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Table 1 Comparison of gross domestic product and mental health resources per population ratio for Uganda and South Africa

From: Lessons from case studies of integrating mental health into primary health care in South Africa and Uganda

Country characteristics

Uganda

South Africa

Population [35]

33 398 692

49 109 107

Gross domestic product (purchasing power parity) in 2010 [35]

US $ 41.7 billion

US $ 527.5 billion

Psychiatric nurses/100 000 [2]

2.0

7.5

Psychiatrists/100 000 [2]

1.6

1.2

Psychologists in mental health/100 000 [2]

2.0

4.0

Psychiatric beds/population ratio

3.65 psychiatric beds/100 000 [10]

27.9 psychiatric beds/100 000 [11]