What is the difference in physicians between Canada and Jordan?

0.03 per 1,000 people, with Jordan ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Canada and Jordan?

24 years are reported by both, from 1965 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.

Canada vs Jordan: Physicians

Canada

2.82 per 1,000 people

in 2023

Jordan

2.85 per 1,000 people

in 2022

Canada rank

68th

Jordan rank

66th

Physicians over time

Canada
Jordan

How they compare

Jordan currently reports 2.85 per 1,000 people against 2.82 per 1,000 people in Canada, a difference of 0.03 per 1,000 people.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 24 shared years of data; in 1965 it was Canada ahead.

Canada ranks 68th and Jordan ranks 66th of 194 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Canada averaged higher in 5 and Jordan in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Canada	Jordan	Difference	Ahead
1960s	1.3 per 1,000 people	0.37 per 1,000 people	0.93 per 1,000 people	Canada
1970s	1.55 per 1,000 people	0.391 per 1,000 people	1.16 per 1,000 people	Canada
1980s	1.85 per 1,000 people	1.05 per 1,000 people	0.8033 per 1,000 people	Canada
1990s	2.05 per 1,000 people	1.48 per 1,000 people	0.569 per 1,000 people	Canada
2000s	1.91 per 1,000 people	2.04 per 1,000 people	0.1259 per 1,000 people	Jordan
2010s	2.43 per 1,000 people	2.38 per 1,000 people	0.0479 per 1,000 people	Canada
2020s	2.81 per 1,000 people	2.85 per 1,000 people	0.037 per 1,000 people	Jordan

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher physicians, Canada or Jordan?: Jordan, at 2.85 per 1,000 people against 2.82 per 1,000 people in Canada as of 2022.
What is the difference in physicians between Canada and Jordan?: 0.03 per 1,000 people, with Jordan ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Canada and Jordan?: 24 years are reported by both, from 1965 to 2022.
How do Canada and Jordan rank globally for physicians?: Canada ranks 68th and Jordan ranks 66th 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

Canada vs Jordan: 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/canada/jordan/

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/canada/jordan/">Canada vs Jordan: 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.