Health care - Regions — Active physicians in Cyprus
Cyprus: Health care - Regions — Active physicians was 4.2 Per 1 000 inhabitants in 2019. ▲ Rising
Health care - Regions — Active physicians in Cyprus, 1995–2019
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Per 1 000 inhabitants.
Analysis
The most recent figure for health care - regions — active physicians in Cyprus is 4.2 Per 1 000 inhabitants, measured in 2019. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of up 4.7% on the previous year and up 49.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, health care - regions — active physicians in Cyprus peaked at 4.2 Per 1 000 inhabitants in 2019 and was at its lowest, 2.47 Per 1 000 inhabitants, in 1995.
That places Cyprus 18th out of 44 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2.51 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 2.47 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 2.57 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 5 |
| 2000s | 2.66 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 2.56 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 2.81 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 10 |
| 2010s | 3.47 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 2.89 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 4.2 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 10 |
Countries ranked near Cyprus
More health data for Cyprus
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate -1.51 % change on previous year (2090)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates 1,325 (2090)
- Un projection of annual infant deaths 7 (2100)
- Deaths in armed conflicts by country 0 (2026)
- Deaths in armed conflicts by region 0 (2026)
- Age population, age 25, male, interpolated 8,247 (2025)
- Age population, age 25, female, interpolated 7,986 (2025)
- Age population, age 24, male, interpolated 7,978 (2025)
- Age population, age 24, female, interpolated 7,707 (2025)
- Age population, age 23, male, interpolated 7,758 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is health care - regions — active physicians in Cyprus?
- Health care - regions — active physicians in Cyprus was 4.2 Per 1 000 inhabitants in 2019, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest health care - regions — active physicians recorded in Cyprus?
- The highest recorded value was 4.2 Per 1 000 inhabitants in 2019.
- What is the lowest health care - regions — active physicians recorded in Cyprus?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.47 Per 1 000 inhabitants in 1995.
- How does Cyprus rank for health care - regions — active physicians?
- Cyprus ranks 18th out of 44 countries with data for 2019.
- Is health care - regions — active physicians rising or falling in Cyprus?
- Over the last ten years it is up 49.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Cyprus data come from?
- The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as part of Health care - Regions — Active physicians. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
<p style="text-align: justify;">This dataset provides indicators on healthcare resources in large regions (TL2), and small regions (TL3) when data is available. Indicators include doctor, practising nurses, hospital beds and hospital discharges.</p> <p><strong>Data definition and source</strong></p> <ul> <li><strong>Doctors</strong> (physicians) are usually generalists who assume responsibility for the provision of continuing care to individuals and families, or specialists such as paediatricians, obstetricians/gynaecologists, psychiatrists, medical specialists and surgical specialists. </li> <li><strong>Practising nurses</strong> provide services directly to patients, it includes: professional nurses, associate professional nurses, foreign nurses licensed to practice and actively practising in the country. It excludes midwives unless they work most of the time as nurses.</li> <li><strong>Hospital beds </strong>are all hospital beds which are regularly maintained and staffed and immediately available for the care of admitted patients. They include beds in all hospitals, including general hospitals, mental health and substance abuse hospitals, and other specialty hospitals; occupied and unoccupied beds.</li> </ul> <p style="padding-left: 40px;">The three indicators above are measured per 1 000 inhabitants.</p> <ul> <li><strong>Hospital discharge</strong> is the formal release of a patient from a hospital, here for all causes of diseases (A00-Z99) and all hospitals. It includes discharges from all hospitals, including general hospitals (HP.1.1), mental health hospitals (HP.1.2), and other specialised hospitals (HP.1.3) ; Deaths in hospital ; Transfers to another hospital ; Discharges of healthy newborns. This indicator is measured per 100 000 inhabitants.</li> </ul> <p>Data is collected from Eurostat (reg_hlth) for EU countries and via delegates of the OECD Working Party on Territorial Indicators (WPTI), as well as from national statistical offices' websites.</p> <p><strong>Definition of regions</strong></p> <p style="text-align: justify;">Regions are subnational units below national boundaries. OECD countries have two regional levels: large regions (territorial level 2 or TL2) and small regions (territorial level 3 or TL3). For more information, see the OECD Territorial grid <a href="https://webfs-cfe.oecd.org/files/.Stat/region/OECD_territorial-grid_TL2024.pdf">(pdf)</a> and the OECD Territorial Correspondence Table <a href="https://webfs-cfe.oecd.org/files/.Stat/region/OECD%20Territorial%20correspondence%20-%20TL2024c.xlsx">(xlsx)</a>. </p> <p><strong>Cite this dataset</strong></p> <p>OECD Regions, Cities and Local Areas database <a href="http://oe.cd/geostats">http://oe.cd/geostats</a>.</p> <p><strong>Further information</strong></p> <ul> <li><a href="https://regions-cities-atlas.oecd.org/">OECD Regions and Cities Statistical Atlas</a> </li> <li><a href="https://www.oecd.org/en/publications/oecd-regions-and-cities-at-a-glance-2024_f42db3bf-en.html">OECD Regions and Cities at a Glance</a></li> </ul> <p>For questions and/or comments, please email <a href="mailto:RegionStat@oecd.org">RegionStat@oecd.org</a>.</p>