Table 3. Sub-Saharan African-trained international medical graduates (SSA-IMGs) appearing in the US physician workforce in 2011.
| Countries with ≥5 SSA-IMGs | SSA-IMGs | Potentially Active SSA-IMGs (age ≤70) | Recent Graduates (2000–2008) | |||
| n | Cumulative Percent | n | Cumulative Percent | n | Percent | |
| Nigeria | 3,271 | 44.4 | 3,252 | 45.6 | 433 | 13.3 |
| South Africa | 1,787 | 68.6 | 1,578 | 67.7 | 54 | 3.4 |
| Ghana | 721 | 78.4 | 721 | 77.9 | 166 | 23 |
| Ethiopia | 531 | 85.6 | 530 | 85.3 | 70 | 13.2 |
| Sudan | 329 | 90.1 | 328 | 89.9 | 80 | 24.4 |
| Kenya | 173 | 92.4 | 173 | 92.3 | 40 | 23.1 |
| Uganda | 145 | 94.4 | 139 | 94.3 | 16 | 11.5 |
| Zimbabwe | 112 | 95.9 | 108 | 95.8 | 24 | 22.2 |
| Zambia | 81 | 97 | 81 | 96.9 | 9 | 11.1 |
| Cameroon | 63 | 97.9 | 63 | 97.8 | 21 | 33.3 |
| Liberia | 56 | 98.6 | 56 | 98.6 | 0 | 0 |
| Tanzania | 24 | 99 | 24 | 98.9 | 2 | 8.3 |
| Somalia | 14 | 99.1 | 14 | 99.1 | 0 | 0 |
| Congo (DRC)a | 13 | 99.3 | 13 | 99.3 | 4 | 30.8 |
| Senegal | 11 | 99.5 | 11 | 99.5 | 3 | 27.3 |
| Guinea | 6 | 99.6 | 6 | 99.5 | 1 | 16.7 |
| Sierra Leone | 6 | 99.6 | 6 | 99.6 | 1 | 16.7 |
| Ivory Coast | 5 | 99.7 | 5 | 99.7 | 2 | 40 |
| Other (n = 10)a | 22 | 100 | 22 | 100 | 2 | 9.1 |
| Total | 7,370 | 7,130 | 928 | 13 | ||
Data source: American Medical Association [115].
a
DRC is the Democratic Republic of Congo. Other includes ten countries with fewer than five SSA-IMGs each in the 2011 AMA Physician Masterfile.