According to data from the Indonesian Medical Council (KKI), as of April 24, 2024, there were 279,321 registered doctors in Indonesia.
Of this number, only 59,422, or approximately 21%, are specialist doctors.
Further analysis reveals that the rarest specialist title in Indonesia is forensic odontology specialist (Sp.OF).
Forensic odontology is a branch of medicine that studies tooth identification for legal cases or disaster management.
The KKI recorded only 19 doctors in Indonesia with the Sp.OF title as of April 24, 2024. This represents approximately 0.007% of the total nationally registered doctors.
The next rarest specialty is maritime medicine (Sp.KL), specializing in health issues related to activities above, below, and along the coast.
Many other specialist fields also have a relatively small number of doctors in the country.
Below is a list of the 10 specialist doctors with the fewest numbers in Indonesia, according to KKI data as of April 24, 2024:
1. Forensic Odontology Specialist (Sp.OF): 19 people
2. Maritime Medicine Specialist (Sp.KL): 27 people
3. Clinical Parasitology Specialist (Sp.Par.K): 49 people
4. Emergency Medicine Specialist (Sp.EM): 68 people
5. Nuclear Medicine Specialist (Sp.KN): 72 people
6. Aviation Medicine Specialist (Sp.KP): 73 people
7. Dental Radiology Specialist (Sp.RKG): 85 people
8. Clinical Pharmacology Specialist (Sp.FK): 96 people
9. Sports Medicine Specialist (Sp.KO): 102 people
10. Andrology/Male Reproductive Health Specialist (Sp.And): 108 people