Papua New Guinea vs Togo: Medical doctors per 1,000 people
Papua New Guinea
0.061 per 1,000 people
in 2023
Togo
0.08 per 1,000 people
in 2022
Papua New Guinea rank
191st
Togo rank
188th
Medical doctors per 1,000 people over time
- Papua New Guinea
- Togo
How they compare
Togo currently reports 0.08 per 1,000 people against 0.061 per 1,000 people in Papua New Guinea, a difference of 0.019 per 1,000 people.
That makes Togo's figure about 1.3 times Papua New Guinea's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 10 shared years of data; in 1965 it was Papua New Guinea ahead.
Papua New Guinea ranks 191st and Togo ranks 188th of 194 countries.
Across the 6 decades both report, Papua New Guinea averaged higher in 4 and Togo in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Papua New Guinea | Togo | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.079 per 1,000 people | 0.043 per 1,000 people | 0.036 per 1,000 people | Papua New Guinea |
| 1970s | 0.0855 per 1,000 people | 0.035 per 1,000 people | 0.0505 per 1,000 people | Papua New Guinea |
| 1980s | 0.062 per 1,000 people | 0.052 per 1,000 people | 0.01 per 1,000 people | Papua New Guinea |
| 2000s | 0.046 per 1,000 people | 0.055 per 1,000 people | 0.009 per 1,000 people | Togo |
| 2010s | 0.0577 per 1,000 people | 0.0662 per 1,000 people | 0.0085 per 1,000 people | Togo |
| 2020s | 0.063 per 1,000 people | 0.057 per 1,000 people | 0.006 per 1,000 people | Papua New Guinea |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher medical doctors per 1,000 people, Papua New Guinea or Togo?
- Togo, at 0.08 per 1,000 people against 0.061 per 1,000 people in Papua New Guinea as of 2022.
- What is the difference in medical doctors per 1,000 people between Papua New Guinea and Togo?
- 0.019 per 1,000 people, with Togo ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Papua New Guinea and Togo?
- 10 years are reported by both, from 1965 to 2021.
- How do Papua New Guinea and Togo rank globally for medical doctors per 1,000 people?
- Papua New Guinea ranks 191st and Togo ranks 188th 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.