Table 1.
Number of doctors, nurses, and midwives in Africa per 10 000 population, by country (2014-18)
| Country | No per 10 000 | Country | No per 10 000 | Country | No per 10 000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seychelles | 102.0 | Gambia | 16.5 | Congo* | 7.7 |
| Libya | 86.2 | Nigeria | 15.6 | Angola | 6.2 |
| Mauritius | 60.4 | Eritrea | 15.0 | United Republic of Tanzania | 6.0 |
| Botswana | 59.1 | Uganda | 14.0 | Liberia | 5.7 |
| Eswatini | 44.6 | Rwanda | 13.4 | Togo | 4.9 |
| Ghana | 43.3 | Kenya | 13.2 | Mali | 4.9 |
| Tunisia | 38.2 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 11.8 | Malawi | 4.7 |
| Gabon | 36.3 | Mauritania | 11.1 | Benin | 4.7 |
| Lesotho* | 33.2 | Burkina Faso | 9.7 | Senegal | 3.8 |
| Algeria | 32.7 | Sudan | 9.6 | Niger | 3.1 |
| Zambia | 25.2 | Burundi | 9.5 | Madagascar | 3.1 |
| Egypt | 23.8 | Djibouti | 9.5 | Central African Republic | 2.8 |
| Namibia | 23.7 | Equatorial Guinea | 9.0 | Chad | 2.8 |
| South Africa | 22.1 | Comoros | 9.0 | Sierra Leone* | 2.5 |
| Zimbabwe | 21.4 | Côte d’Ivoire | 8.1 | Guinea | 2.1 |
| Morocco | 21.2 | Guinea-Bissau | 8.1 | Somalia | 1.3 |
| Cabo Verde | 20.5 | Ethiopia | 7.9 | Cameroon* | 0.9 |
| Sao Tome and Principe | 19.8 | Mozambique | 7.7 |
*
Countries with latest data available in 2009 to 2013. Note that countries or areas with data older than 2009 or without data are not listed in the table.
Source: Analysis based on WHO Global Health Observatory, https://apps.who.int/gho/data/node.main.SDG3C?lang=en, accessed on 26 October 2020.