Health expenditure: how much is spent on health and care worker remuneration? An analysis of 33 low- and middle-income African countries

Table 5 Average expenditure on remunerating the health and care workforce (HCW) remuneration, per capita and as a share of country health expenditure, by subregional economic group

Subregional economic group	Per capita expenditure on HCW remuneration (US$)	Expenditure on HCW remuneration as a share of country health expenditure (%)
ECOWAS (non-WAEMU)	18	27
WAEMU	11	23
ECOWAS	15	25
ECCAS	31	35
SADC	94	30
Other	15	30
Total	38	29

ECCAS, ECOWAS, WAEMU, and SADC, respectively, stand for the Economic Community of Central African States, the Economic Community of West African States, the West African Economic and Monetary Union, and the Southern African Development Community. “Other” refers to countries that do not belong to any of the above-mentioned subregional economic groups. ECOWAS (non-WAEMU) excludes countries that are also members of WAEMU

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