[DSD_HEALTH_EMP_REAC@DF_PHYS_CAT] Physicians by categories
Updated by provider on July 7, 2025 (5:31 PM).
This dataset provides data on the number of physicians by three main categories and eight sub-categories, which are defined as follows:
Generalist medical practitioners (ISCO-08 code: 2211)
- General practitioners
- Other generalist (non-specialist) medical practitioners
Specialist medical practitioners (ISCO-08 code: 2212)
- General paediatricians
- Obstetricians and gynaecologists
- Psychiatrists
- Medical group of specialists
- Surgical group of specialists
- Other specialists not elsewhere classified
Medical doctors not further defined (ISCO-08 code: 2210)
The breakdown by categories is provided for practising physicians where possible. If not possible, the data are reported for professionally active physicians or physicians licensed to practise.
Please refer to the Sources and Methods for detailed country-specific information. [REF_AREA] Reference area
[ARG] Argentina
[AUS] Australia
[AUT] Austria
[BEL] Belgium
[BGR] Bulgaria
[BRA] Brazil
[CAN] Canada
[CHE] Switzerland
[CHL] Chile
[CZE] Czechia
[DEU] Germany
[DNK] Denmark
[ESP] Spain
[EST] Estonia
[FIN] Finland
[FRA] France
[GBR] United Kingdom
[GRC] Greece
[HRV] Croatia
[HUN] Hungary
[IDN] Indonesia
[IRL] Ireland
[ISL] Iceland
[ISR] Israel
[ITA] Italy
[JPN] Japan
[KOR] Korea
[LTU] Lithuania
[LUX] Luxembourg
[LVA] Latvia
[MEX] Mexico
[NLD] Netherlands
[NOR] Norway
[NZL] New Zealand
[PER] Peru
[POL] Poland
[PRT] Portugal
[ROU] Romania
[RUS] Russia
[SVN] Slovenia
[SWE] Sweden
[TUR] Türkiye
[UKR] Ukraine
[USA] United States
[ZAF] South Africa
[MEASURE] Measure
[HSE] Health and social employment
[UNIT_MEASURE] Unit of measure
[10P3BR_L] Per 1 000 live births
[10P3HB] Per 1 000 inhabitants
[PS] Persons
[PT_WR_PRF_HLTH] Percentage of workers in the same health profession
[AGE] Age
[_Z] Not applicable
[SEX] Sex
[_Z] Not applicable
[HEALTH_PROF] Health profession
[EMPLGENE] Generalist medical practitioners
[EMPLGENP] General practitioners
[EMPLGYNE] Obstetricians and gynaecologists
[EMPLOTGP] Other generalist (non-specialist) medical practitioners
[EMPLOTPH] Medical doctors not further defined
[EMPLOTSP] Other specialists not elsewhere classified
[EMPLPEDI] General paediatricians
[EMPLPSYS] Psychiatrists
[EMPLSPEC] Medical group of specialists
[EMPLSPMP] Specialist medical practitioners
[EMPLSURG] Surgical group of specialists
[WORKER_STATUS] Worker status
[_Z] Not applicable
[HEALTH_PROF_ACTIVITY_STATUS] Health profession activity status
[_Z] Not applicable
[PRICE_BASE] Price base
[_Z] Not applicable
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Reference area [REF_AREA] (45)
Measure [MEASURE] (1)
Unit of measure [UNIT_MEASURE] (4)
Age [AGE] (1)
Sex [SEX] (1)
Health profession [HEALTH_PROF] (11)
Worker status [WORKER_STATUS] (1)
Health profession activity status [HEALTH_PROF_ACTIVITY_STATUS] (1)
Price base [PRICE_BASE] (1)
This dataset has 1,272 series:
[ARG.HSE.10P3BR_L._Z._Z.EMPLGYNE._Z._Z._Z] Argentina – Health and social employment – Per 1 000 live births – Not applicable – Not applicable – Obstetricians and gynaecologists – Not applicable – Not applicable – Not applicable
- from
- 2016=13.24
- to
- 2022=20.31
- min:
- 13.24
- max:
- 20.31
- avg:
- 16.554
- σ:
- 2.602
[ARG.HSE.10P3HB._Z._Z.EMPLGENE._Z._Z._Z] Argentina – Health and social employment – Per 1 000 inhabitants – Not applicable – Not applicable – Generalist medical practitioners – Not applicable – Not applicable – Not applicable
- from
- 2012=0.08
- to
- 2023=0.1
- min:
- 0.08
- max:
- 0.11
- avg:
- 0.101
- σ:
- 0.01
[ARG.HSE.10P3HB._Z._Z.EMPLGENP._Z._Z._Z] Argentina – Health and social employment – Per 1 000 inhabitants – Not applicable – Not applicable – General practitioners – Not applicable – Not applicable – Not applicable
- from
- 2012=0.08
- to
- 2023=0.1
- min:
- 0.08
- max:
- 0.11
- avg:
- 0.101
- σ:
- 0.01
[ARG.HSE.10P3HB._Z._Z.EMPLGYNE._Z._Z._Z] Argentina – Health and social employment – Per 1 000 inhabitants – Not applicable – Not applicable – Obstetricians and gynaecologists – Not applicable – Not applicable – Not applicable
- from
- 2012=0.22
- to
- 2023=0.17
- min:
- 0.17
- max:
- 0.22
- avg:
- 0.216
- σ:
- 0.014
[ARG.HSE.10P3HB._Z._Z.EMPLOTPH._Z._Z._Z] Argentina – Health and social employment – Per 1 000 inhabitants – Not applicable – Not applicable – Medical doctors not further defined – Not applicable – Not applicable – Not applicable
- from
- 2012=3.47
- to
- 2023=3.85
- min:
- 3.47
- max:
- 3.91
- avg:
- 3.673
- σ:
- 0.147
[ARG.HSE.10P3HB._Z._Z.EMPLOTSP._Z._Z._Z] Argentina – Health and social employment – Per 1 000 inhabitants – Not applicable – Not applicable – Other specialists not elsewhere classified – Not applicable – Not applicable – Not applicable
- from
- 2012=0.01
- to
- 2023=0.01
- min:
- 0.01
- max:
- 0.01
- avg:
- 0.01
- σ:
- 0
[ARG.HSE.10P3HB._Z._Z.EMPLPEDI._Z._Z._Z] Argentina – Health and social employment – Per 1 000 inhabitants – Not applicable – Not applicable – General paediatricians – Not applicable – Not applicable – Not applicable
- from
- 2012=0.3
- to
- 2023=0.27
- min:
- 0.27
- max:
- 0.34
- avg:
- 0.322
- σ:
- 0.021
[ARG.HSE.10P3HB._Z._Z.EMPLPSYS._Z._Z._Z] Argentina – Health and social employment – Per 1 000 inhabitants – Not applicable – Not applicable – Psychiatrists – Not applicable – Not applicable – Not applicable
- from
- 2012=0.14
- to
- 2023=0.11
- min:
- 0.11
- max:
- 0.15
- avg:
- 0.143
- σ:
- 0.011
[ARG.HSE.10P3HB._Z._Z.EMPLSPEC._Z._Z._Z] Argentina – Health and social employment – Per 1 000 inhabitants – Not applicable – Not applicable – Medical group of specialists – Not applicable – Not applicable – Not applicable
- from
- 2012=0.24
- to
- 2023=0.26
- min:
- 0.24
- max:
- 0.29
- avg:
- 0.271
- σ:
- 0.019
[ARG.HSE.10P3HB._Z._Z.EMPLSPMP._Z._Z._Z] Argentina – Health and social employment – Per 1 000 inhabitants – Not applicable – Not applicable – Specialist medical practitioners – Not applicable – Not applicable – Not applicable
- from
- 2012=1.26
- to
- 2023=1.14
- min:
- 1.14
- max:
- 1.39
- avg:
- 1.323
- σ:
- 0.072
Series code | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
[ARG.HSE.10P3BR_L._Z._Z.EMPLGYNE._Z._Z._Z] | - | - | - | - | 13.24 | 13.9 | 14.53 | 16.11 | 18.84 | 18.95 | 20.31 | - |
[ARG.HSE.10P3HB._Z._Z.EMPLGENE._Z._Z._Z] | 0.08 | 0.09 | 0.09 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.11 | 0.11 | 0.11 | 0.11 | 0.11 | 0.1 |
[ARG.HSE.10P3HB._Z._Z.EMPLGENP._Z._Z._Z] | 0.08 | 0.09 | 0.09 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.11 | 0.11 | 0.11 | 0.11 | 0.11 | 0.1 |
[ARG.HSE.10P3HB._Z._Z.EMPLGYNE._Z._Z._Z] | 0.22 | 0.22 | 0.22 | 0.22 | 0.22 | 0.22 | 0.22 | 0.22 | 0.22 | 0.22 | 0.22 | 0.17 |
[ARG.HSE.10P3HB._Z._Z.EMPLOTPH._Z._Z._Z] | 3.47 | 3.48 | 3.55 | 3.57 | 3.58 | 3.62 | 3.66 | 3.73 | 3.79 | 3.87 | 3.91 | 3.85 |
[ARG.HSE.10P3HB._Z._Z.EMPLOTSP._Z._Z._Z] | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 |
[ARG.HSE.10P3HB._Z._Z.EMPLPEDI._Z._Z._Z] | 0.3 | 0.31 | 0.31 | 0.32 | 0.32 | 0.33 | 0.34 | 0.34 | 0.34 | 0.34 | 0.34 | 0.27 |
[ARG.HSE.10P3HB._Z._Z.EMPLPSYS._Z._Z._Z] | 0.14 | 0.14 | 0.14 | 0.14 | 0.14 | 0.15 | 0.15 | 0.15 | 0.15 | 0.15 | 0.15 | 0.11 |
[ARG.HSE.10P3HB._Z._Z.EMPLSPEC._Z._Z._Z] | 0.24 | 0.25 | 0.25 | 0.25 | 0.27 | 0.28 | 0.29 | 0.29 | 0.29 | 0.29 | 0.29 | 0.26 |
[ARG.HSE.10P3HB._Z._Z.EMPLSPMP._Z._Z._Z] | 1.26 | 1.3 | 1.27 | 1.3 | 1.33 | 1.35 | 1.38 | 1.39 | 1.39 | 1.38 | 1.39 | 1.14 |
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Reference area [REF_AREA] (45)
Measure [MEASURE] (1)
Unit of measure [UNIT_MEASURE] (4)
Age [AGE] (1)
Sex [SEX] (1)
Health profession [HEALTH_PROF] (11)
Worker status [WORKER_STATUS] (1)
Health profession activity status [HEALTH_PROF_ACTIVITY_STATUS] (1)
Price base [PRICE_BASE] (1)
This dataset has 1,272 series:
[ARG.HSE.10P3BR_L._Z._Z.EMPLGYNE._Z._Z._Z] Argentina – Health and social employment – Per 1 000 live births – Not applicable – Not applicable – Obstetricians and gynaecologists – Not applicable – Not applicable – Not applicable
- from
- 2016=13.24
- to
- 2022=20.31
- min:
- 13.24
- max:
- 20.31
- avg:
- 16.554
- σ:
- 2.602
[ARG.HSE.10P3HB._Z._Z.EMPLGENE._Z._Z._Z] Argentina – Health and social employment – Per 1 000 inhabitants – Not applicable – Not applicable – Generalist medical practitioners – Not applicable – Not applicable – Not applicable
- from
- 2012=0.08
- to
- 2023=0.1
- min:
- 0.08
- max:
- 0.11
- avg:
- 0.101
- σ:
- 0.01
[ARG.HSE.10P3HB._Z._Z.EMPLGENP._Z._Z._Z] Argentina – Health and social employment – Per 1 000 inhabitants – Not applicable – Not applicable – General practitioners – Not applicable – Not applicable – Not applicable
- from
- 2012=0.08
- to
- 2023=0.1
- min:
- 0.08
- max:
- 0.11
- avg:
- 0.101
- σ:
- 0.01
[ARG.HSE.10P3HB._Z._Z.EMPLGYNE._Z._Z._Z] Argentina – Health and social employment – Per 1 000 inhabitants – Not applicable – Not applicable – Obstetricians and gynaecologists – Not applicable – Not applicable – Not applicable
- from
- 2012=0.22
- to
- 2023=0.17
- min:
- 0.17
- max:
- 0.22
- avg:
- 0.216
- σ:
- 0.014
[ARG.HSE.10P3HB._Z._Z.EMPLOTPH._Z._Z._Z] Argentina – Health and social employment – Per 1 000 inhabitants – Not applicable – Not applicable – Medical doctors not further defined – Not applicable – Not applicable – Not applicable
- from
- 2012=3.47
- to
- 2023=3.85
- min:
- 3.47
- max:
- 3.91
- avg:
- 3.673
- σ:
- 0.147
[ARG.HSE.10P3HB._Z._Z.EMPLOTSP._Z._Z._Z] Argentina – Health and social employment – Per 1 000 inhabitants – Not applicable – Not applicable – Other specialists not elsewhere classified – Not applicable – Not applicable – Not applicable
- from
- 2012=0.01
- to
- 2023=0.01
- min:
- 0.01
- max:
- 0.01
- avg:
- 0.01
- σ:
- 0
[ARG.HSE.10P3HB._Z._Z.EMPLPEDI._Z._Z._Z] Argentina – Health and social employment – Per 1 000 inhabitants – Not applicable – Not applicable – General paediatricians – Not applicable – Not applicable – Not applicable
- from
- 2012=0.3
- to
- 2023=0.27
- min:
- 0.27
- max:
- 0.34
- avg:
- 0.322
- σ:
- 0.021
[ARG.HSE.10P3HB._Z._Z.EMPLPSYS._Z._Z._Z] Argentina – Health and social employment – Per 1 000 inhabitants – Not applicable – Not applicable – Psychiatrists – Not applicable – Not applicable – Not applicable
- from
- 2012=0.14
- to
- 2023=0.11
- min:
- 0.11
- max:
- 0.15
- avg:
- 0.143
- σ:
- 0.011
[ARG.HSE.10P3HB._Z._Z.EMPLSPEC._Z._Z._Z] Argentina – Health and social employment – Per 1 000 inhabitants – Not applicable – Not applicable – Medical group of specialists – Not applicable – Not applicable – Not applicable
- from
- 2012=0.24
- to
- 2023=0.26
- min:
- 0.24
- max:
- 0.29
- avg:
- 0.271
- σ:
- 0.019
[ARG.HSE.10P3HB._Z._Z.EMPLSPMP._Z._Z._Z] Argentina – Health and social employment – Per 1 000 inhabitants – Not applicable – Not applicable – Specialist medical practitioners – Not applicable – Not applicable – Not applicable
- from
- 2012=1.26
- to
- 2023=1.14
- min:
- 1.14
- max:
- 1.39
- avg:
- 1.323
- σ:
- 0.072
Series code | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
[ARG.HSE.10P3BR_L._Z._Z.EMPLGYNE._Z._Z._Z] | - | - | - | - | 13.24 | 13.9 | 14.53 | 16.11 | 18.84 | 18.95 | 20.31 | - |
[ARG.HSE.10P3HB._Z._Z.EMPLGENE._Z._Z._Z] | 0.08 | 0.09 | 0.09 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.11 | 0.11 | 0.11 | 0.11 | 0.11 | 0.1 |
[ARG.HSE.10P3HB._Z._Z.EMPLGENP._Z._Z._Z] | 0.08 | 0.09 | 0.09 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.11 | 0.11 | 0.11 | 0.11 | 0.11 | 0.1 |
[ARG.HSE.10P3HB._Z._Z.EMPLGYNE._Z._Z._Z] | 0.22 | 0.22 | 0.22 | 0.22 | 0.22 | 0.22 | 0.22 | 0.22 | 0.22 | 0.22 | 0.22 | 0.17 |
[ARG.HSE.10P3HB._Z._Z.EMPLOTPH._Z._Z._Z] | 3.47 | 3.48 | 3.55 | 3.57 | 3.58 | 3.62 | 3.66 | 3.73 | 3.79 | 3.87 | 3.91 | 3.85 |
[ARG.HSE.10P3HB._Z._Z.EMPLOTSP._Z._Z._Z] | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 |
[ARG.HSE.10P3HB._Z._Z.EMPLPEDI._Z._Z._Z] | 0.3 | 0.31 | 0.31 | 0.32 | 0.32 | 0.33 | 0.34 | 0.34 | 0.34 | 0.34 | 0.34 | 0.27 |
[ARG.HSE.10P3HB._Z._Z.EMPLPSYS._Z._Z._Z] | 0.14 | 0.14 | 0.14 | 0.14 | 0.14 | 0.15 | 0.15 | 0.15 | 0.15 | 0.15 | 0.15 | 0.11 |
[ARG.HSE.10P3HB._Z._Z.EMPLSPEC._Z._Z._Z] | 0.24 | 0.25 | 0.25 | 0.25 | 0.27 | 0.28 | 0.29 | 0.29 | 0.29 | 0.29 | 0.29 | 0.26 |
[ARG.HSE.10P3HB._Z._Z.EMPLSPMP._Z._Z._Z] | 1.26 | 1.3 | 1.27 | 1.3 | 1.33 | 1.35 | 1.38 | 1.39 | 1.39 | 1.38 | 1.39 | 1.14 |
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