Medical doctors in Peru
Peru: Medical doctors was 16.88 in 2023. ▲ Rising
Latest (2023)
16.88
Change on year
up 2.4%
World rank
98th
of 187 countries
All-time high
16.88
in 2023
All-time low
9.44
in 2009
Years of data
15
1999–2023
Medical doctors in Peru, 1999–2023
Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory.
Analysis
Peru recorded 16.88 for medical doctors in 2023. That is the highest value across all 15 years on record.
That represents a change of up 2.4% on the previous year and up 44.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, medical doctors in Peru peaked at 16.88 in 2023 and was at its lowest, 9.44, in 2009.
That places Peru 98th out of 187 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 15 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 11.38 | 11.38 | 11.38 | 1 |
| 2000s | 12.98 | 9.44 | 16.53 | 2 |
| 2010s | 12.62 | 11.39 | 13.73 | 8 |
| 2020s | 16.11 | 14.36 | 16.88 | 4 |
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More health data for Peru
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates 1,235 (2090)
- Un projection of annual infant deaths 782 (2100)
- Deaths in armed conflicts by country 0 (2026)
- Deaths in armed conflicts by region 0 (2026)
- Age population, age 25, male, interpolated 277,896 (2025)
- Age population, age 25, female, interpolated 278,985 (2025)
- Age population, age 24, male, interpolated 277,934 (2025)
- Age population, age 24, female, interpolated 277,075 (2025)
- Age population, age 23, male, interpolated 277,995 (2025)
- Age population, age 23, female, interpolated 275,298 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is medical doctors in Peru?
- Medical doctors in Peru was 16.88 in 2023, according to World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory.
- What is the highest medical doctors recorded in Peru?
- The highest recorded value was 16.88 in 2023.
- What is the lowest medical doctors recorded in Peru?
- The lowest recorded value was 9.44 in 2009.
- How does Peru rank for medical doctors?
- Peru ranks 98th out of 187 countries with data for 2023.
- Is medical doctors rising or falling in Peru?
- Over the last ten years it is up 44.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Peru data come from?
- The figures come from World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory, published as part of Medical doctors (per 10,000). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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