Key health indicators for African countries
Country |
Physician density (per 10,000 population)
2010~2018 |
Nursing and midwifery staff density (per 10,000 population) 2010~2018 |
Density of Dentists (per 10,000 population) 2010~2019 |
Density of pharmacists (per 10,000 population) 2010~2018 |
Health expenditure as a percentage of government expenditure (%)2017 |
Proportion of population with access to safe drinking water services (%) 2017 |
Proportion of population using handwashing facilities with soap and water (%) 2017 |
Algeria |
17.2 |
15.5 |
3.7 |
4.5 |
10.7 |
83 |
84 |
Angola |
2.1 |
4.1 |
-- |
-- |
5.4 |
49 |
27 |
Benin |
0.8 |
3.9 |
<0.1 |
0.3 |
4.6 |
74 |
11 |
Botswana |
5.3 |
54.0 |
0.4 |
2.1 |
14.3 |
93 |
-- |
Burkina Faso |
0.8 |
8.8 |
<0.1 |
0.1 |
10.0 |
87 |
12 |
Burundi |
1.0 |
8.5 |
<0.1 |
<0.1 |
8.5 |
75 |
6 |
Cameroon |
0.9 |
0.1 |
<0.1 |
0.1 |
3.1 |
76 |
9 |
Cape Verde |
7.8 |
13.0 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
9.9 |
92 |
-- |
Central African Republic |
0.7 |
2.1 |
<0.1 |
<0.1 |
5.0 |
69 |
-- |
Chad |
0.4 |
2.3 |
<0.1 |
<0.1 |
4.7 |
51 |
-- |
Comoros |
2.7 |
6.3 |
0.4 |
0.2 |
3.4 |
90 |
-- |
Congo (Brazzaville) |
1.6 |
6.3 |
0.3 |
0.4 |
3.4 |
77 |
-- |
Congo (Kinshasa) |
0.7 |
11.1 |
<0.1 |
0.1 |
3.3 |
45 |
48 |
Cote d'Ivoire |
2.3 |
6.0 |
0.1 |
1.1 |
5.1 |
37 |
19 |
Djibouti |
2.2 |
7.3 |
0.2 |
2.3 |
4.1 |
90 |
-- |
Egypt |
4.5 |
19.3 |
20.0 |
4.6 |
5.4 |
99 |
90 |
Equatorial Guinea |
4.0 |
5.0 |
-- |
-- |
2.9 |
48 |
-- |
Eritrea |
0.6 |
14.4 |
-- |
-- |
2.7 |
58 |
-- |
Ethiopia |
0.8 |
7.1 |
0.2 |
0.4 |
4.8 |
57 |
8 |
Gabon |
6.8 |
29.5 |
0.2 |
0.6 |
9.7 |
93 |
-- |
Gambia |
1.0 |
15.4 |
0.1 |
<0.1 |
3.1 |
90 |
8 |
Ghana |
1.4 |
42.0 |
-- |
0.2 |
6.1 |
36 |
41 |
Guinea |
0.8 |
1.2 |
<0.1 |
0.1 |
4.1 |
77 |
17 |
Guinea-Bissau |
1.3 |
6.9 |
<0.1 |
<0.1 |
3.0 |
79 |
6 |
Kenya |
1.6 |
11.7 |
0.2 |
0.2 |
8.0 |
63 |
25 |
Lesotho |
0.7 |
32.6 |
-- |
-- |
11.8 |
82 |
2 |
Liberia |
0.4 |
5.3 |
<0.1 |
0.1 |
4.2 |
76 |
1 |
Libya |
20.9 |
65.3 |
8.8 |
6.0 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
Madagascar |
1.8 |
1.5 |
<0.1 |
<0.1 |
15.0 |
52 |
-- |
Malawi |
0.4 |
4.4 |
<0.1 |
0.1 |
9.8 |
90 |
9 |
Mali |
1.3 |
3.6 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
5.8 |
77 |
52 |
Mauritania |
1.9 |
9.3 |
0.2 |
0.2 |
6.1 |
58 |
43 |
Mauritius |
25.3 |
35.2 |
2.8 |
4.2 |
10.0 |
100 |
-- |
Morocco |
7.3 |
13.9 |
1.4 |
2.6 |
7.5 |
70 |
-- |
Mozambique |
0.8 |
6.8 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
4.7 |
51 |
-- |
Namibia |
4.2 |
19.5 |
0.7 |
2.4 |
10.7 |
91 |
45 |
Niger |
0.4 |
2.7 |
<0.1 |
<0.1 |
9.7 |
58 |
-- |
Nigeria |
3.8 |
11.8 |
0.2 |
1.3 |
4.6 |
20 |
42 |
Rwanda |
1.3 |
12.0 |
0.2 |
0.7 |
8.9 |
76 |
5 |
Sao Tome and Principe |
0.5 |
19.2 |
-- |
-- |
10.8 |
97 |
41 |
Senegal |
0.7 |
3.1 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
3.9 |
79 |
24 |
Seychelles |
21.1 |
80.0 |
4.3 |
4.7 |
10.1 |
96 |
-- |
Sierra Leone |
0.3 |
2.2 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
7.9 |
63 |
19 |
Somalia |
0.2 |
1.1 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
10 |
South Africa |
9.1 |
13.1 |
1.1 |
2.7 |
13.3 |
93 |
44 |
Sudan |
2.6 |
7.0- |
2.1 |
0.3 |
8.3 |
56 |
-- |
South Sudan |
-- |
-- |
<0.1 |
-- |
2.1 |
59 |
-- |
Swaziland |
3.3 |
41.4 |
0.1 |
0.3 |
10.0 |
74 |
24 |
Tanzania |
0.1 |
5.8 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
9.5 |
56 |
48 |
Togo |
0.8 |
4.1 |
<0.1 |
0.3 |
5.1 |
63 |
10 |
Tunisia |
13.0 |
25.1 |
3.1 |
2.3 |
13.6 |
98 |
-- |
Uganda |
1.7 |
12.4 |
0.1 |
<0.1 |
5.1 |
79 |
21 |
Zambia |
11.9 |
13.4 |
<0.1 |
0.4 |
6.9 |
44 |
14 |
Zimbabwe |
2.1 |
19.3 |
0.1 |
1.0 |
15.2 |
77 |
37 |
资料来源：WHO, World Health Statistics 2020: Monitoring Health for the SDGs, Sustainable Development Goals, https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/332070/9789240011939-chi.pdf?sequence=27&isAllowed=y.
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