Bulgaria vs Czechia: Medical doctors per 1,000 people
Bulgaria
4.33 per 1,000 people
in 2022
Czechia
4.35 per 1,000 people
in 2022
Bulgaria rank
23rd
Czechia rank
22nd
Medical doctors per 1,000 people over time
- Bulgaria
- Czechia
How they compare
Czechia currently reports 4.35 per 1,000 people against 4.33 per 1,000 people in Bulgaria, a difference of 0.02 per 1,000 people.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 43 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Bulgaria ahead.
Bulgaria ranks 23rd and Czechia ranks 22nd of 194 countries.
Bulgaria has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bulgaria | Czechia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 2.12 per 1,000 people | 2 per 1,000 people | 0.1232 per 1,000 people | Bulgaria |
| 1990s | 3.37 per 1,000 people | 2.91 per 1,000 people | 0.4583 per 1,000 people | Bulgaria |
| 2000s | 3.59 per 1,000 people | 3.51 per 1,000 people | 0.0807 per 1,000 people | Bulgaria |
| 2010s | 4.02 per 1,000 people | 3.88 per 1,000 people | 0.1414 per 1,000 people | Bulgaria |
| 2020s | 4.3 per 1,000 people | 4.25 per 1,000 people | 0.05 per 1,000 people | Bulgaria |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher medical doctors per 1,000 people, Bulgaria or Czechia?
- Czechia, at 4.35 per 1,000 people against 4.33 per 1,000 people in Bulgaria as of 2022.
- What is the difference in medical doctors per 1,000 people between Bulgaria and Czechia?
- 0.02 per 1,000 people, with Czechia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bulgaria and Czechia?
- 43 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2022.
- How do Bulgaria and Czechia rank globally for medical doctors per 1,000 people?
- Bulgaria ranks 23rd and Czechia ranks 22nd of 194 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- World Health Organization (Global Health Workforce Statistics), OECD, and country data, via World Bank (2026) β 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.