Cameroon vs Equatorial Guinea: Medical doctors per 1,000 people vs. GDP per capita
Cameroon
0.136 per 1,000 people
in 2022
Equatorial Guinea
0.153 per 1,000 people
in 2022
Cameroon rank
178th
Equatorial Guinea rank
175th
Medical doctors per 1,000 people vs. GDP per capita over time
- Cameroon
- Equatorial Guinea
How they compare
Equatorial Guinea currently reports 0.153 per 1,000 people against 0.136 per 1,000 people in Cameroon, a difference of 0.017 per 1,000 people.
That makes Equatorial Guinea's figure about 1.1 times Cameroon's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 6 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Equatorial Guinea ahead.
Cameroon ranks 178th and Equatorial Guinea ranks 175th of 194 countries.
Across the 5 decades both report, Cameroon averaged higher in 1 and Equatorial Guinea in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Cameroon | Equatorial Guinea | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.034 per 1,000 people | 0.167 per 1,000 people | 0.133 per 1,000 people | Equatorial Guinea |
| 1970s | 0.034 per 1,000 people | 0.086 per 1,000 people | 0.052 per 1,000 people | Equatorial Guinea |
| 1990s | 0.078 per 1,000 people | 0.2635 per 1,000 people | 0.1855 per 1,000 people | Equatorial Guinea |
| 2000s | 0.188 per 1,000 people | 0.17 per 1,000 people | 0.018 per 1,000 people | Cameroon |
| 2020s | 0.136 per 1,000 people | 0.153 per 1,000 people | 0.017 per 1,000 people | Equatorial Guinea |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher medical doctors per 1,000 people vs. gdp per capita, Cameroon or Equatorial Guinea?
- Equatorial Guinea, at 0.153 per 1,000 people against 0.136 per 1,000 people in Cameroon as of 2022.
- What is the difference in medical doctors per 1,000 people vs. gdp per capita between Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea?
- 0.017 per 1,000 people, with Equatorial Guinea ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea?
- 6 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2022.
- How do Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea rank globally for medical doctors per 1,000 people vs. gdp per capita?
- Cameroon ranks 178th and Equatorial Guinea ranks 175th of 194 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- World Health Organization (Global Health Workforce Statistics), OECD, and country data, via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Medical doctors per 1,000 people vs. GDP per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Medical doctors include generalist physicians and specialist medical practitioners. GDP per capita is adjusted for inflation and differences in living costs between countries.