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Which Country Has the Most Generalist Medical Practitioners?

Number of Generalist Medical Practitioners (GMP) (persons), 2022 or latest
Health Care | July 9, 2023
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Based on a comparison of 40 countries in 2022, Brazil ranked the highest in number of generalist medical practitioners, or GMP with 176,415 persons followed by Indonesia and Mexico. On the other end of the scale was Iceland with 213 persons, Estonia with 1,156 persons and Latvia with 1,448 persons.

Data for more countries are available at Number of Generalist Medical Practitioners (GMP) indicator page.

Number of Generalist Medical Practitioners (GMP) Unit 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Australia persons ... 38,061 39,971 40,825 43,200 44,781 ...
Brazil persons ... ... ... ... ... 131,645 137,911 138,999 144,971 162,520 ...
Canada persons 46,009 47,690 48,977 49,669 50,421
Colombia persons ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 75,387 78,867 82,806 87,115 91,212 ...
France persons 93,840 94,375 94,139 94,433 94,000 ...
Germany persons 79,004 79,999 80,778 82,689 84,827 ...
Indonesia persons ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 45,387 59,847 59,988 137,920 ...
Italy persons 54,063 53,691 52,998 52,555 50,354
Mexico persons 106,106 107,566 108,167 111,536 112,607 ...
Peru persons ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
South Korea persons ... ... 31,743 32,652 33,483 34,736 35,449 ...
Spain persons ... ... ... 34,797 35,378 41,727 43,131 43,302 ...
Turkey persons 46,107 47,999 48,688 52,280 56,108 ...
USA persons 98,857 99,659 99,609 100,801 100,913 ...
United Kingdom persons 50,080 49,824 49,569 51,096 52,034