Canada vs Jordan: Medical doctors per 1,000 people vs. GDP per capita
Canada
2.82 per 1,000 people
in 2023
Jordan
2.85 per 1,000 people
in 2022
Canada rank
68th
Jordan rank
66th
Medical doctors per 1,000 people vs. GDP per capita over time
- Canada
- Jordan
How they compare
Jordan currently reports 2.85 per 1,000 people against 2.82 per 1,000 people in Canada, a difference of 0.03 per 1,000 people.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 24 shared years of data; in 1965 it was Canada ahead.
Canada ranks 68th and Jordan ranks 66th of 194 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Canada averaged higher in 5 and Jordan in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Canada | Jordan | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.3 per 1,000 people | 0.37 per 1,000 people | 0.93 per 1,000 people | Canada |
| 1970s | 1.55 per 1,000 people | 0.391 per 1,000 people | 1.16 per 1,000 people | Canada |
| 1980s | 1.85 per 1,000 people | 1.05 per 1,000 people | 0.8033 per 1,000 people | Canada |
| 1990s | 2.05 per 1,000 people | 1.48 per 1,000 people | 0.569 per 1,000 people | Canada |
| 2000s | 1.91 per 1,000 people | 2.04 per 1,000 people | 0.1259 per 1,000 people | Jordan |
| 2010s | 2.43 per 1,000 people | 2.38 per 1,000 people | 0.0479 per 1,000 people | Canada |
| 2020s | 2.81 per 1,000 people | 2.85 per 1,000 people | 0.037 per 1,000 people | Jordan |
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, Canada or Jordan?
- Jordan, at 2.85 per 1,000 people against 2.82 per 1,000 people in Canada as of 2022.
- What is the difference in medical doctors per 1,000 people vs. gdp per capita between Canada and Jordan?
- 0.03 per 1,000 people, with Jordan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Canada and Jordan?
- 24 years are reported by both, from 1965 to 2022.
- How do Canada and Jordan rank globally for medical doctors per 1,000 people vs. gdp per capita?
- Canada ranks 68th and Jordan ranks 66th 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.