Table 3 Estimated health worker shortages and surpluses by regions and income group, 2013

 Africa

32,357

20,570

168,664

−11,787

3

1,073,826

1,854,259

5,722,406

780,434

40

 Americas

6,612,863

5,111,374

3,872,984

−1,501,490

18

2,214,070

3,274,107

1,566,639

1,060,037

10

 Eastern Mediterranean

2,325,668

1,511,359

2,576,703

−814,309

9

731,856

1,179,084

1,221,066

447,229

6

 Europe

9,432,898

6,916,358

3,504,234

−2,516,540

29

4,745,111

5,776,043

2,124,299

1,030,933

21

 South-East Asia

5,542,630

4,847,018

10,129,877

−695,613

3

421,687

925,233

2,303,207

503,546

5

 Western Pacific

13,132,605

7,142,858

10,183,203

−5,989,747

6

2,000,685

3,151,769

1,355,351

1,151,084

15

 East Asia and Pacific

13,132,605

7,142,858

10,183,203

−5,989,747

6

2,349,380

3,998,780

3,509,697

1,649,400

17

 Europe and Central Asia

9,262,072

6,818,133

3,453,923

−2,443,939

27

4,745,111

5,776,043

2,124,299

1,030,933

21

 Latin America

2,662,078

1,414,236

1,935,612

−1,247,842

17

1,864,157

2,725,997

1,351,392

861,841

9

 Middle East & North Africa

1,617,766

1,177,244

1,160,165

−440,522

9

899,235

1,393,641

1,194,530

494,406

6

 North America

3,950,785

3,697,138

1,937,372

−253,647

1

349,914

548,110

215,247

198,196

1

 South Asia

6,421,358

5,279,358

11,596,725

−1,142,000

5

72,992

78,221

148,861

5230

3

 Sub-Saharan Africa

32,357

20,570

168,664

−11,787

3

906,447

1,639,703

5,748,942

733,256

40

 Low

395,927

223,855

1,699,364

−172,072

5

241,657

468,902

3,162,540

227,245

24

 Lower middle

8,834,452

6,850,983

12,800,744

−1,983,469

17

2,063,083

3,016,936

4,804,549

953,853

27

 Upper middle

15,462,673

8,497,379

10,939,972

−6,965,294

20

3,577,879

5,266,760

3,677,217

1,688,881

26

 High

12,385,969

9,977,320

4,995,585

−2,408,649

26

5,304,614

7,407,897

2,648,661

2,103,283

20

 World

37,079,021

25,549,537

30,435,665

−11,529,485

68

11,187,234

16,160,495

14,292,968

4,973,261

97