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Number of occupational therapists per 10,000 head of population
Number of students and graduates studying on WFOT Approved and Non Approved Education Programmes
Registration requirements to practise at a national and regional levels
Countries that require evidence of Continuing Professional Development
Services that occupational therapy is provided
Areas with shortages of occupational therapists
Percentage of occupational therapists who work in public and non public funded services
Migration trends
WFOT Member Organisations that track the migration of occupational therapists educated in their country
Number of WFOT Member Organisations surveyed = 88Number of WFOT Member Organisations that responded = 86
Response rate = 98%
WFOT Member Organisations that responded; Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Bangladesh, Belgium,
Bermuda, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark,
Dominican Republic, Estonia, Faroe Islands, Finland, France, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Haiti, Hong Kong, Iceland,
India, Indonesia, Iran, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kosovo, Republic of Korea, Latvia,
Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macau, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Malta, Mauritius, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia,
The Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, Palestine, Panama, Peru, Philippines, Portugal, Romania,
Russia, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Seychelles, Singapore, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland,
Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Trinidad & Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, Ukraine, United Kingdom,
United States of America, Zambia, Zimbabwe
WFOT Member Organisations did not respond; Georgia, Venezuela
Non WFOT Member Organisations that provided data about the number of practising occupationaltherapists; Bonaire, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Cuba, Lebanon, Nepal
Date questionnaire circulated: 2nd November 2017
Data collection method - online, circulated by WFOT Secretariat by emailCompiled and designed by Ritchard Ledgerd, Executive Director
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NUMBER OF PRACTICING OCCUPATIONAL THERAPISTS
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* total number of practising occupational therapists is not known by this association, the number shown is the number of occupational therapists in the member association
** Non-WFOT Member Organisation in 2018Collated 2017 © WFOT 2018
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NUMBER OF OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY ASSISTANTS IN A MEMBER ORGANISATION'S COUNTRY
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COUNTRIES WHERE IT IS A REQUIREMENT FOR OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY ASSISTANTS TOATTAIN A QUALIFICATION TO PRACTISE
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NUMBER OF OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY ASSISTANTS WHO ARE MEMBERS OF THEIR NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
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COUNTRIES WHERE OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY IS RECOGNISED AS A SHORTAGE PROFESSION
SUMMARY
Information was collated from 86 WFOT Member Organisations (98% of those surveyed)The numbers below reflect the responses provided to WFOT from countries that responded to this project and collate this data.
Total number of practising occupational therapists = 527,997
Total number of WFOT Approved Education Programmes = 906Total number of non WFOT Approved Education Programmes = 350
Number of occupational therapy students studying on WFOT Approved education programmes = 97,687Number of occupational therapy assistants = 62,298
Average percentage of occupational therapists that are female = 87%
Collated 2017 © WFOT 2018
CAUTIONS
Not all organisations collate data that was requested for this project.
Missing data should not be interpreted as being not applicable; in some instances the information is not known or unable to be provided.
The Human Resources Project was circulated in English and also in Spanish to Spanish speakingcountries.
All responses were requested in English and therefore reliant on accurate translations by MemberOrganisations.
Each slide shows the responses that were received from each WFOT Member Organisation or the WFOT Delegate.
Figures shown may be approximate versus an exact number.
2017 population data sourced from www.indexmundi.com
Collated 2017 © WFOT 2018
Please refer to the World Federation of Occupational Therapists (WFOT) website www.wfot.org"Resource Centre" to access supporting documentation:
WFOT Position Statement - Recruiting Occupational Therapists from International Communities(2014)
Working as an occupational therapist in another country (2017)
Results from previous surveys are also available on the website
GRATEFUL THANKS TO ALL DELEGATES, ALTERNATES AND MEMBER ORGANISATIONSTHAT PARTICIPATED IN THIS IMPORTANT PROJECT
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Collated 2017 © WFOT 2018