Table 2 Estimated demand and supply of health workers, by regions and income group, 2013 and 2030

 Africa

1,106,183

1,874,830

768,647

2,404,807

3,066,666

661,859

43

 Americas

8,826,933

8,385,480

−441,453

15,288,610

12,742,856

−2,545,753

28

 Eastern Mediterranean

3,057,524

2,690,443

−367,080

6,201,515

4,611,408

−1,590,107

15

 Europe

14,178,009

12,692,401

−1,485,607

18,158,772

16,803,264

−1,355,508

50

 South-East Asia

5,964,318

5,772,250

−192,067

12,206,786

10,168,591

−2,038,195

8

 Western Pacific

15,133,290

10,294,627

−4,838,663

25,894,849

17,261,342

−8,633,507

21

 East Asia and Pacific

15,481,985

11,141,638

−4,340,347

26,546,027

18,250,702

−8,295,325

23

 Europe and Central Asia

14,007,183

12,594,176

−1,413,007

17,844,850

16,640,618

−1,204,233

48

 Latin America

4,526,235

4,140,233

−386,002

8,374,987

5,784,767

−2,590,219

26

 Middle East & North Africa

2,517,001

2,570,885

53,884

4,913,419

3,846,948

−1,066,471

15

 North America

4,300,699

4,245,248

−55,451

6,913,623

6,958,089

44,466

2

 South Asia

6,494,350

5,357,579

−1,136,771

13,459,980

10,293,688

−3,166,292

8

 Sub-Saharan Africa

938,804

1,660,273

721,470

2,102,453

2,879,315

776,862

43

 Low

1,400,074

692,757

−707,317

1,400,074

1,384,576

−15,498

29

 Lower-middle

21,682,581

9,867,919

−11,814,662

21,682,581

17,958,943

−3,723,638

44

 Upper-middle

33,291,730

13,764,139

−19,527,591

33,291,730

21,362,033

−11,929,697

46

 High

23,780,953

17,385,217

−6,395,736

23,780,953

23,948,576

167,622

46

 World

48,266,256

41,710,032

−6,556,224

80,155,338

64,654,127

−15,501,211

165