PROGRAMS • AID TO AFRICA
STATISTICS •  HEALTHCARE IN AFRICA

Health Care workers per African country:

Country

Rate per 100,000 population / Year

Physicians

Nurses

Midwives

Dentists

Pharmacists

Angola

7.7

1997

 

114.5

1997

 

4.3

1997

 

.0

1997

 

Botswana

23.8

1994

 

219.1

1994

 

.0

1994

 

2.2

1994

 

Central African Republic

3.5

1995

 

8.8

1995

 

4.9

1995

 

.2

1995

 

Congo

25.1

1995

 

185.1

1995

 

24.9

1995

 

 

Côte d'Ivoire

9.0

1996

 

31.2

1996

 

15.0

1996

 

 

Democratic Republic of the Congo

6.9

1996

 

44.2

1996

 

 

1.1

1996

 

Ghana

6.2

1996

 

72.0

1996

 

53.2

1996

 

.2

1996

 

Kenya

13.2

1995

 

90.1

1995

 

 

2.2

1995

 

Lesotho

5.4

1995

 

60.1

1995

 

47.0

1995

 

.5

1995

 

Namibia

29.5

1997

 

168.0

1997

 

116.5

1997

 

4.0

1997

 

Nigeria

18.5

1992

 

66.1

1992

 

52.4

1992

 

2.6

1992

 

South Africa

56.3

1996

 

471.8

1996

 

 

17.8

1996

 

Sudan

9.0

1996

 

58.0

1996

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.7

1996

 

1.1

1996

Swaziland

15.1

1996

 

 

 

 

Zambia

6.9

1995

 

113.1

1995

 

 

 

Zimbabwe

13.9

1995

 

128.7

1995

 

28.1

1995

 

1.3

1995

 

United Republic of Tanzania

4.1

1995

 

85.2

1995

 

44.8

1995

 

.7

1995

 

Comparing to some 1 st World countries:

Israel

385.0

1998

 

613.0

1998

 

18.6

1998

 

116.0

1998

 

60.5

1998

Italy

554.0

1997

 

296.0

1989

 

29.2

1982

 

64.4

1997

 

102.0

1996

Switzerland

323.0

1998

 

779.0

1990

 

26.5

1990

 

48.8

1997

 

61.5

1998

USA

279.0

1995

 

972.0

1996

 

 

59.8

1996

 

Australia

240.0

1998

 

830.0

1998

 

40.0

1998

 

40.0

1998

 

 

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