Physicians per 1000 people in Malta
Malta: Physicians per 1000 people was 4.51 in 2022. ▲ Rising
Physicians per 1000 people in Malta, 1960–2022
Source: Our World in Data.
Analysis
Malta recorded 4.51 for physicians per 1000 people in 2022. That is the highest value across all 37 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 5.1% on the previous year and up 39.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, physicians per 1000 people in Malta peaked at 4.51 in 2022 and was at its lowest, 0.891, in 1960.
Malta ranks 16th of 194 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 37 years of available data.
Physicians per 1000 people in Malta, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 0.891 | — |
| 1970 | 1.07 | +20.3% |
| 1971 | 1.03 | -4.3% |
| 1975 | 1.28 | +24.4% |
| 1981 | 1.17 | -8.2% |
| 1982 | 1.27 | +8.0% |
| 1984 | 1.38 | +9.0% |
| 1987 | 2.03 | +47.2% |
| 1990 | 2.17 | +7.0% |
| 1991 | 2.36 | +8.4% |
| 1992 | 2.33 | -0.9% |
| 1993 | 2.41 | +3.0% |
| 1997 | 2.37 | -1.6% |
| 1998 | 2.5 | +5.5% |
| 2000 | 2.56 | +2.5% |
| 2001 | 3.03 | +18.4% |
| 2002 | 3.21 | +5.9% |
| 2003 | 3.07 | -4.3% |
| 2004 | 3.37 | +9.7% |
| 2005 | 3.4 | +1.0% |
| 2006 | 3.76 | +10.6% |
| 2007 | 3.25 | -13.6% |
| 2008 | 3.28 | +0.8% |
| 2009 | 2.99 | -8.9% |
| 2010 | 3.03 | +1.3% |
| 2011 | 3.11 | +2.7% |
| 2012 | 3.24 | +4.2% |
| 2013 | 3.42 | +5.7% |
| 2014 | 3.6 | +5.3% |
| 2015 | 3.68 | +2.0% |
| 2016 | 3.83 | +4.1% |
| 2017 | 3.96 | +3.6% |
| 2018 | 3.97 | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 4.03 | +1.4% |
| 2020 | 4.16 | +3.4% |
| 2021 | 4.29 | +3.1% |
| 2022 | 4.51 | +5.1% |
Malta compared with similar countries
- Malta's 4.51 is above the median for high income countries, which is 3.59, 1.3× the median. (66 countries reporting)
- Malta's 4.51 is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 1.74, 2.6× the median. (22 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Physicians per 1000 people in Malta changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | +47.2% | 1.38 | 2.03 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.891 | 0.891 | 0.891 | 1 |
| 1970s | 1.12 | 1.03 | 1.28 | 3 |
| 1980s | 1.46 | 1.17 | 2.03 | 4 |
| 1990s | 2.36 | 2.17 | 2.5 | 6 |
| 2000s | 3.19 | 2.56 | 3.76 | 10 |
| 2010s | 3.59 | 3.03 | 4.03 | 10 |
| 2020s | 4.32 | 4.16 | 4.51 | 3 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is physicians per 1000 people in Malta?
- Physicians per 1000 people in Malta was 4.51 in 2022, according to Our World in Data.
- What is the highest physicians per 1000 people recorded in Malta?
- The highest recorded value was 4.51 in 2022.
- What is the lowest physicians per 1000 people recorded in Malta?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.891 in 1960.
- How does Malta rank for physicians per 1000 people?
- Malta ranks 16th out of 194 countries with data for 2022.
- Is physicians per 1000 people rising or falling in Malta?
- Over the last ten years it is up 39.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Malta data come from?
- The figures come from Our World in Data, published as part of Physicians per 1000 people. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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