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Table 1 Relative monthly wage levels between source and destination countries, 2004 in US dollars (Purchasing power parity)

From: Migration of South African health workers: the extent to which financial considerations influence internal flows and external movements

 

USDPPP monthly wage

 

Nurse

Doctor

Source Countries

    

Chad

$

425

$

1050

Cote d’Ivoire

$

530

$

774

Ghana

$

206

$

473

Lesotho

  

$

3379

Malawi

$

489

$

868

Mozambique

$

441

$

2826

Namibia

  

$

2503

Philippines

$

380

  

Sierra Leone

$

175

$

228

South Africa

$

1486

$

2836

Sri Lanka

$

407

$

1329

Trinidad and Tobago

$

913

$

1514

Uganda

$

38

$

67

Zambia

$

106

$

425

Destination Countries

    

USA

$

3056

$

10554

UK

$

2576

$

7676

France

$

2133

$

5120

Canada

$

2812

$

8472

Australia

$

2832

$

5438

  1. Source: [23].