Table 4.
Medical practitioner numbers in selected low- and middle-income countries compared with numbers in Australia
| Country | LMIC-born medical practitioners in Australia | LMIC-born medical practitioners who arrived in Australia between 2001 and 2011 | Number of medical practitioners in LMICs | Number of medical practitioners in LMICs per 10,000 population (Australia: 29.9 per 10,000 population) | LMIC-born practitioners in Australia as a percentage of those in home country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fiji |
313 |
108 |
380 |
4.5 |
82.4% |
| India |
4,534 |
2,796 |
660,801 |
6.0 |
0.7% |
| Nepal |
104 |
85 |
5,384 |
2.1 |
1.9% |
| Sri Lanka |
2,058 |
977 |
10,279 |
4.9 |
20.0% |
| Tonga |
15 |
7 |
30 |
2.9 |
50.0% |
| Zambia |
76 |
28 |
649 |
0.6 |
11.7% |
| Zimbabwe | 291 | 170 | 2,086 | 1.6 | 14.0% |
Low- and middle-income country data from WHO (most recent year available) [24]. LMIC, low- and middle-income country.