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. 2021 Aug 13;8:722872. doi: 10.3389/fmed.2021.722872

Table 3.

Characteristics of 84 member states evaluated using the WHO's global benchmarking tool (GBT), 2016–2020.

Countries benchmarked, n (%)
Benchmarking year
2016 9 (11)
2017 24 (29)
2018 11 (13)
2019 29 (35)
2020 11 (13)
Type of benchmarking
Self 58 (69)
Formal 26 (31)
Income level
Low 25 (30)
Lower-middle 32 (38)
Upper-middle 23 (27)
High 4 (5)
WHO region
Africa 43 (47)
Americas 4 (5)
Eastern Mediterranean 12 (14)
European 8 (9)
South-East Asia 9 (11)
Western Pacific 8 (10)