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. 2013 Nov 1;91(11):808–815. doi: 10.2471/BLT.13.120840

Table 6. Averagea annual remuneration of salaried health workers in 92 Member States of the World Health Organization, 2010 (or closest available year).

Country income groupb No. of countries with data Average remuneration per worker
In US$, 2010 In PPP, 2010
High 39 28 298 28 063
Upper middle 32 8037 14 667
Lower middle 16 3079 5927
Low 5 473 1347
All 92 15 352 18 102

PPP, purchasing power parity; US$, United States dollars.

a The figures are arithmetic averages of the shares in each country group. This unweighted ratio represents the typical proportion of countries in a particular income group rather than the population-weighted average of all countries in the group.

b According to the 2013 World Bank classification, based on per capita income.

Note: The data for the different variables in the table are not necessarily for the same countries.

Source: WHO Global Health Expenditure Database.18