Supply Benchmark
Specialists per 100,000 Population — Dubai
73 Specialties Ranked · Population 3,660,000 · Data as of 2026-04-03
Per-capita specialist rates measure how well-supplied a population is for each medical specialty. This analysis divides the number of professionals on the Dubai medical register in each specialty by Dubai's estimated population of 3,660,000 to produce a per-100K rate. The counts include Registered Only records, which hold no facility licence and cannot practise in Dubai until a facility activates one, so the rates overstate the practising workforce. Higher rates indicate better access; lower rates may signal workforce gaps or specialties concentrated in private-pay settings.
2,719
Register Records per 100K
661
Register Physicians per 100K
WHO: 230
WHO Physician Threshold
73
Specialties Tracked
Global Context
The WHO Health Workforce Support and Safeguards List uses a threshold of 44.5 health workers (physicians, nurses, midwives) per 10,000 population, which translates to roughly 445 per 100K. Dubai's register lists 2719 professionals per 100K across all four categories, or 1897 per 100K counting only full-time licence holders. Both figures are well above this threshold, though they also count dentists and allied health professionals.
445
WHO Threshold per 100K
~380
OECD Average per 100K
2719
UAE (Dubai) per 100K
~350
Singapore per 100K
All Specialties — Per 100K Rate
Other Benchmarks
Nurse-to-Doctor Ratio
Facility-level staffing ratios with WHO benchmark comparison
Staff per Facility
Facility size distribution and staffing tier analysis
FTL Rate Analysis
Full-time licence (FTL) share by specialty and area
Source: the public register of licensed medical professionals kept by the Dubai health regulator, read 2026-04-03. See data sources. Population estimate: 3,660,000 (Dubai Statistics Center). Specialties with fewer than 10 professionals are excluded. WHO and OECD benchmarks are approximate global averages. Verify credentials with the Dubai health regulator.