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Medical and Pathology Laboratory scientists (number)

Compare medical and pathology laboratory scientists (number) across 41 countries or territories using one fixed 2024 WHO reference slice.

Source: World Health Organization41 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average
2,916.5count
Median: 492.0count
Countries Covered
41
with available data
Highest
Nigeria
43,493.0count
Lowest
Cook Islands
5.0count
Top 5 Countries
1Nigeria43,493.0count
2Ethiopia15,615.0count
3South Africa7,014.0count
4Ghana6,731.0count
5India5,000.0count
By Region
Africa12,836.2count(6 countries)
Asia3,054.7count(6 countries)
Other853.8count(28 countries)
Europe324.0count(1 countries)
Key Findings
  • 41 ISO-mapped countries or territories have a finite count observation in the fixed 2024 slice.
  • Nigeria has the highest published value (43493 count).
  • Cook Islands has the lowest published value (5 count).

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (5.0count)High (43,493.0count)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 2,916.5count)

Africa (6)
Asia (6)
Other (28)
Europe (1)

Percentile Profile

The curve shows how values change from the lowest to the highest country. Steep sections reveal inequality or outliers.

0th percentile · lowest100th percentile · highest

About This Statistic

Medical and Pathology Laboratory scientists (number)

MapTheory uses only finite ISO-mapped observations from the fixed 2024 WHO slice recorded below. Aggregates, missing values, non-ISO geographies, conflicting duplicate observations, and every other year or dimension slice are excluded; MapTheory never imputes or interpolates missing countries.

Methodology

Medical and Pathology Laboratory scientists (number)

Full Data

Rank Country Value
1Nigeria43,493.0count
2Ethiopia15,615.0count
3South Africa7,014.0count
4Ghana6,731.0count
5India5,000.0count
6Nepal4,921.0count
7Israel4,350.0count
8Jordan4,149.0count
9Uganda4,109.0count
10Dominican Republic3,599.0count
11Rwanda2,984.0count
12Malaysia2,701.0count
13Angola2,310.0count
14Qatar2,083.0count
15Kenya1,854.0count
16Republic of the Congo1,751.0count
17United Republic of Tanzania1,566.0count
18Zimbabwe1,449.0count
19Zambia651.0count
20Senegal527.0count
21Guinea492.0count
22Iceland324.0count
23Mongolia297.0count
24Lesotho230.0count
25Malawi224.0count
26Namibia180.0count
27Mali163.0count
28Botswana160.0count
29Togo130.0count
30Papua New Guinea99.0count
31Cote d'Ivoire78.0count
32Guinea-Bissau70.0count
33Solomon Islands63.0count
34South Sudan61.0count
35Indonesia45.0count
36Madagascar37.0count
37Seychelles35.0count
38Liberia14.0count
39Central African Republic6.0count
40Tuvalu6.0count
41Cook Islands5.0count
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Data Source

This data comes from World Health Organization (2024).

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