Review
Copyright ©The Author(s) 2025.
World J Transplant. Mar 18, 2025; 15(1): 99683
Published online Mar 18, 2025. doi: 10.5500/wjt.v15.i1.99683
Table 1 Countries performing organ transplants by continent
Region
Country
Ref.
North and Central AmericaUnited States, Canada, Mexico, Guatemala, Dominican Republic, Cuba, Honduras, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Panama, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados[12,13]
South AmericaArgentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, and Uruguay
EuropeThe 27 member states of the European Union, United Kingdom, Ukraine, Belarus, Switzerland, Bosnia and Herzegovina, North Macedonia, Moldova, Albania, Norway, Iceland, and Turkey
AsiaArmenia, Azerbaijan, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, China, Georgia, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Malaysia, Mongolia, Oman, Pakistan, Philippines, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Korea, Syria, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, United Arab Emirates, and Vietnam
OceaniaAustralia and New Zealand
AfricaSouth Africa, Sudan, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Kenya, Egypt, Ethiopia, Nigeria, Namibia, Tanzania, and Mauritius
Table 2 Annual (2022) overview of transplantation activity by region
Region
Deceased donors
Living donors
Total number of organ transplants
Ref.
Americas209461052762180[12]
Europe11649981640337
Western Pacific6702853529014
South-East Asia12441382417214
Eastern Mediterranean125156748490
Africa-286286
Table 3 Annual (2023) overview of Eurotransplant and Scandiatransplant

Year
Number of member countries
Organ donors
Deceased donors
Living donors
Total Tx
Tx within the alliance
Organs exchanged
Ref.
Eurotransplant2023820792079-681567711471 within Eurotransplant and 44 to non-member, European countries[40]
Scandiatransplant202366906781223162305546 within Scandiatransplant and 11 to non-member, European countries[41]