Table 1

Estimates of physician workforce, migrant-physician stocks and physician NM rates in South Africa (2010–2014)

	Year 2010				Year 2014				Change
	Émigrés	Immigrants	National workforce	NM (rate)	Émigrés	Immigrants	National workforce	NM (rate)	Émigrés	Immigrants	National workforce	NM (rate)
South African medical graduates	14 933	4113	30 833		12 691	3801	35 679		−2242 (−15%)	−312 (−7.6%)	4846 (15.7%)
International medical graduates	N/A	4330	5800		N/A	4992	6530		N/A	662 (15.3%)	730 (12.6%)
Total	14 933	8443	36 633	−6490 (−17.7%)	12 691	8793	42 209	−3892 (−9.2%)	−2242 (−15%)	350 (4.1%)	5576 (15.2%)	−40% (−48%)

Data sources: National Reporting Instrument (2015) reports database,16 General Medical Council Data Explorer24 and OECD.Stat.25
Note. Émigrés are based exclusively in OECD countries. Immigrants and the national workforce are South African-based. The national workforce includes both domestically trained and immigrant physicians.
N/A, not available; NM, net migration; OECD, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.