Nigeria vs South Africa: Physicians (per 1,000 people)
Side-by-side comparison from World Bank Open Data.
In , Nigeria's Physicians (per 1,000 people) was 0.38, compared to South Africa's 0.79. That makes Nigeria's value 52.1% lower than South Africa's.
Nigeria
Rank #41 of 58 globally
- Latest (2023)
- 0.38
- Year-over-year
- -1.6%
- 10-year change
- +4.7%
- Peak
- 0.43 (2016)
- Trough
- 0.27 (2005)
South Africa
Not reported
- Latest (2022)
- 0.79
- Year-over-year
- +1.7%
- 10-year change
- +11.0%
- Peak
- 0.79 (2022)
- Trough
- 0.68 (2007)
Source: World Bank Open Data (SH.MED.PHYS.ZS), CC BY 4.0.