Specialist surgical workforce (per 100,000 population) - Country Ranking
Definition: Specialist surgical workforce is the number of specialist surgical, anaesthetic, and obstetric (SAO) providers who are working in each country per 100,000 population.
Source: Data collected by the Lancet Commission on Global Surgery (www.lancetglobalsurgery.org); Data collected by WHO Collaborating Centre for Surgery and Public Health at Lund University from various sources including Ministries of Health or equivalent national
See also: Thematic map, Time series comparison
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| Rank | Country | Value | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Monaco | 195.60 | 2014 |
| 2 | Greece | 163.54 | 2015 |
| 3 | Cayman Islands | 156.75 | 2015 |
| 4 | Italy | 142.40 | 2017 |
| 5 | United Kingdom | 133.30 | 2015 |
| 6 | Lithuania | 130.92 | 2015 |
| 7 | Georgia | 130.44 | 2016 |
| 8 | Czech Republic | 124.52 | 2013 |
| 9 | Belarus | 124.24 | 2014 |
| 10 | Malta | 113.46 | 2017 |
| 11 | Sweden | 113.11 | 2015 |
| 12 | San Marino | 112.86 | 2017 |
| 13 | Bulgaria | 112.71 | 2018 |
| 14 | Austria | 109.88 | 2015 |
| 15 | Germany | 108.00 | 2015 |
| 16 | Iceland | 101.57 | 2015 |
| 17 | Cuba | 100.89 | 2017 |
| 18 | Switzerland | 94.76 | 2017 |
| 19 | Belgium | 89.76 | 2015 |
| 20 | Lebanon | 87.40 | 2014 |
| 21 | Serbia | 86.72 | 2016 |
| 22 | Armenia | 86.66 | 2017 |
| 23 | Ukraine | 86.55 | 2014 |
| 24 | Moldova | 86.12 | 2014 |
| 25 | Portugal | 86.09 | 2015 |
| 26 | Cyprus | 84.42 | 2018 |
| 27 | Andorra | 83.11 | 2018 |
| 28 | Croatia | 81.24 | 2015 |
| 29 | Luxembourg | 80.75 | 2016 |
| 30 | Spain | 79.90 | 2014 |
| 31 | Finland | 76.30 | 2014 |
| 32 | Israel | 75.59 | 2015 |
| 33 | Kazakhstan | 73.15 | 2015 |
| 34 | Ireland | 71.97 | 2018 |
| 35 | Liechtenstein | 71.94 | 2015 |
| 36 | Denmark | 68.98 | 2014 |
| 37 | Poland | 67.86 | 2015 |
| 38 | Azerbaijan | 67.63 | 2014 |
| 39 | Latvia | 67.62 | 2016 |
| 40 | Norway | 67.16 | 2017 |
| 41 | Slovenia | 66.70 | 2018 |
| 42 | Estonia | 64.98 | 2017 |
| 43 | Montenegro | 64.12 | 2016 |
| 44 | Russia | 63.12 | 2014 |
| 45 | North Macedonia | 61.22 | 2015 |
| 46 | Romania | 60.53 | 2015 |
| 47 | Ecuador | 59.39 | 2014 |
| 48 | Chile | 59.32 | 2012 |
| 49 | Turkmenistan | 58.81 | 2014 |
| 50 | France | 58.63 | 2015 |
| 51 | Hungary | 55.69 | 2017 |
| 52 | Brazil | 55.47 | 2018 |
| 53 | United States | 54.71 | 2015 |
| 54 | Slovak Republic | 53.90 | 2018 |
| 55 | Uzbekistan | 50.43 | 2014 |
| 56 | Egypt | 50.08 | 2014 |
| 57 | Kyrgyz Republic | 50.06 | 2014 |
| 58 | Argentina | 50.05 | 2018 |
| 59 | Korea | 49.63 | 2014 |
| 60 | Netherlands | 48.97 | 2015 |
| 61 | Seychelles | 48.57 | 2018 |
| 62 | Turkey | 47.63 | 2015 |
| 63 | Australia | 45.11 | 2016 |
| 64 | Mongolia | 45.03 | 2014 |
| 65 | Canada | 43.87 | 2016 |
| 66 | New Zealand | 43.00 | 2016 |
| 67 | Peru | 42.88 | 2014 |
| 68 | Tajikistan | 41.68 | 2014 |
| 69 | China | 40.13 | 2012 |
| 70 | Uruguay | 38.90 | 2014 |
| 71 | Japan | 37.36 | 2014 |
| 72 | Bolivia | 33.87 | 2012 |
| 73 | St. Kitts and Nevis | 33.48 | 2014 |
| 74 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 32.30 | 2014 |
| 75 | Singapore | 31.45 | 2013 |
| 76 | Trinidad and Tobago | 30.90 | 2014 |
| 77 | Oman | 30.48 | 2017 |
| 78 | Nauru | 30.00 | 2016 |
| 79 | Hong Kong SAR, China | 27.84 | 2014 |
| 80 | Panama | 26.22 | 2014 |
| 81 | Tuvalu | 26.07 | 2018 |
| 82 | Costa Rica | 25.46 | 2018 |
| 83 | Jordan | 24.49 | 2015 |
| 84 | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 23.59 | 2018 |
| 85 | St. Lucia | 23.56 | 2014 |
| 86 | Colombia | 22.71 | 2015 |
| 87 | El Salvador | 22.26 | 2009 |
| 88 | Paraguay | 20.53 | 2018 |
| 89 | Venezuela | 18.13 | 2014 |
| 90 | Mauritius | 17.58 | 2014 |
| 91 | Barbados | 17.20 | 2014 |
| 92 | Cabo Verde | 16.04 | 2011 |
| 93 | Nicaragua | 15.47 | 2014 |
| 94 | Qatar | 14.49 | 2011 |
| 95 | Bahrain | 14.36 | 2015 |
| 96 | Antigua and Barbuda | 14.04 | 2014 |
| 97 | Tonga | 14.00 | 2016 |
| 98 | Honduras | 13.68 | 2014 |
| 99 | Thailand | 13.09 | 2014 |
| 100 | Grenada | 12.56 | 2018 |
| 101 | Algeria | 12.13 | 2013 |
| 102 | Albania | 11.63 | 2013 |
| 103 | Tunisia | 11.54 | 2014 |
| 104 | Malaysia | 11.43 | 2016 |
| 105 | South Africa | 11.42 | 2014 |
| 106 | Dominica | 11.25 | 2014 |
| 107 | Jamaica | 11.20 | 2014 |
| 108 | Belize | 10.47 | 2014 |
| 109 | Philippines | 9.56 | 2014 |
| 110 | Guyana | 8.78 | 2014 |
| 111 | Kiribati | 8.20 | 2016 |
| 112 | Iraq | 7.64 | 2013 |
| 113 | India | 6.82 | 2014 |
| 114 | Namibia | 6.13 | 2013 |
| 115 | Haiti | 5.88 | 2015 |
| 116 | Pakistan | 5.53 | 2014 |
| 117 | Fiji | 5.43 | 2018 |
| 118 | Iran | 5.02 | 2014 |
| 119 | Djibouti | 4.42 | 2013 |
| 120 | Cambodia | 4.20 | 2018 |
| 121 | Lao PDR | 3.68 | 2017 |
| 122 | Morocco | 3.66 | 2016 |
| 123 | Botswana | 3.64 | 2014 |
| 124 | Guatemala | 3.40 | 2014 |
| 125 | Vanuatu | 3.20 | 2016 |
| 126 | Nepal | 2.96 | 2014 |
| 127 | Bangladesh | 2.91 | 2018 |
| 128 | Bhutan | 2.87 | 2014 |
| 129 | Côte d'Ivoire | 2.81 | 2014 |
| 130 | Sri Lanka | 2.78 | 2015 |
| 131 | Sudan | 2.67 | 2014 |
| 132 | Solomon Islands | 2.50 | 2016 |
| 133 | Myanmar | 2.42 | 2013 |
| 134 | Kenya | 2.35 | 2016 |
| 135 | Papua New Guinea | 2.30 | 2016 |
| 136 | Benin | 1.86 | 2014 |
| 137 | The Gambia | 1.82 | 2014 |
| 138 | Samoa | 1.60 | 2016 |
| 139 | Zimbabwe | 1.55 | 2016 |
| 140 | Zambia | 1.48 | 2016 |
| 141 | Nigeria | 1.37 | 2014 |
| 142 | Cameroon | 1.15 | 2013 |
| 143 | Senegal | 1.05 | 2011 |
| 143 | Mali | 1.05 | 2014 |
| 143 | Uganda | 1.05 | 2016 |
| 146 | Timor-Leste | 0.90 | 2016 |
| 147 | Yemen | 0.82 | 2014 |
| 148 | Madagascar | 0.78 | 2016 |
| 149 | Rwanda | 0.75 | 2016 |
| 150 | Liberia | 0.60 | 2009 |
| 151 | Burkina Faso | 0.59 | 2014 |
| 152 | Lesotho | 0.57 | 2014 |
| 153 | Ethiopia | 0.54 | 2016 |
| 154 | Mozambique | 0.53 | 2018 |
| 155 | Togo | 0.51 | 2014 |
| 156 | Tanzania | 0.46 | 2016 |
| 157 | Malawi | 0.43 | 2016 |
| 158 | Niger | 0.41 | 2014 |
| 159 | Burundi | 0.40 | 2018 |
| 159 | Eritrea | 0.40 | 2008 |
| 161 | Central African Republic | 0.38 | 2014 |
| 162 | Chad | 0.29 | 2013 |
| 163 | Congo | 0.22 | 2013 |
| 164 | Dem. Rep. Congo | 0.19 | 2013 |
| 165 | Eswatini | 0.17 | 2010 |
| 166 | Somalia | 0.16 | 2014 |
| 167 | Sierra Leone | 0.13 | 2012 |
| 168 | Afghanistan | 0.03 | 2014 |
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Aggregation method: Weighted average
Periodicity: Annual
