Table 1 Country-level nursing workforce and training descriptive statistics, 2013

Country

# Nurses in country (nurse to population ratio per 100 000)[19]

# (N) of nursing and midwifery programs

% (N) of nursing and midwifery programs that are public

% (N) of all programs accredited (derived from reported # of schools and # accredited in last 5 years)

Types of programs C = certificate

D = diploma

PB = post-basic

G = degree

M = masters

PhD = doctorate

Botswana

335

18

100% (18)

100% (18)

D PB G M

Ethiopia

25

Missing data

Missing data

Missing data

D PB G M

Kenya

86

104

51% (53)

19% (20)

C D PB G M

Lesotho^a

62

10

50% (5)

40% (4)

C D PB G

Malawi

34

16

50% (8)

100% (16)

C D PB G M

Mauritius

373

Missing data

Missing data

Missing data

C D PB

Mozambique

41

8

100% (8)

75% (6)

C PB G M

Namibia

278

11

100% (11)

100% (11)

C D PB G M PhD

Rwanda

69

16

75% (12)

81% (13)

D G

Seychelles

481

6

100% (6)

33% (2)

D PB

South Africa

511

Missing data

Missing data

Missing data

C D PB G M PhD

Swaziland

160

6

50% (3)

0% (0)

C D PB G

Tanzania

44

86

43% (37)

Missing data

C D PB G M PhD

Uganda

131

30

53% (16)

100% (30)

C D PB G M

Zambia

78

14

79% (11)

86% (12)

C D PB G M

Zimbabwe

134

25

88% (22)

100% (25)

C D PB G M PhD