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Table 1 Distribution of country-specific articles along the HDI: only countries accounting for 5% and more of all papers in their HDI category are shown

From: What do we know about the needs and challenges of health systems? A scoping review of the international literature

HDI category

Country

n.

%

Low HDI

Pakistan

6

20.7

Nigeria

3

10.3

Papua and New Guinea

3

10.3

Ethiopia

2

6.9

Kenya

2

6.9

Malawi

2

6.9

Uganda

2

6.9

All articles

29

100

Medium HDI

India

8

28.6

South Africa

7

25.0

Zambia

3

10.7

Bangladesh

2

7.1

Ghana

2

7.1

All articles

28

100

High HDI

China

16

34.8

Malaysia

4

8.7

Brazil

3

6.5

Iran

3

6.5

All articles

46

100

Very high HDI

United States

72

47.7

Canada

18

11.9

Australia

17

11.3

All articles

151

100

  1. A total of 99 countries were reported. Countries with a proportion of articles below 5% within their HDI category included: Low HDI: Afghanistan; Burundi, Liberia, Mozambique, Rwanda, Sierra Leone and Uganda; Ivory Coast; Lesotho; Myanmar; Sierra Leone; Somalia; Tanzania; Zimbabwe. Medium HDI: Cambodia; Iraq; Kyrgyzstan; Syria; Tajikistan; Vietnam. High HDI: Armenia; Mexico; Russia; Sri Lanka; Belarus; Brazil and Colombia; Georgia; Jamaica; Jordan; Macedonia; Mongolia; Oman; Romania; Serbia; Thailand; Tunisia. Very high HDI: United Kingdom; Belgium; Croatia; Hungary; Israel; Italy; Japan; Korea; Lithuania; Sweden; United Arab Emirates; Argentina; Australia and United Kingdom; Austria, Belgium, England, Germany, Italy, The Netherlands, Portugal and Spain; Chile; Cyprus; Estonia; European Union (15 countries); Finland; Germany; Greece; Iceland; New Zealand; Norway; Poland; Portugal; Saudi Arabia; Singapore; Slovakia; Spain; Western Europe and Switzerland