Health worker distribution, by sex and type of occupation (%) by country

Countries reporting
90
Highest
99.5%
Latvia
Lowest
37.7%
Cambodia
Median
85.2%
Years covered
25
2000–2024
Data points
805

What the numbers show

Health worker distribution, by sex and type of occupation (%) is currently reported for 90 countries. The highest value is 99.5% in Latvia; the lowest is 37.7% in Cambodia.

The median across all reporting countries is 85.2%, and the mean is 81.2%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 3.

Over the past decade 23 countries rose and 65 fell. The largest increase was in Bangladesh (up 149.9%), and the largest decrease in Cambodia (down 20.0%).

Health worker distribution, by sex and type of occupation: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Latvia 99.5% 2023 down 0.5% flat
2 Bulgaria 99.2% 2023 down 0.4% flat
3 China 98.0% 2017 flat
4 Czechia 96.9% 2023 down 1.6% flat
5 Antigua and Barbuda 96.8% 2024 down 0.8% flat
6 Mongolia 96.6% 2018 down 0.2% flat
7 Iceland 96.4% 2024 down 1.8% flat
8 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 96.0% 2023 up 0.5% flat
8 Estonia 96.0% 2023 down 2.3% flat
10 Denmark 95.5% 2023 down 0.5% flat
11 Malaysia 95.1% 2024 down 1.2% flat
12 Dominican Republic 94.8% 2024 down 1.0% flat
13 Hungary 94.6% 2023 down 3.1% flat
14 Bangladesh 94.2% 2023 up 149.9% rising
15 Guyana 93.8% 2024 down 1.4% flat
16 Belize 92.4% 2023 down 3.4% flat
17 Japan 91.7% 2022 down 2.1% flat
18 Uzbekistan 91.3% 2023 down 1.9% flat
19 Cook Islands 90.7% 2018 down 3.4% flat
20 Maldives 90.6% 2021 flat
21 Finland 90.5% 2023 down 2.9% flat
22 Norway 90.3% 2023 down 1.2% flat
23 Romania 90.2% 2024 down 2.3% flat
24 Canada 90.0% 2024 down 2.3% flat
25 Peru 89.9% 2024 up 8.1% rising
26 New Zealand 89.8% 2024 down 2.2% flat
27 Ireland 89.5% 2024 down 1.6% flat
28 Panama 89.1% 2022 down 3.9% falling
29 El Salvador 88.2% 2022 down 4.6% flat
30 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 88.1% 2023 down 0.7% flat
30 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 88.1% 2023 down 0.7% flat
32 South Africa 88.0% 2024 down 3.6% falling
33 Australia 87.6% 2024 down 1.9% flat
34 United States of America 87.4% 2022 down 4.4% falling
35 Honduras 87.3% 2024 down 4.7% flat
36 Colombia 87.2% 2023 down 2.2% flat
37 Singapore 87.1% 2023 down 4.3% flat
38 Cuba 86.8% 2020 up 0.1% flat
39 France 86.6% 2021 down 0.6% flat
40 Brazil 86.2% 2024 up 0.8% flat
41 Austria 85.8% 2023 down 7.9% falling
41 Nigeria 85.8% 2024 up 11.9% rising
41 Chile 85.8% 2024 up 1.4% flat
44 Oman 85.5% 2024 down 2.4% flat
44 Andorra 85.5% 2024 down 3.5% flat
46 Switzerland 84.9% 2023 down 2.2% flat
46 Mexico 84.9% 2019 down 5.0% falling
48 Sierra Leone 84.8% 2020 down 5.8% flat
49 Spain 84.5% 2023 down 0.2% flat
50 Ecuador 83.7% 2018 down 6.0% flat
51 Uruguay 83.5% 2023 down 0.2% flat
52 Costa Rica 83.1% 2022 up 0.1% rising
53 Paraguay 82.9% 2022 down 0.5% flat
53 Germany 82.9% 2023 down 3.5% flat
55 Israel 82.1% 2024 down 5.7% falling
56 United Arab Emirates 81.7% 2023 up 1.5% flat
57 Argentina 81.6% 2023 up 1.0% flat
57 Montenegro 81.6% 2024 down 4.0% flat
59 Türkiye 80.6% 2023 down 4.5% falling
59 Luxembourg 80.6% 2023 up 12.7% rising
59 Türkiye 80.6% 2023 down 4.5% falling
62 Bosnia and Herzegovina 79.1% 2022 down 0.5% flat
62 Lebanon 79.1% 2018 down 1.9% flat
64 Zambia 78.2% 2024 down 4.2% flat
65 Lao People's Democratic Republic 76.8% 2023 up 9.6% rising
65 Lao People's Democratic Republic 76.8% 2023 up 9.6% rising
67 Qatar 76.3% 2024 down 1.5% flat
68 Zimbabwe 76.0% 2022 down 4.0% flat
69 Saudi Arabia 75.9% 2023 up 0.1% flat
70 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 75.8% 2023 up 2.4% rising
71 Philippines 75.4% 2021 down 2.6% flat
72 Indonesia 71.2% 2024 up 2.3% flat
73 Kenya 70.8% 2024 down 8.8% falling
74 Eswatini 70.6% 2024 down 9.6% falling
75 Uganda 68.7% 2024 down 15.6% falling
76 Guinea-Bissau 68.6% 2024 down 2.8% flat
77 Jordan 67.9% 2024 up 12.6% rising
78 Botswana 67.5% 2024 down 9.6% falling
79 Ghana 66.7% 2024 down 16.6% falling
80 Senegal 64.5% 2024 up 18.8% rising
81 Benin 59.0% 2024 up 9.9% rising
82 Iraq 58.9% 2023 up 57.1% rising
82 Mozambique 58.9% 2024 down 12.6% falling
84 Burkina Faso 57.8% 2023 up 55.4% rising
85 Bhutan 57.1% 2022 down 0.7% flat
86 Burundi 52.6% 2022 down 16.5% falling
87 Yemen 39.8% 2023 down 9.3% flat
88 Côte d'Ivoire 39.1% 2024 up 20.3% flat
88 Côte d'Ivoire 39.1% 2024 up 20.3% flat
90 Cambodia 37.7% 2018 down 20.0% falling

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Indicator
Health worker distribution, by sex and type of occupation (%)
Source
United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database
Licence
UN SDG Global Database (open, attribution requested)
Coverage
91 places, 805 data points, 2000–2024
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