Gambia vs Yemen: Medical doctors per 1,000 people
Gambia
0.09 per 1,000 people
in 2023
Yemen
0.098 per 1,000 people
in 2023
Gambia rank
184th
Yemen rank
183rd
Medical doctors per 1,000 people over time
- Gambia
- Yemen
How they compare
Yemen currently reports 0.098 per 1,000 people against 0.09 per 1,000 people in Gambia, a difference of 0.008 per 1,000 people.
That makes Yemen's figure about 1.1 times Gambia's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 10 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Gambia ahead.
Gambia ranks 184th and Yemen ranks 183rd of 194 countries.
Across the 6 decades both report, Gambia averaged higher in 2 and Yemen in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Gambia | Yemen | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.043 per 1,000 people | 0.023 per 1,000 people | 0.02 per 1,000 people | Gambia |
| 1970s | 0.041 per 1,000 people | 0.029 per 1,000 people | 0.012 per 1,000 people | Gambia |
| 1980s | 0.081 per 1,000 people | 0.171 per 1,000 people | 0.09 per 1,000 people | Yemen |
| 1990s | 0.035 per 1,000 people | 0.213 per 1,000 people | 0.178 per 1,000 people | Yemen |
| 2000s | 0.099 per 1,000 people | 0.29 per 1,000 people | 0.191 per 1,000 people | Yemen |
| 2020s | 0.094 per 1,000 people | 0.1532 per 1,000 people | 0.0592 per 1,000 people | Yemen |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher medical doctors per 1,000 people, Gambia or Yemen?
- Yemen, at 0.098 per 1,000 people against 0.09 per 1,000 people in Gambia as of 2023.
- What is the difference in medical doctors per 1,000 people between Gambia and Yemen?
- 0.008 per 1,000 people, with Yemen ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Gambia and Yemen?
- 10 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2023.
- How do Gambia and Yemen rank globally for medical doctors per 1,000 people?
- Gambia ranks 184th and Yemen ranks 183rd 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.