1. The Global Picture in Blood Transfusions: A Quick Overview
Data cited from:
BLOOD COLLECTIONS & TRANSFUSION
A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE
2014
© The Marketing Research Bureau, Inc.
Jim MacPherson
President & CEO
MacPherson Strategies
20 March 2015

2. WHO 2013
Of the 107 million blood donations collected globally, half are collected in high-income countries, home to 15% of the world’s population
107 million is a 25% increase from 2004
In low-income countries, about 65% of transfusions go to children under five; in high-income, 76% go to those over 65
Blood donation rate in high-income countries is 39 donations per 1000 population; 13 in middle-income and 4 donations in low-income.
71 countries collect >90% of their blood supply from volunteer unpaid donors; 73 countries collect >50% from replacement or paid donors.

4. 4 ≈ 6 7 9 10 12 13 14 15 16 17 ≈ Zimbabwe ↑ Georgia Nepal Honduras
Countries Collecting or Transfusing <20 WB/RBCs per 1000 population
Direction of Collections
Collections Per 1000
Zimbabwe ↑ 4
Georgia ≈ 6
Nepal
Honduras 7
Vietnam 9
Indonesia 10
China 12
Egypt
Colombia 13
Mexico 14
Brazil 15
Venezuela
South Africa 16
Saudi Arabia 17
Countries Collecting or Transfusing >35 WB/RBCs per 1000 population
Direction of Collections
Collections Per 1000
Austria ↓ 35
France ≈ 38
Norway ↑
Czech Republic 39
Finland
Italy
South Korea 41
Belgium 42
Hungary
Estonia 43
USA 44
Sweden 49
Denmark 50
Germany 54

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