Table 5 Projected skilled health workforce (2019 to 2030)
From: Size, composition and distribution of health workforce in India: why, and where to invest?
Year/forecast point | Population in billion (India) | Doctors (in million) | AYUSH (in million) | Nurses (in million) | Projected skilled health workforce (in million) | Skilled health workforce needed to reach 25/10,000 (in million) | Gap (in million) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2019/baseline* | 1.369 | 0.65 | 0.32 | 0.80 | 1.77 | 3.42 | 1.65 |
2025/forecast mid-point | 1.452 | 0.76 | 0.42 | 1.04 | 2.23 | 3.62 | 1.40 |
2030/forecast end-point | 1.513 | 0.93 | 0.50 | 1.22 | 2.65 | 3.78 | 1.13 |