Table 1.

Stock of SDG3.c health workers (medical doctors, nurses, midwives, dentists, pharmacists) in 2020 by WHO region (in millions)

Region	Dentists	Medical doctors	Midwives	Nurses	Pharmacists
African region	0.04	0.33	0.25	1.19	0.09
Region of the Americas	0.59	2.49	0.10	8.27	0.59
Eastern Mediterranean region	0.19	0.80	0.09	1.11	0.23
European region	0.57	3.41	0.40	7.39	0.60
South-East Asia region	0.30	1.55	0.55	3.58	1.32
Western Pacific region	0.84	4.07	0.81	7.56	0.85
Global*	2.54	12.65	2.20	29.10	3.69

*The total of the five occupations is 2.54+12.65+2.20+29.10+3.69=50.1 million.

SDG, Sustainable Development Goal.