Specialist surgical workforce (per 100,000 population) - Country Ranking - Africa

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 Egypt 50.08 2014
2 Seychelles 48.57 2018
3 Mauritius 17.58 2014
4 Cabo Verde 16.04 2011
5 Algeria 12.13 2013
6 Tunisia 11.54 2014
7 South Africa 11.42 2014
8 Namibia 6.13 2013
9 Djibouti 4.42 2013
10 Morocco 3.66 2016
11 Botswana 3.64 2014
12 Côte d'Ivoire 2.81 2014
13 Sudan 2.67 2014
14 Kenya 2.35 2016
15 Benin 1.86 2014
16 The Gambia 1.82 2014
17 Zimbabwe 1.55 2016
18 Zambia 1.48 2016
19 Nigeria 1.37 2014
20 Cameroon 1.15 2013
21 Senegal 1.05 2011
21 Mali 1.05 2014
21 Uganda 1.05 2016
24 Madagascar 0.78 2016
25 Rwanda 0.75 2016
26 Liberia 0.60 2009
27 Burkina Faso 0.59 2014
28 Lesotho 0.57 2014
29 Ethiopia 0.54 2016
30 Mozambique 0.53 2018
31 Togo 0.51 2014
32 Tanzania 0.46 2016
33 Malawi 0.43 2016
34 Niger 0.41 2014
35 Eritrea 0.40 2008
35 Burundi 0.40 2018
37 Central African Republic 0.38 2014
38 Chad 0.29 2013
39 Congo 0.22 2013
40 Dem. Rep. Congo 0.19 2013
41 Eswatini 0.17 2010
42 Somalia 0.16 2014
43 Sierra Leone 0.13 2012

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Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual