WHO Global Health Observatory

Medical doctors (per 10,000 population)

Name: Medical doctors (per 10,000 population)
Creator: WHO Global Health Observatory
License: https://www.who.int/about/policies/publishing/copyright

Medical doctors per 10,000 people — a core health-workforce density measure. Emigration of clinicians during the war makes this a closely watched recovery signal. WHO-compiled figure.

Trend

Latest values

Period	Area	Value	Unit
2022	Syria	16.27	per 10,000 population
2021	Syria	15.21	per 10,000 population
2020	Syria	15.00	per 10,000 population
2019	Syria	15.17	per 10,000 population
2018	Syria	15.00	per 10,000 population
2017	Syria	14.68	per 10,000 population
2016	Syria	15.21	per 10,000 population
2015	Syria	14.64	per 10,000 population
2014	Syria	14.88	per 10,000 population
2013	Syria	14.85	per 10,000 population
2012	Syria	14.73	per 10,000 population
2011	Syria	14.53	per 10,000 population
2010	Syria	13.88	per 10,000 population
2009	Syria	13.62	per 10,000 population
2008	Syria	13.62	per 10,000 population
2007	Syria	14.13	per 10,000 population
2006	Syria	14.07	per 10,000 population
2005	Syria	15.01	per 10,000 population
2004	Syria	14.12	per 10,000 population
2003	Syria	13.68	per 10,000 population
2002	Syria	14.35	per 10,000 population
2001	Syria	13.95	per 10,000 population
2000	Syria	13.47	per 10,000 population
1999	Syria	13.18	per 10,000 population
1998	Syria	13.20	per 10,000 population
1997	Syria	12.76	per 10,000 population

About this data

Source: WHO Global Health Observatory
Dataset: WHO GHO Syria health indicators
License: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO
Dataset version: 20260721120407-1a06446a3cf5
Last source check: 2026-07-21
Data quality: Source-published
Original download: Source API request; WHO Global Health Observatory national estimate (both sexes); modelled or reported values as published by WHO.
What this data is and is not: Annual Syria-level values as published by WHO — some modelled estimates, some nationally reported — and continuously revisable. Sanad shows only the national both-sexes total: for each indicator it keeps the aggregate row (both sexes, and the total wealth-quintile or residence band where those dimensions exist), one value per year, with no sex or governorate breakdown. The latest available year varies by indicator.; Official methodology documentation

Citation

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Syria Data Observatory, “Medical doctors (per 10,000 population)”. Dataset: WHO GHO Syria health indicators. Original source: WHO Global Health Observatory. Version: 20260721120407-1a06446a3cf5. Last source check: 2026-07-21. https://observatory.sanaddata.com/en/indicators/who-medical-doctors.

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