App. 2-33  Physician and Hospital Bed per 1000 Persons
Source:World Bank Database.          
Country or Area Physicians per 1000 Persons (person) Hospital Beds per 1000 Persons(unit)
1990 2000 2004 1990 2000 2004
             
 World 1.4 3.6
 High Income 1.9 2.6 2.6② 6.3 6.5 6.4①
 Middle Income 1.6 1.7 3.5
 China 1.6 1.6 1.6② 2.6 2.5 2.5②
 Bangladesh 0.2 0.3 0.3
 Cambodia 0.2 2.1 0.6
 India 0.6 0.9①
 Indonesia 0.1 0.2 0.1① 0.7
 Iran 0.4 1.4
 Israel 3.2 3.8 3.8① 6.2 6.1 6.1①
 Japan 1.7 1.9 2② 14.7 14.3①
 Kazakhstan 4.0 3.3 3.5① 13.7 7.2 7.7①
 Korea, Dem. 3.3①
 Korea, Rep. 0.8 1.3 1.6① 3.1 6.1 7.1①
 Laos 0.2 2.6 1.2②
 Malaysia 0.4 0.7 2.1
 Mongolia 2.5 2.6②
 Myanmar 0.1 0.3 0.4 0.6 0.6
 Pakistan 0.5 0.7 0.6 0.7①
 Philippines 0.1 0.6 1.2② 1.4
 Singapore 1.3 3.6
 Sri Lanka 0.4 0.5 2.7 3.1②
 Thailand 0.2 0.4 1.6
 Viet Nam 0.4 3.8
 Egypt 0.8 2.1 0.5① 2.1 2.2①
 Nigeria 0.3 0.3① 1.7
 South Africa 0.8
 Canada 2.1 2.1 2.1① 6.0 3.8 3.7②
 Mexico 1.0 1.6 1.5① 1.0 1.1 1.0①
 United States 1.8 2.2 2.3② 4.9 3.5 3.3①
 Argentina 2.7 4.6 4.1
 Brazil 1.4 1.2 3.3 2.7②
 Venezuela 1.6 2.7
 Belarus 3.6 4.6 4.6① 13.2 12.6 11.3①
 Czech Republic 2.7 3.4 3.5① 11.3 8.8 8.8①
 France 3.1 3.3 3.4 9.7 8.1 7.7①
 Germany 3.3 3.4① 10.4 9.1 8.9②
 Italy 4.2 4.2 7.2 4.7 4.4②
 Netherlands 2.5 3.2 3.1① 5.8 4.8
 Poland 2.1 2.2 2.5① 5.7 4.9 5.6②
 Russian Fed. 4.1 4.2 4.3① 13.1 10.9 10.5①
 Spain 3.2 3.2① 4.6 4.1 3.8①
 Turkey 0.9 1.3 1.3 2.4 2.6 2.6
 Ukraine 4.3 3.0 3.0① 13.0 8.8 8.8①
 United Kingdom 1.6 1.9 2.2① 5.9 4.2 4.2①
 Australia 2.2 2.5 2.5② 7.8 7.4②
 New Zealand 1.9 2.2 2.2① 8.5 6.1②
             
Note:①Data refer to 2003.Data refer to 2002.