Sierra Leone has one doctor per 10,000 population.
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The exact figure 'one doctor per 10,000' does not appear explicitly in the sources retrieved; WHO's primary physician-density indicator page for Sierra Leone was located (official estimate updated 30 April 2025) but the specific country value was not extractable, so the claim is confirmed only at the level of order of magnitude.
Sources use different metrics and reference years: the peer-reviewed study reports a COMBINED skilled-health-worker density (doctors, midwives and nurses) of 6.4 per 10,000, not doctors alone, while a tertiary aggregator (World Population Review) lists Sierra Leone at 0.40 doctors per capita for 2022, a unit-ambiguous figure that could imply a value below the claimed one.
Doctor-density statistics for Sierra Leone are reported with long lags (World Bank series runs to 2022), so no genuinely 'today' (2026) observation exists; the most recent official WHO estimate predates the session by roughly 17 months.
Sources
PrimaryWHO Data — Density of physicians (per 10 000 population) [Indicator 217795A / SDG 3.c.1]Indicator: 'Density of doctors (physicians) per 10 000 population' — 'Number of physicians (per 10 000 population) including generalists, specialist medical practitioners and medical doctors not further defined. (SDG 3.c.1)'. 'Official estimate updated 30 April 2025'. Citation: 'World Health Organization 2026 data.who.int, Density of physicians (per 10 000 population) [Indicator]. (Accessed on 2 October 2026)'.
AcademicImproving Sierra Leone's skilled health-worker-to-population ratio (peer-reviewed article, PMC)'To achieve UHC, a country needs a skilled-health-worker-to-population ratio of 44.5 doctors, midwives and nurses per 10 000. In Sierra Leone, this ratio is 6.4 per 10 000.' The article also notes that the majority of health workers on the payroll are auxiliary cadres falling below WHO's definition of 'skilled' health workers, and describes Sierra Leone's workforce as 'ranked among the worst worldwide'.
TertiaryWorld Population Review — Doctors per Capita by Country'The five countries with the lowest number of doctors per capita are South Sudan (2020) and Sierra Leone (2022) with 0.40, Malawi with 0.49 (2022), Papua New Guinea with 0.63 (2021), and Burundi with 0.50 (2021).' The same page states Cuba's 2021 rating as '94.3 per 10K residents'.