A comparison of physician emigration from Africa to the United States of America between 2005 and 2015

Table 1 African-educated IMGs in the US physician workforce by country of medical school

	2005		2015
	Number	% of African-educated physicians	Number	% of African-educated physicians	Change	% Change
ALGERIA	86	0.80	107	0.79	21	+24.42
ANGOLA			1	0.01	1
BENIN	1	0.01	4	0.03	3	+300.00
BURUNDI	2	0.02	3	0.02	1	+50.00
CAMEROON	34	0.32	72	0.53	38	+111.76
CONGO, DEM. REP. OF THE	7	0.07	12	0.09	5	+71.43
COTE D'IVOIRE	2	0.02	8	0.06	6	+300.00
EGYPT	4 223	39.53	4 791	35.27	568	+13.45
ETHIOPIA	355	3.32	666	4.90	311	+87.61
GABON			1	0.01	1
GHANA	551	5.16	746	5.49	195	+35.39
GUINEA	2	0.02	2	0.01	0	0
KENYA	133	1.24	188	1.38	55	+41.35
LIBERIA	51	0.48	54	0.40	3	+5.88
LIBYA	96	0.90	331	2.44	235	+244.79
MADAGASCAR	3	0.03	2	0.01	−1	−33.33
MALAWI	3	0.03	4	0.03	1	+33.33
MALI	1	0.01	1	0.01	0	0
MAURITIUS			29	0.21	29
MOROCCO	64	0.60	96	0.71	32	+50.00
NIGER	2	0.02	4	0.03	2	+100.00
NIGERIA	2 575	24.10	3 669	27.01	1 094	+42.49
RWANDA	3	0.03	5	0.04	2	+66.67
SENEGAL	24	0.22	163	1.20	139	+579.17
SEYCHELLES			16	0.12	16
SIERRA LEONE	4	0.04	8	0.06	4	+100.00
SOMALIA	11	0.10	14	0.10	3	+27.27
SOUTH AFRICA	1 842	17.24	1 709	12.58	−133	−7.22
SUDAN	215	2.01	419	3.08	204	+94.88
TANZANIA	18	0.17	34	0.25	+16	+88.89
TOGO			3	0.02	+3
TUNISIA	28	0.26	39	0.29	+11	+39.29
UGANDA	177	1.66	200	1.47	+23	+12.99
ZAMBIA	72	0.67	74	0.54	+2	+2.78
ZIMBABWE	99	0.93	109	0.80	+10	+10.10
Total sub-Saharan^a	6 136	57.43	8 150	60.00	2 014	+32.82
Total African (other than sub-Saharan)	4548	42.57	5 434	40.00	+886	+19.48
TOTAL	10,684		13,584		2 900	+27.14

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