Table 4.

Health worker earnings as a multiple of GDP per capita

World bank income categories	Health worker cadre	Average earnings index (multiple of GDP per capita)
High-income countries	Physicians	1.9
	Nurses and midwives	1.5
	Other health workers	0.9
Upper-middle-income countries	Physicians	2.7
	Nurses and midwives	2.2
	Other health workers	1.3
Lower-middle-income countries	Physicians	5.1
	Nurses and midwives	4.2
	Other health workers	2.4
Lower-income countries	Physicians	7.8
	Nurses and midwives	6.4
	Other health workers	3.7
Global	Physicians	4.4
	Nurses and midwives	3.6
	Other health workers	2.1