{
 "code": "LK.SOC.WDI.SH_MED_PHYS_ZS.A",
 "name": "Physicians (per 1,000 people) (World Bank WDI)",
 "unit": "Per 1000 people",
 "frequency": "Annual",
 "base_year": null,
 "producer": "World Bank",
 "publisher": "World Bank",
 "source_url": "https://data.worldbank.org/country/sri-lanka",
 "latest_vintage": "2026-10-08",
 "page": "/data/series/LK.SOC.WDI.SH_MED_PHYS_ZS.A/",
 "notice": "Compiled by Macro Lab; not an official publication of the source agency. Provided as is, without warranty of any kind. Not investment advice.",
 "licence": "Source: The World Bank. Licence: CC BY 4.0. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
 "observations": [
  {"period": "1960", "value": 0.223, "status": null},
  {"period": "1965", "value": 0.172, "status": null},
  {"period": "1970", "value": 0.169, "status": null},
  {"period": "1975", "value": 0.169, "status": null},
  {"period": "1981", "value": 0.134, "status": null},
  {"period": "1982", "value": 0.134, "status": null},
  {"period": "1985", "value": 0.181, "status": null},
  {"period": "1989", "value": 0.146, "status": null},
  {"period": "1991", "value": 0.148, "status": null},
  {"period": "1992", "value": 0.175, "status": null},
  {"period": "1993", "value": 0.218, "status": null},
  {"period": "1994", "value": 0.194, "status": null},
  {"period": "1995", "value": 0.230, "status": null},
  {"period": "1996", "value": 0.286, "status": null},
  {"period": "1997", "value": 0.308, "status": null},
  {"period": "1998", "value": 0.346, "status": null},
  {"period": "1999", "value": 0.369, "status": null},
  {"period": "2000", "value": 0.413, "status": null},
  {"period": "2001", "value": 0.428, "status": null},
  {"period": "2004", "value": 0.522, "status": null},
  {"period": "2005", "value": 0.504, "status": null},
  {"period": "2006", "value": 0.505, "status": null},
  {"period": "2007", "value": 0.538, "status": null},
  {"period": "2008", "value": 0.605, "status": null},
  {"period": "2009", "value": 0.662, "status": null},
  {"period": "2010", "value": 0.703, "status": null},
  {"period": "2011", "value": 0.718, "status": null},
  {"period": "2012", "value": 0.742, "status": null},
  {"period": "2013", "value": 0.772, "status": null},
  {"period": "2014", "value": 0.807, "status": null},
  {"period": "2015", "value": 0.830, "status": null},
  {"period": "2016", "value": 0.856, "status": null},
  {"period": "2017", "value": 0.887, "status": null},
  {"period": "2018", "value": 0.958, "status": null},
  {"period": "2019", "value": 1.098, "status": null},
  {"period": "2020", "value": 1.167, "status": null},
  {"period": "2021", "value": 1.144, "status": null},
  {"period": "2023", "value": 1.136, "status": null}
 ]
}