Specialist surgical workforce (per 100,000 population) - Country Ranking - Middle East
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
| Rank | Country | Value | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lebanon | 87.40 | 2014 |
| 2 | Israel | 75.59 | 2015 |
| 3 | Turkmenistan | 58.81 | 2014 |
| 4 | Uzbekistan | 50.43 | 2014 |
| 5 | Kyrgyz Republic | 50.06 | 2014 |
| 6 | Turkey | 47.63 | 2015 |
| 7 | Tajikistan | 41.68 | 2014 |
| 8 | Oman | 30.48 | 2017 |
| 9 | Jordan | 24.49 | 2015 |
| 10 | Qatar | 14.49 | 2011 |
| 11 | Bahrain | 14.36 | 2015 |
| 12 | Iraq | 7.64 | 2013 |
| 13 | Pakistan | 5.53 | 2014 |
| 14 | Iran | 5.02 | 2014 |
| 15 | Yemen | 0.82 | 2014 |
| 16 | Afghanistan | 0.03 | 2014 |
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Aggregation method: Weighted average
Periodicity: Annual
