Table 2 Health care wages in source and destination countries, most recent data available
From: The role of wages in the migration of health care professionals from developing countries
| USDPPP monthly wage | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse | Doctor | |||
| Source countries | ||||
| Chad | $ | 425 | $ | 1,050 |
| Cote d'Ivoire | $ | 530 | $ | 774 |
| Ghana | $ | 206 | $ | 473 |
| Lesotho | $ | 3,379 | ||
| Malawi | $ | 489 | $ | 868 |
| Mozambique | $ | 441 | $ | 2,826 |
| Namibia | $ | 2,503 | ||
| Phillipines | $ | 380 | ||
| Sierra Leone | $ | 175 | $ | 228 |
| South Africa | $ | 1,486 | $ | 2,836 |
| Sri Lanka | $ | 407 | $ | 1,329 |
| Trinidad Tobaggo | $ | 913 | $ | 1,514 |
| Uganda | $ | 38 | $ | 67 |
| Zambia | $ | 106 | $ | 425 |
| Destination countries | ||||
| USA | $ | 3,056 | $ | 10,554 |
| U.K. | $ | 2,576 | $ | 7,676 |
| France | $ | 2,133 | $ | 5,120 |
| Canada | $ | 2,812 | $ | 8,472 |
| Australia | $ | 2,832 | $ | 5,438 |