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

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 Georgia 130.44 2016
2 Lebanon 87.40 2014
3 Armenia 86.66 2017
4 Israel 75.59 2015
5 Kazakhstan 73.15 2015
6 Azerbaijan 67.63 2014
7 Russia 63.12 2014
8 Turkmenistan 58.81 2014
9 Uzbekistan 50.43 2014
10 Kyrgyz Republic 50.06 2014
11 Korea 49.63 2014
12 Turkey 47.63 2015
13 Mongolia 45.03 2014
14 Tajikistan 41.68 2014
15 China 40.13 2012
16 Japan 37.36 2014
17 Singapore 31.45 2013
18 Oman 30.48 2017
19 Hong Kong SAR, China 27.84 2014
20 Jordan 24.49 2015
21 Qatar 14.49 2011
22 Bahrain 14.36 2015
23 Thailand 13.09 2014
24 Malaysia 11.43 2016
25 Philippines 9.56 2014
26 Iraq 7.64 2013
27 India 6.82 2014
28 Pakistan 5.53 2014
29 Iran 5.02 2014
30 Cambodia 4.20 2018
31 Lao PDR 3.68 2017
32 Nepal 2.96 2014
33 Bangladesh 2.91 2018
34 Bhutan 2.87 2014
35 Sri Lanka 2.78 2015
36 Myanmar 2.42 2013
37 Timor-Leste 0.90 2016
38 Yemen 0.82 2014
39 Afghanistan 0.03 2014

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Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual