World Bank · Health
India: Community health workers
0.58per 1,000 people · 2016+277.3% since 1991
Community health workers include various types of community health aides, many with country-specific occupational titles such as community health officers, community health-education workers, family health workers, lady health visitors and health extension package workers. Annual figures for India from 1991 to 2016.
Every year
| Year | Value (per 1,000 people) | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 0.581 | |
| 2011 | 0.504 | |
| 2010 | 0.578 | |
| 2009 | 0.62 | |
| 2008 | 0.63 | |
| 2007 | 0.614 | |
| 2006 | 0.614 | |
| 2005 | 0.627 | |
| 2004 | 0.621 | |
| 2003 | 0.627 | |
| 1991 | 0.154 |
Source
Published by World Bank, produced by World Health Organization, OECD. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.
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World Bank (2026). Community health workers. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-community-health-workers (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.
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- France
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- Iraq
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- Jordan
- Korea, Republic of
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- Malaysia
- Maldives
- Mali
- Mauritania
- Mauritius
- Micronesia, Federated States of
- Mongolia
- Mozambique
- Myanmar
- Nauru
- Nepal
- Nigeria
- Pakistan
- Panama
- Papua New Guinea
- Rwanda
- Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Sao Tome and Principe
- Senegal
- Sierra Leone
- Singapore
- Slovakia
- South Africa
- Sudan
- Thailand
- Timor-Leste
- Uganda
- Vanuatu
- Yemen
- Zambia
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