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Community Health Workers per 10,000 Population, 2018/2022

Number of community health workers per 10,000 population. Community health workers, generalist medical practitioners (including family doctors, pediatricians, and other non-specialized physicians), and nursing and midwifery personnel are part of the primary health care workforce, which encompasses all occupations formally trained and involved in delivering primary health care such as health promotion, disease prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation. Data presented are the most recent available between 2018 and 2022.

Community Health Workers per 10,000 Population, 2018/2022

Community Health Workers per 10,000 Population, 2018/2022

Geography Community Health Workers per 10,000 Population, 2018/2022
WORLD N/A
AFRICA 7.4
NORTHERN AFRICA N/A
Algeria N/A
Egypt 0.1
Libya N/A
Morocco 0.3
Sudan N/A
Tunisia N/A
Western Sahara N/A
WESTERN AFRICA 6.5
Benin 0.0
Burkina Faso 1.4
Cabo Verde 2.6
Cote d'Ivoire 5.7
Gambia 6.4
Ghana 5.1
Guinea 13.2
Guinea-Bissau 18.9
Liberia 24.8
Mali 1.5
Mauritania N/A
Niger 0.8
Nigeria 7.1
Senegal 10.8
Sierra Leone 17.0
Togo 8.7
EASTERN AFRICA 11.0
Burundi 9.7
Comoros N/A
Djibouti N/A
Eritrea 7.2
Ethiopia 3.3
Kenya 16.0
Madagascar 14.2
Malawi 5.3
Mauritius 7.1
Mayotte N/A
Mozambique 2.1
Reunion N/A
Rwanda 45.3
Seychelles N/A
Somalia 0.9
South Sudan 2.7
Tanzania 3.2
Uganda 42.4
Zambia 1.2
Zimbabwe 12.1
MIDDLE AFRICA N/A
Angola 0.0
Cameroon 0.1
Central African Republic 2.9
Chad 4.7
Congo N/A
Congo, Dem. Rep. N/A
Equatorial Guinea 0.9
Gabon 0.4
Sao Tome and Principe N/A
SOUTHERN AFRICA 11.9
Botswana N/A
eSwatini 45.6
Lesotho 40.0
Namibia 9.5
South Africa 10.2
NORTHERN AMERICA N/A
Canada N/A
United States N/A
LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN N/A
CENTRAL AMERICA N/A
Belize N/A
Costa Rica N/A
El Salvador 4.8
Guatemala 0.1
Honduras N/A
Mexico N/A
Nicaragua N/A
Panama 0.4
CARIBBEAN N/A
Antigua and Barbuda 3.7
Bahamas N/A
Barbados N/A
Cuba N/A
Curacao N/A
Dominica N/A
Dominican Republic 2.5
Grenada N/A
Guadeloupe N/A
Haiti N/A
Jamaica 3.9
Martinique N/A
Puerto Rico N/A
St. Kitts and Nevis N/A
St. Lucia N/A
St. Vincent and the Grenadines N/A
Trinidad and Tobago N/A
SOUTH AMERICA N/A
Argentina N/A
Bolivia N/A
Brazil 13.3
Chile N/A
Colombia N/A
Ecuador N/A
French Guiana N/A
Guyana N/A
Paraguay 1.6
Peru N/A
Suriname 2.1
Uruguay 0.0
Venezuela N/A
ASIA N/A
WESTERN ASIA N/A
Armenia N/A
Azerbaijan N/A
Bahrain N/A
Cyprus 0.4
Georgia N/A
Iraq N/A
Israel 0.3
Jordan N/A
Kuwait N/A
Lebanon N/A
Oman N/A
Palestinian Territory N/A
Qatar N/A
Saudi Arabia 1.3
Syria N/A
Turkey N/A
United Arab Emirates N/A
Yemen N/A
CENTRAL ASIA N/A
Kazakhstan N/A
Kyrgyzstan N/A
Tajikistan N/A
Turkmenistan N/A
Uzbekistan N/A
SOUTH ASIA 7.2
Afghanistan 8.1
Bangladesh 8.9
Bhutan 15.1
India 7.9
Iran N/A
Maldives 4.4
Nepal 17.5
Pakistan 0.8
Sri Lanka N/A
SOUTHEAST ASIA N/A
Brunei N/A
Cambodia N/A
Indonesia 18.3
Laos 0.1
Malaysia N/A
Myanmar N/A
Philippines 22.6
Singapore N/A
Thailand 5.6
Timor-Leste 34.2
Vietnam N/A
EAST ASIA N/A
China N/A
China, Hong Kong SAR N/A
China, Macao SAR N/A
Japan N/A
Korea, North N/A
Korea, South N/A
Mongolia N/A
Taiwan N/A
EUROPE N/A
NORTHERN EUROPE N/A
Channel Islands N/A
Denmark N/A
Estonia N/A
Finland N/A
Iceland N/A
Ireland N/A
Latvia N/A
Lithuania N/A
Norway N/A
Sweden N/A
United Kingdom N/A
WESTERN EUROPE N/A
Austria N/A
Belgium N/A
France N/A
Germany N/A
Liechtenstein N/A
Luxembourg N/A
Monaco N/A
Netherlands N/A
Switzerland N/A
EASTERN EUROPE N/A
Belarus N/A
Bulgaria N/A
Czechia N/A
Hungary 5.5
Moldova 0.7
Poland N/A
Romania N/A
Russia N/A
Slovakia N/A
Ukraine N/A
SOUTHERN EUROPE N/A
Albania N/A
Andorra N/A
Bosnia-Herzegovina N/A
Croatia N/A
Greece N/A
Italy N/A
Kosovo N/A
Malta N/A
Montenegro N/A
North Macedonia N/A
Portugal N/A
San Marino N/A
Serbia N/A
Slovenia N/A
Spain N/A
OCEANIA N/A
Australia N/A
Federated States of Micronesia N/A
Fiji N/A
French Polynesia N/A
Guam N/A
Kiribati N/A
Marshall Islands N/A
Nauru N/A
New Caledonia N/A
New Zealand N/A
Palau 6.1
Papua New Guinea 6.7
Samoa N/A
Solomon Islands N/A
Tonga N/A
Tuvalu N/A
Vanuatu N/A
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Geography Community Health Workers per 10,000 Population, 2018/2022
WORLD N/A
AFRICA 7.4
NORTHERN AFRICA N/A
Algeria N/A
Egypt 0.1
Libya N/A
Morocco 0.3
Sudan N/A
Tunisia N/A
Western Sahara N/A
WESTERN AFRICA 6.5
Benin 0.0
Burkina Faso 1.4
Cabo Verde 2.6
Cote d'Ivoire 5.7
Gambia 6.4
Ghana 5.1
Guinea 13.2
Guinea-Bissau 18.9
Liberia 24.8
Mali 1.5
Mauritania N/A
Niger 0.8
Nigeria 7.1
Senegal 10.8
Sierra Leone 17.0
Togo 8.7
EASTERN AFRICA 11.0
Burundi 9.7
Comoros N/A
Djibouti N/A
Eritrea 7.2
Ethiopia 3.3
Kenya 16.0
Madagascar 14.2
Malawi 5.3
Mauritius 7.1
Mayotte N/A
Mozambique 2.1
Reunion N/A
Rwanda 45.3
Seychelles N/A
Somalia 0.9
South Sudan 2.7
Tanzania 3.2
Uganda 42.4
Zambia 1.2
Zimbabwe 12.1
MIDDLE AFRICA N/A
Angola 0.0
Cameroon 0.1
Central African Republic 2.9
Chad 4.7
Congo N/A
Congo, Dem. Rep. N/A
Equatorial Guinea 0.9
Gabon 0.4
Sao Tome and Principe N/A
SOUTHERN AFRICA 11.9
Botswana N/A
eSwatini 45.6
Lesotho 40.0
Namibia 9.5
South Africa 10.2
NORTHERN AMERICA N/A
Canada N/A
United States N/A
LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN N/A
CENTRAL AMERICA N/A
Belize N/A
Costa Rica N/A
El Salvador 4.8
Guatemala 0.1
Honduras N/A
Mexico N/A
Nicaragua N/A
Panama 0.4
CARIBBEAN N/A
Antigua and Barbuda 3.7
Bahamas N/A
Barbados N/A
Cuba N/A
Curacao N/A
Dominica N/A
Dominican Republic 2.5
Grenada N/A
Guadeloupe N/A
Haiti N/A
Jamaica 3.9
Martinique N/A
Puerto Rico N/A
St. Kitts and Nevis N/A
St. Lucia N/A
St. Vincent and the Grenadines N/A
Trinidad and Tobago N/A
SOUTH AMERICA N/A
Argentina N/A
Bolivia N/A
Brazil 13.3
Chile N/A
Colombia N/A
Ecuador N/A
French Guiana N/A
Guyana N/A
Paraguay 1.6
Peru N/A
Suriname 2.1
Uruguay 0.0
Venezuela N/A
ASIA N/A
WESTERN ASIA N/A
Armenia N/A
Azerbaijan N/A
Bahrain N/A
Cyprus 0.4
Georgia N/A
Iraq N/A
Israel 0.3
Jordan N/A
Kuwait N/A
Lebanon N/A
Oman N/A
Palestinian Territory N/A
Qatar N/A
Saudi Arabia 1.3
Syria N/A
Turkey N/A
United Arab Emirates N/A
Yemen N/A
CENTRAL ASIA N/A
Kazakhstan N/A
Kyrgyzstan N/A
Tajikistan N/A
Turkmenistan N/A
Uzbekistan N/A
SOUTH ASIA 7.2
Afghanistan 8.1
Bangladesh 8.9
Bhutan 15.1
India 7.9
Iran N/A
Maldives 4.4
Nepal 17.5
Pakistan 0.8
Sri Lanka N/A
SOUTHEAST ASIA N/A
Brunei N/A
Cambodia N/A
Indonesia 18.3
Laos 0.1
Malaysia N/A
Myanmar N/A
Philippines 22.6
Singapore N/A
Thailand 5.6
Timor-Leste 34.2
Vietnam N/A
EAST ASIA N/A
China N/A
China, Hong Kong SAR N/A
China, Macao SAR N/A
Japan N/A
Korea, North N/A
Korea, South N/A
Mongolia N/A
Taiwan N/A
EUROPE N/A
NORTHERN EUROPE N/A
Channel Islands N/A
Denmark N/A
Estonia N/A
Finland N/A
Iceland N/A
Ireland N/A
Latvia N/A
Lithuania N/A
Norway N/A
Sweden N/A
United Kingdom N/A
WESTERN EUROPE N/A
Austria N/A
Belgium N/A
France N/A
Germany N/A
Liechtenstein N/A
Luxembourg N/A
Monaco N/A
Netherlands N/A
Switzerland N/A
EASTERN EUROPE N/A
Belarus N/A
Bulgaria N/A
Czechia N/A
Hungary 5.5
Moldova 0.7
Poland N/A
Romania N/A
Russia N/A
Slovakia N/A
Ukraine N/A
SOUTHERN EUROPE N/A
Albania N/A
Andorra N/A
Bosnia-Herzegovina N/A
Croatia N/A
Greece N/A
Italy N/A
Kosovo N/A
Malta N/A
Montenegro N/A
North Macedonia N/A
Portugal N/A
San Marino N/A
Serbia N/A
Slovenia N/A
Spain N/A
OCEANIA N/A
Australia N/A
Federated States of Micronesia N/A
Fiji N/A
French Polynesia N/A
Guam N/A
Kiribati N/A
Marshall Islands N/A
Nauru N/A
New Caledonia N/A
New Zealand N/A
Palau 6.1
Papua New Guinea 6.7
Samoa N/A
Solomon Islands N/A
Tonga N/A
Tuvalu N/A
Vanuatu N/A

Endnotes

Sources

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