Facts and Stats About Medical Manpower in the World

About Medical Manpower

Pareto’s Principle, the 80/20 Rule applies to the distribution of medical manpower in the world too. Eighty percent of the medical manpower is available to 20% of the population in the developed world. This disparity between a country’s population and the number of qualified medical professionals that are available to take care of the sick and ailing leads to great difficulty in addressing the international disease burden (1^✔ ✔Trusted Source
Pareto principle

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Statistics on Medical Manpower

1. Every year, about 1 million new doctors, nurses, midwives, and public health professionals are trained in the world (2^✔ ✔Trusted Source
   The global health workforce stock and distribution in 2020 and 2030: a threat to equity and 'universal' health coverage?
   
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2. There are, at present, 2,800 medical colleges and over 100 more that are no longer operational (3^✔ ✔Trusted Source
   World Directory of Medical Schools
   
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3. Around 18 million more healthcare professionals are needed by 2030 in low and lower-middle-income countries (4^✔ ✔Trusted Source
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4. Nearly 24 countries in sub-Saharan Africa have one or no medical colleges (5^✔ ✔Trusted Source
   COVID-19 and medical education in Africa: a cross sectional analysis of the impact on medical students
   
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5. In 2020, India had 543 recognized medical colleges and trained 67,000 medical students (6^✔ ✔Trusted Source
   The workforce report 2022
   
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6. In 2020, the global workforce stock was 65.1 million health workers. The projected health workforce stock by 2030 is 84 million health workers (7^✔ ✔Trusted Source
   The global health workforce stock and distribution in 2020 and 2030: a threat to equity and 'universal' health coverage?
   
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7. Based on a study in 2019, there were 12.8 million physicians working around the world (8^✔ ✔Trusted Source
   The Global Primary Care Crisis
   
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8. According to a study, 75% of Indian doctors have experienced violence of some kind in the workplace (9^✔ ✔Trusted Source
   Why is there a global medical recruitment and retention crisis?
   
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9. Most developing nations have a shortage of physicians and nurses due to the lack of medical colleges, and teachers and the migration of doctors and nurses to other countries.
10. WHO estimates a projected shortfall of 10 million health workers by 2030, mostly in low- and lower- middle-income countries (10^✔ ✔Trusted Source
    Health workforce
    
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