Brazil vs Dominican Republic: Medical doctors per 1,000 people

Brazil
2.36 per 1,000 people
in 2023
Dominican Republic
2.43 per 1,000 people
in 2023
Brazil rank
79th
Dominican Republic rank
78th

Medical doctors per 1,000 people over time

  • Brazil
  • Dominican Republic
00.511.522.5196019912023

How they compare

Dominican Republic currently reports 2.43 per 1,000 people against 2.36 per 1,000 people in Brazil, a difference of 0.07 per 1,000 people.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 13 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Brazil ahead.

Brazil ranks 79th and Dominican Republic ranks 78th of 194 countries.

Across the 6 decades both report, Brazil averaged higher in 5 and Dominican Republic in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Brazil Dominican Republic Difference Ahead
1960s 0.387 per 1,000 people 0.3545 per 1,000 people 0.0325 per 1,000 people Brazil
1970s 0.624 per 1,000 people 0.435 per 1,000 people 0.189 per 1,000 people Brazil
1980s 1.06 per 1,000 people 0.819 per 1,000 people 0.237 per 1,000 people Brazil
1990s 1.19 per 1,000 people 1.55 per 1,000 people 0.3562 per 1,000 people Dominican Republic
2010s 2.11 per 1,000 people 1.47 per 1,000 people 0.6415 per 1,000 people Brazil
2020s 2.27 per 1,000 people 2.23 per 1,000 people 0.0465 per 1,000 people Brazil

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher medical doctors per 1,000 people, Brazil or Dominican Republic?
Dominican Republic, at 2.43 per 1,000 people against 2.36 per 1,000 people in Brazil as of 2023.
What is the difference in medical doctors per 1,000 people between Brazil and Dominican Republic?
0.07 per 1,000 people, with Dominican Republic ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and Dominican Republic?
13 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2023.
How do Brazil and Dominican Republic rank globally for medical doctors per 1,000 people?
Brazil ranks 79th and Dominican Republic ranks 78th 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.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Brazil vs Dominican Republic: Medical doctors per 1,000 people. Statizoid, drawing on World Health Organization (Global Health Workforce Statistics), OECD, and country data, via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data. Retrieved 31 August 2026, from https://health.statizoid.com/compare/physicians-per-1000-people/brazil/dominican-republic/

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 (Our World in Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://health.statizoid.com/compare/physicians-per-1000-people/brazil/dominican-republic/">Brazil vs Dominican Republic: Medical doctors per 1,000 people</a> β€” Statizoid

About this data

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
Last refreshed