Table 4.

Estimated health worker shortages and surpluses by regions and income group, 2030

	Shortage countries					Surplus countries
	Demand	Supply	Need	Shortage	# Countries	Demand	Supply	Need	Surplus	# Countries
WHO Region
Africa	643,548	453,757	2,423,284	189,791	13	1,761,259	2,612,909	6,487,188	851,649	30
Americas	5,294,324	2,177,226	2,270,537	3,117,097	17	9,994,286	10,565,630	3,975,926	571,344	11
Eastern Mediterranean	5,735,711	3,976,303	4,248,811	1,759,408	12	465,804	635,105	806,814	169,301	3
Europe	8,813,848	6,485,872	2,740,579	2,327,976	32	9,344,924	10,317,392	3,045,689	972,468	18
South-East Asia	11,420,891	9,039,083	12,091,674	2,381,808	3	785,895	1,129,508	2,621,313	343,613	5
Western Pacific	23,359,616	13,836,069	11,088,037	9,523,547	10	2,535,233	3,425,273	1,182,439	890,040	11
WB Region
East Asia and Pacific	23,359,616	13,836,069	11,088,037	9,523,547	10	3,186,411	4,414,633	3,646,462	1,228,222	13
Europe and Central Asia	8,499,926	6,323,225	2,676,878	2,176,701	30	9,344,924	10,317,392	3,045,689	972,468	18
Latin America	5,294,324	2,177,226	2,270,537	3,117,097	17	3,080,663	3,607,541	1,555,339	526,878	9
Middle East & North Africa	4,574,811	3,342,787	2,615,168	1,232,024	13	338,608	504,161	417,742	165,553	2
North America	0	0	0	0	0	6,913,623	6,958,089	2,420,587	44,466	2
South Asia	13,325,263	10,153,540	14,091,101	3,171,723	5	134,717	140,148	157,290	5431	3
Sub-Saharan Africa	213,998	135,463	2,121,201	78,535	12	1,888,455	2,743,852	6,876,260	855,397	31
WB Income group
Low	1,142,167	787,953	4,149,362	354,214	14	257,907	596,623	2,899,686	338,716	15
Lower middle	19,143,815	14,797,698	16,063,131	4,346,117	23	2,538,766	3,161,245	5,877,124	622,479	21
Upper middle	28,403,598	15,305,990	12,465,315	13,097,608	23	4,888,132	6,056,042	3,469,462	1,167,910	23
High	6,578,358	5,076,669	2,185,113	1,501,689	27	17,202,596	18,871,907	5,873,098	1,669,311	19
World	55,267,937	35,968,311	34,862,922	−19,299,627	87	24,887,401	28,685,817	18,119,370	3,798,416	78