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Which Country Pays Physicians the Most Compared to Others?

Physicians' Salary (As % of Average Salary) (%), 2014 or latest

Health Care | January 1, 2019

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Based on a comparison of 16 countries in 2014, Mexico ranked the highest in physicians' salary as a percentage of average salary in the economy with 544% followed by Luxembourg and Chile. On the other end of the scale was Hungary with 147%, Estonia with 156% and Netherlands with 163%.

Data for more countries are available at Physicians' Salary (As % of Average Salary) indicator page.

Physicians' Salary (As % of Average Salary)	Unit	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014
Chile	%	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	320%	300%
Czechia	%															206%	207%	205%	228%	235%	...	...
Estonia	%	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...			151%	165%	160%	160%	152%
Finland	%	...		...	...	...	...									184%	178%	178%	180%	183%		...
Iceland	%	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...		...		227%	248%	233%	224%	225%		...
Israel	%	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...						180%	194%	178%	194%	219%
Luxembourg	%	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...						274%	313%	328%	377%	416%		...
Mexico	%	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...						488%	506%	523%	536%	543%		...
Netherlands	%	...	...	...	...	...	...	...								183%	174%	178%	167%	163%	...	...
New Zealand	%	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...		...		...	...	...	...	...	...
Poland	%	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	219%	...	201%	...	...
Slovakia	%	...	...	...	...	...	...									185%	186%	183%	178%	206%		...
Slovenia	%	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...					220%	253%	239%	234%	234%		...
Spain	%	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	217%	201%
United Kingdom	%	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...			195%	193%	185%	180%	177%	...	...