| Country | Population (M) | Anaesthetists | Anaesth/population (M) |
| Benin | 10 | 20 | 1/0.5 |
| Burkina F. | 16 | 16 | 1/1 |
| Cameroon | 20 | 30 | 1/0.6 |
| Eritrea | 5.6 | 0 | 0 |
| Ethiopia | 76 | 12 | 1/6.2 |
| Ivory Coast | 21 | 98 | 1/0.2 |
| Ghana | 18 | 50 | 1/0.4 |
| Guinea | 10 | 06 | 1/0.6 |
| Guinea-Bissau | 1.6 | 4 | 1/0.4 |
| Mali | 14 | 13 | 1/1 |
| Central Africa | 05 | 00 | 00 |
| Togo | 06 | 5 | 1/1.2 |
| Tchad | 10 | 02 | 1/5 M |
| Nigeria | 170 | 400 | 1/0.4 M |
| Niger | 17 | 11 | 1/1.5 |
| Malawi | 16 | 3 | 1/5.3 |
| South Africa | 51.2 | 800 | 1/0.06 |