Table 1. Countries and surveys included in the study.

Country	Survey year	Number of facilitiessurveyed	Number of essentialmedicines surveyed/Totalno. of surveyed medicines	WHO region	WB income group*	Gini Index**	Gini Index (year)
Bolivia	2008	60	42/50	Americas	LMIC	56.29	2008
Brazil	2008	56	43/50	Americas	UMIC	55.07	2008
Cameroon	2005	60	25/36	Africa	LIC	38.91	2007
Chad	2004	43	18/22	Africa	LIC	39.78	2003
China	2010	86	33/47	Western Pacific	UMIC	42.48	2005
Congo, Rep.	2007	58	28/32	Africa	LMIC	47.32	2005
Ethiopia	2004	87	44/47	Africa	LIC	29.83	2005
Ghana	2004	112	36/49	Africa	LIC	42.76	2006
Indonesia	2010	153	43/50	South-East Asia	LMIC	34.01	2005
Kenya	2004	157	33/45	Africa	LIC	47.68	2005
Malaysia	2004	72	23/47	Western Pacific	UMIC	37.91	2004
Mali	2004	64	35/37	Africa	LIC	38.99	2006
Mexico	2009	28	38/42	Americas	UMIC	48.28	2008
Nicaragua	2008	105	30/43	Americas	LMIC	40.47	2005
Nigeria	2004	124	27/29	Africa	LIC	42.93	2004
Pakistan	2004	78	20/29	Eastern Mediterranean	LIC	31.18	2005
South Africa	2004	45	35/42	Africa	UMIC	67.4	2006
Tajikistan	2005	40	30/34	Europe	LIC	33.61	2004
Tanzania	2004	111	29/44	Africa	LIC	37.58	2007
Thailand	2006	41	40/43	South-East Asia	LMIC	42.35	2006
Uganda	2004	60	32/45	Africa	LIC	42.62	2006
Yemen	2006	40	17/35	Eastern Mediterranean	LIC	37.69	2005
India	2003–2011	656	185/232	South-East Asia	LIC†	33.38	2005

*As at the time of the survey. LIC: low income country, LMIC: lower middle income country, UMIC: upper middle income country.

**Data is closest to the year of the survey.

^†2003–2005.