Table 4.
Estimated average annual deliveries per skilled health professional by country
| Country | Total population 2015 (in 1000s)a | Births in 2015 (in 1000s)* | Number of stillbirths in 2015† | Skilled health professionals density (per 10 000 population)‡ | Estimated No. of skilled health professionals | Percentage of births with skilled health professional | Number of annual deliveries per skilled health professional§ | Number of annual deliveries per skilled health professional if 100% coverage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Benin |
10 880 |
388 |
11 700 |
8.3 |
9030 |
80.9 |
36 |
44 |
| Burkina Faso |
18 106 |
717 |
14 900 |
6.1 |
11 044 |
65.9 |
44 |
66 |
| Burundi |
11 179 |
488 |
12 700 |
– |
– |
60.3 |
– |
– |
| Cameroon |
23 344 |
847 |
16 400 |
5.2 |
12 139 |
63.6 |
45 |
71 |
| Comoros |
788 |
26 |
800 |
– |
– |
82.2 |
– |
– |
| Congo |
4620 |
167 |
2500 |
9.2 |
4251 |
92.5 |
37 |
40 |
| Cote d’Ivoire |
22 702 |
838 |
22 800 |
6.3 |
14 302 |
59.4 |
36 |
60 |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo |
77 267 |
3217 |
|
– |
– |
80.1 |
– |
– |
| Gabon |
1725 |
51 |
700 |
– |
– |
89.3 |
– |
– |
| Guinea |
12609 |
460 |
9900 |
1.4 |
1765 |
45.3 |
120 |
266 |
| Liberia |
4503 |
156 |
3300 |
2.9 |
1306 |
61.1 |
75 |
122 |
| Mozambique |
27 978 |
1087 |
20 700 |
4.5 |
12 590 |
54.3 |
48 |
88 |
| Niger |
19 899 |
983 |
36 200 |
1.6 |
3184 |
29.3 |
94 |
320 |
| Nigeria |
182 202 |
7133 |
313 700 |
20.1 |
|
38.1 |
8 |
20 |
| Rwanda |
11 610 |
363 |
5900 |
7.5 |
8707 |
69.0 |
29 |
42 |
| Senegal |
15 129 |
567 |
14 500 |
4.8 |
7262 |
65.1 |
52 |
80 |
| Sierra Leone |
6453 |
229 |
5400 |
1.9 |
1226 |
59.7 |
114 |
191 |
| Uganda |
39 032 |
1665 |
34 200 |
14.2 |
55 426 |
57.4 |
18 |
31 |
| United Republic of Tanzania |
53 470 |
2064 |
47 100 |
4.7 |
25 131 |
48.9 |
41 |
84 |
| Zimbabwe | 15 603 | 539 | 14.2 | 22 156 | 66.2 | 16 | 25 |