Table 1.
Current NSOAP and their costs of implementation
| Country | GDP per capita (World Bank 2017) | Population (World Bank, 2018) |
NSOAP years | Total NSOAP cost | NSOAP cost per year per capita | NSOAP cost/cap as a percentage of GDP/cap | NSOAP cost/cap as a percentage of health spending/cap |
| Zambia | US$1509.80 | 17.3 million | 5 years | US$314 million | US$3.62 | 0.24 | 6.49 |
| Tanzania | US$936.33 | 56.3 million | 7 years | US$597 million | US$1.51 | 0.16 | 4.20 |
| Rwanda | US$748.39 | 12.3 million | 6 years | US$69.7 million | US$0.94 | 0.13 | 1.98 |
| Nigeria | US$1968.56 | 195.9 million | 5 years | US$6.8 billion | US$17.12 | 0.87 | 22.18 |
Source: Jumbam et al.15
GDP, gross domestic product; NSOAP, National Surgical, Obstetric and Anaesthesia Plans.