Table 4 Estimated health worker shortages and surpluses by regions and income group, 2030

 Africa

643,548

453,757

2,423,284

189,791

13

1,761,259

2,612,909

6,487,188

851,649

30

 Americas

5,294,324

2,177,226

2,270,537

3,117,097

17

9,994,286

10,565,630

3,975,926

571,344

11

 Eastern Mediterranean

5,735,711

3,976,303

4,248,811

1,759,408

12

465,804

635,105

806,814

169,301

3

 Europe

8,813,848

6,485,872

2,740,579

2,327,976

32

9,344,924

10,317,392

3,045,689

972,468

18

 South-East Asia

11,420,891

9,039,083

12,091,674

2,381,808

3

785,895

1,129,508

2,621,313

343,613

5

 Western Pacific

23,359,616

13,836,069

11,088,037

9,523,547

10

2,535,233

3,425,273

1,182,439

890,040

11

 East Asia and Pacific

23,359,616

13,836,069

11,088,037

9,523,547

10

3,186,411

4,414,633

3,646,462

1,228,222

13

 Europe and Central Asia

8,499,926

6,323,225

2,676,878

2,176,701

30

9,344,924

10,317,392

3,045,689

972,468

18

 Latin America

5,294,324

2,177,226

2,270,537

3,117,097

17

3,080,663

3,607,541

1,555,339

526,878

9

 Middle East & North Africa

4,574,811

3,342,787

2,615,168

1,232,024

13

338,608

504,161

417,742

165,553

2

 North America

0

0

0

0

0

6,913,623

6,958,089

2,420,587

44,466

2

 South Asia

13,325,263

10,153,540

14,091,101

3,171,723

5

134,717

140,148

157,290

5431

3

 Sub-Saharan Africa

213,998

135,463

2,121,201

78,535

12

1,888,455

2,743,852

6,876,260

855,397

31

 Low

1,142,167

787,953

4,149,362

354,214

14

257,907

596,623

2,899,686

338,716

15

 Lower middle

19,143,815

14,797,698

16,063,131

4,346,117

23

2,538,766

3,161,245

5,877,124

622,479

21

 Upper middle

28,403,598

15,305,990

12,465,315

13,097,608

23

4,888,132

6,056,042

3,469,462

1,167,910

23

 High

6,578,358

5,076,669

2,185,113

1,501,689

27

17,202,596

18,871,907

5,873,098

1,669,311

19

 World

55,267,937

35,968,311

34,862,922

−19,299,627

87

24,887,401

28,685,817

18,119,370

3,798,416

78