Algeria vs El Salvador: Medical doctors per 1,000 people

Algeria
1.66 per 1,000 people
in 2022
El Salvador
1.62 per 1,000 people
in 2023
Algeria rank
96th
El Salvador rank
98th

Medical doctors per 1,000 people over time

  • Algeria
  • El Salvador
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How they compare

Algeria currently reports 1.66 per 1,000 people against 1.62 per 1,000 people in El Salvador, a difference of 0.04 per 1,000 people.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 12 shared years of data; in 1960 it was El Salvador ahead.

Algeria ranks 96th and El Salvador ranks 98th of 194 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Algeria averaged higher in 2 and El Salvador in 5.

Head to head by decade

Decade Algeria El Salvador Difference Ahead
1960s 0.173 per 1,000 people 0.187 per 1,000 people 0.014 per 1,000 people El Salvador
1970s 0.123 per 1,000 people 0.243 per 1,000 people 0.12 per 1,000 people El Salvador
1980s 0.428 per 1,000 people 0.4995 per 1,000 people 0.0715 per 1,000 people El Salvador
1990s 0.8697 per 1,000 people 0.8033 per 1,000 people 0.0663 per 1,000 people Algeria
2000s 1.07 per 1,000 people 1.52 per 1,000 people 0.455 per 1,000 people El Salvador
2010s 1.76 per 1,000 people 2.26 per 1,000 people 0.5011 per 1,000 people El Salvador
2020s 1.66 per 1,000 people 1.57 per 1,000 people 0.094 per 1,000 people Algeria

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher medical doctors per 1,000 people, Algeria or El Salvador?
Algeria, at 1.66 per 1,000 people against 1.62 per 1,000 people in El Salvador as of 2022.
What is the difference in medical doctors per 1,000 people between Algeria and El Salvador?
0.04 per 1,000 people, with Algeria ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Algeria and El Salvador?
12 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2022.
How do Algeria and El Salvador rank globally for medical doctors per 1,000 people?
Algeria ranks 96th and El Salvador ranks 98th of 194 countries.
Where does this data come from?
World Health Organization (Global Health Workforce Statistics), OECD, and country data, via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Medical doctors per 1,000 people. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Medical doctors per 1,000 people
Unit
per 1,000 people
Source
World Health Organization (Global Health Workforce Statistics), OECD, and country data, via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
194 places, 5,326 data points, 1960–2023
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