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Table 3 Top 20 Countries Supplying Doctors to the NHS 1992 – 2003

From: Workforce participation among international medical graduates in the National Health Service of England: a retrospective longitudinal study

Country of qualification

First episodes of work

Duration of first episode [median (IQR)]

Gross domestic product (GDP)

Doctors per 1000 Population

 

Total

Average Annual

 

GDP per capita ($)

Real growth rate (%)

 

Suppliers of long term migrants

India

12 381

1032

4 (2, .)

3300

7.6

0.602005

Pakistan

2402

200

5 (2, .)

2400

6.9

0.742004

Nigeria

1585

132

3 (1, 11)

1400

6.2

0.282003

Egypt

1336

111

4 (1, .)

3900

4.9

0.542003

Iraq

983

82

5 (2, .)

3400

-3.0

0.662004

Sri Lanka

763

64

3 (1, .)

4300

5.6

0.552004

Sudan

429

36

4 (1, 10)

2100

7.0

0.222004

Libya

389

32

4 (2, 11)

11 400

8.5

1.291997

Myanmar

375

31

4 (1, .)

1700

2.9

0.362004

mean

   

3767

5.2

0.58

Suppliers of Short Term Migrants

Germany

2673

223

2 (1, 4)

30 400

0.9

3.372003

South Africa

2386

199

2 (1, 5)

12 000

4.9

0.772004

Australia

2137

178

1 (1, 2)

31 900

2.5

2.472001

Rep. Ireland

1982

165

3 (1, 7)

41 000

4.7

2.792004

Greece

1057

88

2 (1, 3)

22 200

3.7

4.382001

Spain

949

79

3 (1, 5)

22 500

3.4

3.302003

Italy

652

54

2 (1, 4)

29 200

0.1

4.202004

Jamaica

610

51

3 (1, 5)

4400

1.5

0.852003

N. Zealand

610

51

1 (1, 3)

25 200

2.2

2.372001

Netherlands

600

50

2 (1, 3)

30 500

1.1

3.152003

Belgium

479

40

1 (1, 2)

31 400

1.5

4.492002

mean

   

25 518

2.4

2.92

  1. Notes
  2. IQR: inter-quartile range; . = upper quartile could not be estimated (fewer than 75% leave the workforce).
  3. GDP: all figures are 2005 estimates (data from the CIA World FactBook [6]).
  4. Doctors per 1000 Population: subscript represents 'year of estimate' (data from the 2006 World Health Report, conducted by the WHO [7]).