Global Count of Medical Doctors by Country

Medical doctors (number) is a dataset from the World Health Organization's Global Health Observatory. It provides counts of practicing medical doctors across member states. The data supports monitoring of healthcare workforce density and distribution.

Use Cases

• Analyze doctor_density per capita by joining with population data from other WHO datasets.
• Model the relationship between doctor_count and key health outcomes like life_expectancy or mortality_rate.
• Track temporal trends in healthcare_workforce size across different countries or regions.
• Identify countries with critical shortages of medical_personnel for targeted intervention planning.

Strengths

• Data originates from the authoritative World Health Organization.
• Covers a global scope, including WHO member states.

Limitations

• Specific row count, time range, and update frequency are unknown.
• Lacks detailed column definitions (e.g., specialty, sector) for granular analysis.
• Potential for inconsistency in national reporting methodologies.

Provenance

Source

World Health Organization (WHO) Global Health Observatory (GHO)

Collection Method

Aggregated from national administrative reporting to WHO.

Geography

Global, covering WHO member states.