Community health workers (per 1,000 people)

Definition: Community health workers include various types of community health aides, many with country-specific occupational titles such as community health officers, community health-education workers, family health workers, lady health visitors and health extension package workers.

Description: The map below shows how Community health workers (per 1,000 people) varies by country. The shade of the country corresponds to the magnitude of the indicator. The darker the shade, the higher the value. The country with the highest value in the world is United Kingdom, with a value of 8.43. The country with the lowest value in the world is Bahrain, with a value of 0.00.

Source: World Health Organization, OECD, supplemented by country data.

See also: Country ranking, Time series comparison

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