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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

  1. Source: WHO