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Egypt
Iran 29463 31445 32134 25990 36073
Iraq 3059 8695
Israel 3026
Jordan 3860 4731 6459
Lebanon 1669 1644 1756 2383 2890 3365 3822 4546 4576
Libya
Morocco 1810 2505 2631 4074 4442 4705
Syria
Tunisia
Turkey 16840 17976 18630 19511 22840 21271 25148 26014
Yemen
Other MENA
Bahrain 309 317 270
Kuwait 727
Oman 918 981 1035
Qatar 24 56 39 49 69 133 299
Saudi Arabia 4836 4479 6738 9072 9888 10779
UAE 680
The raw numbers presented in Table I.2.5.1 cannot shed light over the quality and
effectiveness of graduates in health unless it is relative to the total population in each
country. However, from an initial observation the number of graduates is highest in the
other European countries.
It has been observed that some countries lack qualified physicians and others happen to
have more graduates than needed nationally. The theory is to explain these inequalities by
the medical schooling system in different countries, the number of schools per country,
the differentiation between public and private universities, the costs of medical schools
and selection criteria behind the enrollment of students into medical institutes. The
following section describes the countries’ medical school systems and provides data
about the cost of education including approximate living costs per country studied.
Conclusion
The emigration of physicians is determined by many factors that can be the quality/ cost
of medical education, the selection process for enrollment of future medical doctors or
demographic issues but the major determinant found is the salary advantage provided in
destination countries. A small comparison of relative wages provided hypothetical
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