Language, culture, and task shifting – an emerging challenge for global mental health

Figures & data

Table 1 Availability of psychiatrists and number of languages spoken in the 20 poorest countries in the world

Twenty poorest countries in the world by GDP (15)	Psychiatrists per 100,000 population (16)	Number of languages spoken (17)
Democratic Republic of Congo	0.11	215
Liberia	0.02	30
Zimbabwe	0.06	19
Burundi	0.01	3
Eritrea	0.06	12
Central African Republic	0.02	71
Niger	0.03	21
Sierra Leone	0.02	24
Malawi	0.01	16
Togo	0.02	39
Madagascar	no data	17
Afghanistan	0.01	48
Guinea	0.03	34
Mozambique	0.04	43
Ethiopia	0.02	85
Mali	0.04	56
Guinea-Bissau	0	21
Comoros	0.14	6
Haiti	0.2	3
Uganda	0.08	43

Fig. 1 Number of African refugees in different countries (18).

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