Croatia vs Netherlands: Physicians per 1000 people

Croatia
3.91
in 2022
Netherlands
3.88
in 2022
Croatia rank
32nd
Netherlands rank
34th

Physicians per 1000 people over time

  • Croatia
  • Netherlands
1234196019912022

How they compare

Croatia currently reports 3.91 against 3.88 in Netherlands, a difference of 0.03.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 26 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Netherlands ahead.

Croatia ranks 32nd and Netherlands ranks 34th of 194 countries.

Netherlands has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Croatia Netherlands Difference Ahead
1990s 2.14 2.48 0.341 Netherlands
2000s 2.58 2.67 0.085 Netherlands
2010s 3.19 3.38 0.1865 Netherlands
2020s 3.75 3.85 0.1023 Netherlands

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher physicians per 1000 people, Croatia or Netherlands?
Croatia, at 3.91 against 3.88 in Netherlands as of 2022.
What is the difference in physicians per 1000 people between Croatia and Netherlands?
0.03, with Croatia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Croatia and Netherlands?
26 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2022.
How do Croatia and Netherlands rank globally for physicians per 1000 people?
Croatia ranks 32nd and Netherlands ranks 34th of 194 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Our World in Data, published as Physicians per 1000 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

Croatia vs Netherlands: Physicians per 1000 people. Statizoid, drawing on Our World in Data. Retrieved 22 August 2026, from https://health.statizoid.com/compare/physicians-per-1000-people/croatia/netherlands/

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/croatia/netherlands/">Croatia vs Netherlands: Physicians per 1000 people</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Physicians per 1000 people
Source
Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
194 places, 5,326 data points, 1960–2023
Last refreshed