Health workforce data and statistics

The World Health Report 2006

The World Health Report 2006 - Working together for health - provided vital statistics which allowed the evaluation of the 4.3 million health worker gap. Included in the report annexes are country-by-country estimates of health worker availability, ratio of health workers to patients and gap calculations.

• Full Report
• Statistical annex explanatory notes
  pdf, 154kb
• Basic indicators for all Member States
  pdf, 230kb
• Global distribution of health workers
  pdf, 167kb

All data and statistics related resources

• WHO statistical information system (WHOSIS)
  Web site
  29 June 2010
• Global atlas of the health workforce
  World Health Organization, web site
  29 June 2010
• Health workforce data sources
  World Health Organization, web site
  29 June 2010
• Monitoring the geographical distribution of the health workforce in rural and underserved areas
  Fact sheet
  1 January 2009
• Monitoring human resources for health-related rehabilitation services
  Fact sheet
  1 January 2009
• Monitoring the skills mix of the health workforce
  Fact sheet
  1 January 2009
• Regional Observatories on Human Resources in Health Systems
  Web site
  1 January 2008
• Monitoring the health workforce: measurement issues and selected tools
  Fact sheet
  1 January 2008
• Gender and health workforce statistics
  Fact sheet
  1 January 2008
• Global efforts for strengthening the information and evidence base on human resources for health
  Fact sheet
  1 January 2008
• Uses and presentation of statistical information to support decision making
  Fact sheet
  1 January 2008
• Monitoring education and training for health workers
  Fact sheet
  1 January 2008
• Establishing and monitoring benchmarks for human resources for health: the workforce density approach
  Fact sheet
  1 January 2008
• The World Health Report 2006. Working together for health
  Report
  1 January 2006