Health workers by country and selected cadres in the African Region, 2018
Country | Physician generalists | Physician specialists | Nurses/ midwives | Dentists | Pharmacists and technicians | Laboratory personnel | Community health workers | Health managers and support staff | Other health workers | Total |
Algeria | 34 077 | 39 091 | 66 325 | 12 781 | 14 106 | 14 548 | – | 87 370 | 61 196 | 329 494 |
Angola | 3043 | 3550 | 47 520 | 1652 | 2302 | 98 | 1680 | 28 652 | 19 961 | 108 458 |
Benin | 391 | 319 | 4073 | – | 14 | 241 | – | 156 | 5436 | 10 630 |
Botswana | 815 | 38 | 6935 | 94 | 487 | 460 | – | – | 1978 | 10 807 |
Burkina Faso | 888 | 738 | 16 894 | 80 | 792 | 699 | 2749 | 1524 | 1941 | 26 305 |
Burundi | 889 | 195 | 9156 | 14 | 119 | 1071 | 11 845 | 4289 | 10 404 | 37 982 |
Cameroon | 2400 | 859 | 10 615 | 308 | 350 | 5235 | – | 250 | 11 117 | 31 134 |
Cabo Verde | 165 | 287 | 795 | 81 | 172 | 65 | 117 | 1418 | 437 | 3537 |
Central African Republic | 263 | 72 | 1195 | 10 | 36 | 112 | 115 | 87 | 528 | 2418 |
Chad | 646 | 157 | 4799 | 3 | 269 | 749 | 7 | 1168 | 1857 | 9655 |
Comoros | 130 | 90 | 1234 | 32 | 55 | 8 | – | 44 | 1163 | 2756 |
Congo | 269 | 275 | 5081 | 27 | 157 | 320 | – | 901 | 1982 | 9012 |
Côte d'Ivoire | 4246 | 1356 | 17 190 | 506 | 2495 | – | 14 556 | 230 | 35 797 | 76 376 |
Democratic Republic of the Congo | 30 768 | 778 | 107 427 | 404 | 1687 | 2934 | – | 76 961 | 3043 | 224 002 |
Equatorial Guinea | 246 | – | 406 | – | 10 | 2 | – | – | 1986 | 2650 |
Eritrea | 160 | 120 | 3984 | 186 | 451 | 549 | 243 | 3563 | 579 | 9835 |
Eswatini | 211 | 67 | 2218 | 74 | 281 | 370 | 6324 | 1410 | 3519 | 14 474 |
Ethiopia | 5867 | 5396 | 77 933 | 1889 | 10 752 | 10 450 | 37 259 | 77 539 | 23 808 | 250 893 |
Gabon | 570 | 798 | 6085 | 40 | 227 | 439 | – | 2257 | 1038 | 11 454 |
Gambia | 181 | 117 | 1498 | 3 | 79 | 138 | 1553 | – | 355 | 3924 |
Ghana | 3316 | 1090 | 53 452 | 713 | 2127 | 1563 | 15 820 | 24 660 | 19 442 | 122 183 |
Guinea | 2649 | 138 | 7195 | 73 | 255 | 181 | 16 567 | 670 | 129 | 27 857 |
Guinea-Bissau | 290 | 28 | 1421 | 16 | 82 | 172 | 4057 | 611 | 1213 | 7890 |
Kenya | 5602 | 2440 | 59 901 | 1764 | 2295 | – | 58 079 | 2759 | 31 716 | 164 556 |
Lesotho | 815 | 183 | 3746 | 159 | 398 | 205 | 14 508 | 2240 | 8098 | 30 352 |
Liberia | 234 | 12 | 9415 | 24 | 1071 | – | 3391 | 5715 | 4758 | 24 620 |
Madagascar | 4593 | 637 | 7724 | 556 | 329 | 306 | 35 000 | 6766 | 1774 | 57 685 |
Malawi | 2582 | 178 | 6025 | 112 | 387 | 542 | 10 016 | 178 | 3555 | 23 575 |
Mali | 2151 | 715 | 8394 | 30 | 1424 | – | 1152 | 8331 | 4779 | 26 976 |
Mauritania | 808 | 818 | 4872 | 151 | 100 | 122 | 500 | 1552 | 531 | 9454 |
Mauritius | 1188 | 1207 | 4986 | 466 | 748 | 291 | 180 | 3610 | 2218 | 14 894 |
Mozambique | 1 555 | 625 | 13 781 | 545 | 2 310 | 1 951 | 2 205 | 29 201 | 6 544 | 58 717 |
Namibia | 1044 | 401 | 12 956 | 289 | 907 | 510 | 2292 | 2470 | 4771 | 25 640 |
Niger | 1065 | – | 4483 | 30 | 60 | 432 | 55 | 768 | 1661 | 8554 |
Nigeria | 74 543 | 9364 | 301 579 | 25 487 | 24 668 | 311 269 | 116 454 | 0 | 76 829 | 940 193 |
Rwanda | 783 | 567 | 10 758 | 228 | 167 | 1 990 | 45 000 | 0 | 503 | 59 996 |
Sao Tome & Principe | 40 | 20 | 256 | – | – | – | – | 79 | 417 | 812 |
Senegal | 676 | 2207 | 7592 | 236 | 215 | 328 | 17 417 | 6 003 | 7107 | 41 781 |
Seychelles | 125 | 115 | 1277 | 163 | 124 | 71 | – | – | 453 | 2328 |
Sierra Leone | 234 | 47 | 5693 | 423 | 156 | 311 | 505 | – | 685 | 8054 |
South Africa | 29 311 | 14 192 | 287 458 | 6816 | 16 195 | – | 54 180 | – | 47 890 | 456 042 |
South Sudan | 338 | 73 | 3726 | 32 | 360 | 272 | 1455 | 20 | 1694 | 7970 |
United Republic of Tanzania | 2434 | 451 | 31 940 | 682 | 1845 | 4361 | 0 | 633 | 61 396 | 103 742 |
Togo | 230 | 354 | 3234 | 21 | 226 | 615 | 7500 | 4073 | 7323 | 23 576 |
Uganda | 17 007 | 179 | 23 644 | 26 | 324 | 3874 | – | – | 4646 | 49 700 |
Zambia | 1701 | 325 | 17 948 | 455 | 1708 | 1602 | 1262 | 17 801 | 7538 | 50 340 |
Zimbabwe | 1715 | 244 | 26 689 | 347 | 776 | 648 | 2143 | 9829 | 8023 | 50 414 |
Total | 243 254 | 90 913 | 1 311 508 | 58 028 | 94 098 | 370 104 | 486 186 | 415 788 | 503 818 | 3 573 697 |