Physician density in Latin America and the Caribbean, 2017 (Physicians per Thousand Inhabitants)
OECD
27 May 2021
On average, across countries in the Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) region, there are 2 doctors per 1,000 population, and most LAC countries stand below the OECD average of 3.5. Cuba has the highest doctor density in the LAC region with over 8 doctors per 1,000 population, which is twice the OECD average. Argentina, Trinidad and Tobago, and Uruguay are the only other additional countries above the OECD average, with a density of more than 4 doctors per 1,000 population. In contrast, Haiti, Honduras, and Guatemala have the lowest number of physicians per 1,000 population, at or below 0.5.
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