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2022.
How do Cameroon and Ethiopia rank globally for physicians?: Cameroon ranks 178th and Ethiopia ranks 177th 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

Cameroon vs Ethiopia: Physicians. Statizoid, drawing on Global Health Workforce Statistics, World Health Organization (WHO). Retrieved 21 August 2026, from https://health.statizoid.com/compare/physicians-per-1-000-people/cameroon/ethiopia/

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/cameroon/ethiopia/">Cameroon vs Ethiopia: 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: 20 August 2026

Physicians include generalist and specialist medical practitioners.