Forecasting imbalances in the global health labor market and devising policy responses

Table 4 Estimated and projected global supply of health workers, by World Bank income group and WHO region, 2013 and 2030

	Health worker supply
	2013	2030	% Change
World Bank Income Group (# of countries)
Low (29)	692 757	1 384 576	100%
Lower-middle (44)	9 867 919	17 958 943	82%
Upper-middle (46)	13 764 139	21 362 033	55%
High (46)	17 385 217	23 948 576	38%
WHO Region (# of countries)
Africa (43)	1 874 830	3 066 666	64%
Americas (28)	8 385 480	12 742 856	52%
Eastern Mediterranean (15)	2 690 443	4 611 408	71%
Europe (50)	12 692 401	16 803 264	32%
South-East Asia (8)	5 772 250	10 168 591	76%
Western Pacific (21)	10 294 627	17 261 342	68%
World (165)	41 710 032	64 654 127	55%

Source: [1]
Note: The World need numbers reported here are roughly 4% below the World numbers reported in the above reference. The above reference computes need across 210 counties, as opposed to the 165 countries analyzed for this table. Health worker refers to physicians, nurses/midwives, and other health workers

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