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Jun 05, 2020

Average Annual Number of Physician Visits per Capita

Selected Health & System Statistics

Source: OECD 2019.

Data from 2017 (or nearest year available).

All Countries

Australia Flag — Australia

3.7

Brazil Flag — Brazil

1.82

Canada Flag — Canada

2.7

China Flag — China

2.01

Denmark Flag — Denmark

4

England Flag — England

2.8

France Flag — France

3.2

Germany Flag — Germany

4.3

India Flag — India

0.78

Israel

3.14

Italy Flag — Italy

3.99

Japan

2.43

Netherlands Flag — Netherlands

3.6

New Zealand Flag — New Zealand

3.3

Norway Flag — Norway

4.7

Singapore Flag — Singapore

2.3

Sweden Flag — Sweden

4.1

Switzerland Flag — Switzerland

4.3

Taiwan Flag — Taiwan

n/a

United States Flag — United States

2.6