From: An Africa point of view on quality and safety in imaging
Country | Population | Radiologist | Radiologist to population | Radiographers | Sonographers | RT | Medical physicists | Year statistics obtained |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Egypt | 86,420,000 | 1250* | 1:69,136 | Â | Â | Â | Â | 2012 |
Tunisia | 10,850,000 | 450* | 1:22,722 | Â | Â | Â | Â | 2012 |
Kenya | 55,094,282 | 250 | 1:556,507 | 1700 | Â | 42 | 7 | 2021 |
Uganda | 42,460,000 | 55 | 1:772,000 | Â | Â | Â | Â | 2021 |
Tanzania | 61,641,286 | 111 | 1:622,639 | 1200 | 10 | – | 5 | 2021 |
Nigeria | 211,870,954 | 688 | 1:2,140,110 | 3221 | 399 | 19 | 100 | 2021 |
S. Africa | 57,780,000 | 1200 | 1: 48,150 | 7910 | 545 | 700 | 166 | 2018 |
Ethiopia | 118,158,035 | 300 | 1:1,193,515 | 2500 | Â | 4 | 8 | 2021 |
D.R. Congo | 84,070,000 | 42 | 1:2,001,666 | Â | Â | Â | Â | 2018 |
Malawi | 19,681,633 | 3 | 1: 6,560,544 | 198 | 8 | Â | 4 | 2021 |
Angola | 30,810,000 | 30 | 1:1,026,999 | Â | Â | Â | Â | 2018 |
Mozambique | 29,500,000 | 5 | 1: 5,900,000 | Â | Â | Â | Â | 2018 |
Sao Tome | 211,028 | 2 | 1:105,514 | Â | Â | Â | Â | 2018 |
Guinea-Bissau | 1,874,000 | 2 | 1: 937,000 | Â | Â | Â | Â | 2018 |
Cape-Verde | 543,767 | 3 | 1:181,255 | Â | Â | Â | Â | 2018 |
Cameroon | 27,287,100 | 176 | 1:275,627 | 380 | * | 4 | 2 | 2021 |
Algeria | 44,738,446 | 1400 | 1:451,903 | 2800 | US by radiologists | 500 | 130 | 2021 |
Ghana | 31,799,389 | 60 | 1:529,989 | 340 | 200 | 28 | 65 | 2021 |
Cote d'ivoire | 27,090,000 | 327 | 1:273,636 | 300 | US done by radiologists | 3 | 2 | 2021 |
Swaziland | 1,173,680 | 1 | 1: 1,173,680 | 37 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 2021 |
Zimbabwe | 14,650,000 | 25 | 1: 586,000 | 386 | 37 | 10 | 5 | 2021 |