Health workforce estimates worldwide demand and supply by region 2013

This statistic depicts the estimated global healthcare workforce demand and supply number in 2013, by region, as defined by the World Health Organization. In that year, estimates reported that the demand for health workers in Africa was 1.1 million. The actual need for health workers in Africa stood at around 5.9 million.

Estimated global healthcare workforce demand and supply in 2013, by region*

WHO region	Demand	Supply	Need**
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Release date

August 2016

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Region

Worldwide

Survey time period

as of August 2016

Number of respondents

165 countries

Supplementary notes

* By WHO region. Health workforce refers to physicians, nurses/midwives, and other health workers.
** The number of health workers estimated to be “needed” to achieve the national health goal of UHC (universal health coverage) may not necessarily coincide with the demand for health workers due to economic capacity and other market conditions in the health system.

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