Number of Medical Graduates According to Country (Per 100,000) The following bar chart shows the number of medical students graduating every year in different countries. Report: 1. Ireland 23.7 2. Slovenia 17.4 3. Lithuania 16.4 4. Latvia 16.2 5. Portugal 15.8 6. Australia 15.8 7. Netherlands 14.6 8. Czech Republic 13.6 9. Hungary 13.4 10. Spain 13.0 11. United Kingdom 12.8 12. Italy 12.3 13. Belgium 12.1 14. Germany 11.3 15. Norway 11.2 16. Estonia 10.9 17. Mexico 10.7 18. Sweden 10.6 19. Poland 10.2 20. Chile 9.4 21. France 9.0 22. Turkey 8.9 23. New Zealand 8.7 24.Canada 7.8 25. Korea 7.8 26.United States 7.5 27. Japan 6.4 28.Israel 5.5 Israel: The country with the least number of medical student graduates is Israel. Every 100,000 inhabitant, there are 5.5 medical graduates per year. This could be due to the few number of medical schools in Israel, which are only five. Also, 58% of doctors working in Israel were trained in foreign countries. Next in order comes Japan with 6.4 students and USA with 7.5 students per 100,000 inhabitants. Although there is a total of 179 medical schools in the United States, the number is still low. This could be partly because of the high medical school fees that ranges from 32K - 50K dollars per year. The above table shows how the number of medical students graduating in Europe is within the range of 9-17 students per 100,000. The more developed the country, the less the number of students graduating yearly. For example, 12.8 students graduate yearly in the UK, while in Slovenia the number of students graduating yearly is 17.4. Ireland University College Cork – Medicine - Ireland The country with the highest number of medical graduates is Ireland with 23.7 student for every 100,000 inhabitant. You might think that there are many medical schools in Ireland, but ironically there are only 6 medical schools in Ireland. This could be because medical students pay only 2500 Euro/year. Source: Numbers of medical graduates were collected from OECD data bases.
