Table 2.
| Country | World Bank income level | Treated KF (pmp) | Prevalence of long-term dialysis (pmp) |
Long-term dialysis centers (pmp) |
Kidney transplantation (pmp) |
Nephrology workforce (pmp) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HD | PD | Total (HD+PD) | HD | PD | Incidence | Centers | Nephrologists | Nephrology trainees | |||
| Global median | — | 787.0 | 310.0 | 25.0 | 359.0 | 4.5 | 1.3 | 14.0 | 0.4 | 10.0 | 1.4 |
| Africa median | — | 541.0 | 13.8 | 2.1 | 16.9 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 4.6 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 0.4 |
| Algeria | Upper-middle | — | 240.3 | 11.1 | 251.4 | 7.7 | 0.2 | 4.3 | 0.2 | 12.0 | 1.9 |
| Angola | Lower-middle | — | 23.6 | 0.0 | 23.6 | 0.3 | 0.0 | — | — | 1.0 | 0.4 |
| Benin | Low | — | 30.2 | 0.0 | 30.2 | 0.4 | — | — | — | 0.9 | 0.5 |
| Botswana | Upper-middle | — | — | 18.3 | 18.3 | 2.2 | 0.9 | — | — | 0.7 | 0.9 |
| Burkina Faso | Low | — | — | — | — | 0.2 | — | — | — | 0.7 | 0.9 |
| Burundi | Low | — | — | — | — | 0.2 | — | — | — | 0.2 | — |
| Cabo Verde | Lower-middle | — | — | — | — | 1.8 | — | — | — | 3.5 | 3.5 |
| Cameroon | Lower-middle | — | 12.2 | 0.0 | 12.2 | 0.4 | — | — | — | 0.6 | 0.3 |
| Cen. African Rep. | Low | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | —— | — | — |
| Chad | Low | — | — | — | — | 0.1 | — | — | — | 0.2 | — |
| Comoros | Lower-middle | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Congo, Dem. Rep. | Low | — | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.0 | — | — | 0.3 | 0.0 |
| Congo, Rep. | Lower-middle | — | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 1.0 | — | — | — | 1.6 | 0.0 |
| Cote d'Ivoire | Lower-middle | — | 23.3 | 0.0 | 23.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 | — | 0.04 | 1.0 | 0.2 |
| Djibouti | Lower-middle | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Egypt | Lower-middle | 624.0 | 517.7 | 0.1 | 517.8 | 3.0 | 0.1 | 15.5 | 0.2 | 23.1 | 3.0 |
| Equatorial Guinea | Upper-middle | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Eritrea | Low | — | — | — | — | 0.3 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ethiopia | Low | — | 5.8 | 0.0 | 5.8 | 0.2 | — | — | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Gabon | Upper-middle | — | 103.0 | 0.0 | 103.0 | 2.8 | — | — | — | 4.7 | — |
| Gambia | Low | — | — | — | — | 0.5 | — | — | — | 0.5 | 0.5 |
| Ghana | Lower-middle | — | 4.4 | 0.0 | 4.4 | 0.5 | — | — | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.1 |
| Guinea | Low | — | — | — | — | 0.2 | — | — | — | 0.5 | 0.7 |
| Guinea-Bissau | Low | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Kenya | Lower-middle | — | 9.2 | 1.1 | 10.3 | 0.8 | — | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 0.1 |
| Lesotho | Lower-middle | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Liberia | Low | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Libya | Upper-middle | — | 351.8 | 12.6 | 360.1 | 9.5 | 0.7 | — | 0.2 | — | — |
| Madagascar | Low | — | 5.1 | 0.0 | 5.1 | 0.2 | — | — | — | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| Malawi | Low | — | — | — | — | — | 0.1 | — | — | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Mali | Low | — | 3.9 | 0.0 | 3.9 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Mauritania | Lower-middle | — | 80.5 | 0.0 | 80.5 | 4.2 | — | — | — | 1.6 | 1.6 |
| Mauritius | Upper-middle | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Morocco | Lower-middle | 541.0 | 185.0 | 0.6 | 185.6 | 9.6 | 0.1 | 1.5 | 0.2 | 12.5 | 2.2 |
| Mozambique | Low | — | 0.9 | 0.0 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 0.0 | — | — | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Namibia | Upper-middle | — | 16.8 | 9.6 | 26.4 | 2.0 | — | — | 0.4 | 0.8 | 1.0 |
| Niger | Low | — | — | — | — | 0.2 | — | — | — | 0.4 | 0.0 |
| Nigeria | Lower-middle | — | 7.4 | 0.0 | 7.4 | 0.7 | — | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 0.5 |
| Rwanda | Low | 4.4 | — | — | 2.8 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sao Tome & Principe | Lower-middle | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Senegal | Lower-middle | — | 9.7 | 1.6 | 11.3 | — | — | — | — | 2.0 | 4.3 |
| Seychelles | High | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sierra Leone | Low | — | — | — | — | 1.0 | 0.1 | — | — | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Somalia | Low | — | — | — | — | 0.3 | — | — | — | 0.3 | 0.9 |
| South Africa | Upper-middle | 181.0 | 134.3 | 23.3 | 157.6 | 0.5 | — | 4.6 | — | 2.7 | 0.4 |
| South Sudan | Low | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sudan | Lower-middle | — | 67.9 | 2.5 | 70.4 | 4.7 | 0.3 | 5.3 | 0.2 | 1.3 | 0.4 |
| Swaziland | Lower-middle | — | 15.4 | 0.0 | 15.4 | 1.7 | 0.1 | — | 0.0 | 0.9 | 0.9 |
| Tanzania | Low | — | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 2.8 | 0.9 | — | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.1 |
| Togo | Low | — | 8.3 | 0.0 | 8.3 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Tunisia | Upper-middle | 1018.0 | 722.8 | 36.8 | 759.6 | 0.3 | — | 11.1 | 0.0 | 15.6 | 5.5 |
| Uganda | Low | — | 1.2 | 0.7 | 1.8 | 14.8 | 0.7 | — | — | 0.2 | — |
| Zambia | Lower-middle | — | 1.7 | 0.0 | 1.7 | 0.2 | — | — | — | 0.3 | 0.1 |
| Zimbabwe | Lower-middle | — | 2.8 | 0.0 | 2.8 | 0.4 | 0.3 | — | — | 0.4 | 0.0 |
—, Data not reported/unavailable; Cen., Central; Dem. Rep., Democratic Republic; HD, hemodialysis; KF, kidney failure; PD, peritoneal dialysis; pmp, per million population; Rep, Republic.