Nurses and midwives (per 1,000 people) by country
Nurses and midwives include professional nurses, professional midwives, auxiliary nurses, auxiliary midwives, enrolled nurses, enrolled midwives and other associated personnel, such as dental nurses and primary care nurses.
Countries reporting
188
Highest
20.83 per 1,000 people
Monaco
Lowest
0.167 per 1,000 people
Chad
Median
4 per 1,000 people
Years covered
34
1990–2023
Data points
3,381
What the numbers show
Nurses and midwives (per 1,000 people) is currently reported for 188 countries. The highest value is 20.83 per 1,000 people in Monaco; the lowest is 0.167 per 1,000 people in Chad.
The median across all reporting countries is 4 per 1,000 people, and the mean is 4.81 per 1,000 people.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 125.
Over the past decade 143 countries rose and 44 fell. The largest increase was in Paraguay (up 729.7%), and the largest decrease in Myanmar (down 79.1%).
Nurses and midwives: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Monaco | 20.83 per 1,000 people | 2014 | — | rising |
| 2 | Switzerland | 18.76 per 1,000 people | 2022 | up 18.1% | rising |
| 3 | Norway | 16.51 per 1,000 people | 2023 | down 4.1% | rising |
| 4 | Iceland | 15.86 per 1,000 people | 2023 | down 2.5% | rising |
| 5 | Ireland | 14.78 per 1,000 people | 2023 | up 17.8% | rising |
| 6 | Finland | 14.01 per 1,000 people | 2021 | up 25.8% | flat |
| 7 | Luxembourg | 13.72 per 1,000 people | 2023 | up 11.5% | rising |
| 8 | Australia | 13.45 per 1,000 people | 2022 | up 32.3% | rising |
| 9 | United States | 13.38 per 1,000 people | 2022 | up 21.3% | rising |
| 10 | Japan | 12.98 per 1,000 people | 2022 | up 21.0% | rising |
| 11 | Belgium | 12.89 per 1,000 people | 2021 | up 24.3% | rising |
| 12 | New Zealand | 12.3 per 1,000 people | 2023 | up 16.4% | rising |
| 13 | Germany | 12.25 per 1,000 people | 2022 | up 17.7% | rising |
| 14 | Denmark | 12.19 per 1,000 people | 2021 | up 9.2% | rising |
| 15 | Netherlands | 11.67 per 1,000 people | 2022 | down 4.3% | rising |
| 15 | Sweden | 11.67 per 1,000 people | 2021 | up 0.3% | falling |
| 17 | Austria | 11.28 per 1,000 people | 2022 | up 63.8% | rising |
| 18 | Canada | 11.26 per 1,000 people | 2023 | up 18.4% | falling |
| 19 | Uzbekistan | 11.08 per 1,000 people | 2020 | down 3.1% | flat |
| 20 | Belarus | 10.82 per 1,000 people | 2023 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 21 | Slovenia | 10.56 per 1,000 people | 2022 | up 28.2% | rising |
| 22 | Antigua and Barbuda | 9.65 per 1,000 people | 2019 | up 184.6% | rising |
| 23 | United Kingdom | 9.55 per 1,000 people | 2023 | up 13.7% | flat |
| 24 | Czechia | 9.53 per 1,000 people | 2022 | up 12.3% | rising |
| 25 | San Marino | 9.44 per 1,000 people | 2023 | up 11.6% | rising |
| 26 | France | 9.42 per 1,000 people | 2021 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 27 | Paraguay | 9.41 per 1,000 people | 2022 | up 729.7% | volatile |
| 28 | South Korea | 9.09 per 1,000 people | 2022 | up 85.2% | rising |
| 29 | Qatar | 8.49 per 1,000 people | 2023 | up 36.7% | rising |
| 30 | Romania | 8.25 per 1,000 people | 2022 | up 38.5% | rising |
| 31 | Malta | 8.24 per 1,000 people | 2023 | up 12.1% | rising |
| 32 | Hong Kong | 8.18 per 1,000 people | 2018 | up 18.3% | rising |
| 33 | Portugal | 8.01 per 1,000 people | 2023 | up 27.3% | rising |
| 34 | Croatia | 8 per 1,000 people | 2022 | up 31.7% | rising |
| 35 | Lithuania | 7.84 per 1,000 people | 2022 | down 0.6% | falling |
| 36 | Cuba | 7.6 per 1,000 people | 2020 | down 16.6% | falling |
| 37 | Uruguay | 7.39 per 1,000 people | 2022 | up 24.5% | rising |
| 38 | Seychelles | 7.32 per 1,000 people | 2023 | up 73.8% | rising |
| 39 | Nauru | 7.3 per 1,000 people | 2018 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 40 | Russia | 7.04 per 1,000 people | 2022 | up 70.2% | rising |
| 41 | Dominica | 6.76 per 1,000 people | 2018 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 42 | Italy | 6.75 per 1,000 people | 2022 | up 26.9% | rising |
| 43 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 6.73 per 1,000 people | 2022 | up 16.2% | rising |
| 44 | Serbia | 6.69 per 1,000 people | 2022 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 45 | Estonia | 6.66 per 1,000 people | 2023 | up 11.7% | falling |
| 46 | Brunei | 6.62 per 1,000 people | 2021 | down 15.8% | rising |
| 47 | Palau | 6.61 per 1,000 people | 2023 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 48 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 6.58 per 1,000 people | 2023 | up 43.5% | falling |
| 49 | Singapore | 6.56 per 1,000 people | 2022 | up 18.0% | rising |
| 50 | Saudi Arabia | 6.56 per 1,000 people | 2023 | up 27.0% | rising |
| 51 | Kazakhstan | 6.49 per 1,000 people | 2023 | down 16.6% | falling |
| 52 | Tajikistan | 6.45 per 1,000 people | 2023 | up 47.1% | rising |
| 53 | Spain | 6.41 per 1,000 people | 2022 | up 19.0% | rising |
| 54 | South Africa | 6.39 per 1,000 people | 2022 | up 485.4% | volatile |
| 55 | Libya | 6.38 per 1,000 people | 2017 | up 18.7% | rising |
| 56 | Poland | 6.33 per 1,000 people | 2022 | down 24.5% | flat |
| 57 | Moldova | 6.32 per 1,000 people | 2023 | down 3.7% | falling |
| 58 | United Arab Emirates | 6.19 per 1,000 people | 2022 | up 68.6% | rising |
| 59 | Montenegro | 6.08 per 1,000 people | 2023 | up 14.0% | rising |
| 60 | Ukraine | 6.08 per 1,000 people | 2023 | down 18.2% | flat |
| 61 | Slovakia | 6.01 per 1,000 people | 2022 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 62 | Georgia | 5.97 per 1,000 people | 2023 | up 48.4% | rising |
| 63 | Israel | 5.9 per 1,000 people | 2023 | up 11.5% | falling |
| 64 | Albania | 5.82 per 1,000 people | 2020 | up 43.9% | rising |
| 65 | Hungary | 5.67 per 1,000 people | 2022 | down 12.8% | rising |
| 66 | Azerbaijan | 5.58 per 1,000 people | 2022 | down 17.0% | falling |
| 67 | North Macedonia | 5.51 per 1,000 people | 2022 | up 29.9% | rising |
| 68 | Brazil | 5.5 per 1,000 people | 2023 | down 28.2% | volatile |
| 69 | Chile | 5.45 per 1,000 people | 2023 | up 153.4% | rising |
| 70 | Namibia | 5.39 per 1,000 people | 2022 | up 195.1% | rising |
| 71 | Saint Lucia | 5.34 per 1,000 people | 2023 | up 65.0% | rising |
| 72 | Maldives | 5.02 per 1,000 people | 2020 | down 3.1% | rising |
| 73 | Philippines | 4.79 per 1,000 people | 2021 | up 29.1% | rising |
| 74 | Argentina | 4.75 per 1,000 people | 2023 | up 74.1% | rising |
| 75 | Armenia | 4.75 per 1,000 people | 2022 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 76 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 4.74 per 1,000 people | 2023 | down 47.7% | rising |
| 77 | Andorra | 4.72 per 1,000 people | 2023 | up 12.7% | rising |
| 78 | Oman | 4.66 per 1,000 people | 2022 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 79 | Grenada | 4.58 per 1,000 people | 2023 | up 55.8% | rising |
| 80 | Kuwait | 4.54 per 1,000 people | 2020 | down 31.5% | rising |
| 81 | Latvia | 4.37 per 1,000 people | 2022 | down 13.5% | falling |
| 82 | Marshall Islands | 4.3 per 1,000 people | 2018 | up 19.1% | rising |
| 83 | Eswatini | 4.26 per 1,000 people | 2023 | up 28.9% | falling |
| 84 | Bahamas | 4.22 per 1,000 people | 2023 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 85 | Mongolia | 4.22 per 1,000 people | 2018 | up 15.7% | rising |
| 86 | Bulgaria | 4.2 per 1,000 people | 2023 | down 14.5% | falling |
| 87 | Tonga | 4.2 per 1,000 people | 2021 | up 12.8% | rising |
| 88 | Greece | 4.11 per 1,000 people | 2022 | up 14.9% | rising |
| 89 | Ghana | 4.11 per 1,000 people | 2023 | up 177.1% | volatile |
| 90 | Trinidad and Tobago | 4.11 per 1,000 people | 2023 | up 30.9% | rising |
| 91 | Nepal | 4.09 per 1,000 people | 2023 | up 124.0% | rising |
| 92 | Kyrgyzstan | 4.08 per 1,000 people | 2023 | down 31.0% | falling |
| 93 | Malaysia | 4.05 per 1,000 people | 2023 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 94 | Mauritius | 4.05 per 1,000 people | 2022 | up 39.6% | rising |
| 95 | Tuvalu | 3.94 per 1,000 people | 2020 | down 36.6% | falling |
| 96 | Guyana | 3.93 per 1,000 people | 2023 | up 441.7% | volatile |
| 97 | Cyprus | 3.89 per 1,000 people | 2022 | up 10.5% | rising |
| 98 | Fiji | 3.85 per 1,000 people | 2019 | up 78.6% | rising |
| 99 | Macao | 3.79 per 1,000 people | 2018 | up 21.2% | rising |
| 100 | Barbados | 3.67 per 1,000 people | 2023 | up 17.3% | falling |
| 100 | China | 3.67 per 1,000 people | 2022 | up 101.1% | volatile |
| 102 | Kiribati | 3.63 per 1,000 people | 2018 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 103 | Thailand | 3.57 per 1,000 people | 2023 | up 54.8% | rising |
| 104 | Turkmenistan | 3.49 per 1,000 people | 2023 | down 13.2% | falling |
| 105 | Turkey | 3.48 per 1,000 people | 2022 | up 39.0% | rising |
| 106 | Panama | 3.35 per 1,000 people | 2022 | up 44.0% | rising |
| 107 | Jordan | 3.33 per 1,000 people | 2023 | down 9.0% | rising |
| 108 | Indonesia | 3.24 per 1,000 people | 2023 | up 396.9% | volatile |
| 109 | Costa Rica | 3.07 per 1,000 people | 2022 | up 50.4% | rising |
| 109 | Zimbabwe | 3.07 per 1,000 people | 2022 | up 173.2% | rising |
| 111 | Samoa | 3.06 per 1,000 people | 2020 | up 106.3% | rising |
| 112 | Mexico | 3.03 per 1,000 people | 2022 | up 18.3% | rising |
| 113 | Botswana | 3.02 per 1,000 people | 2023 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 114 | Zambia | 2.94 per 1,000 people | 2022 | up 312.9% | volatile |
| 115 | Iran | 2.88 per 1,000 people | 2023 | up 93.4% | rising |
| 116 | Peru | 2.74 per 1,000 people | 2023 | up 23.9% | rising |
| 117 | Bahrain | 2.65 per 1,000 people | 2020 | up 5.2% | falling |
| 117 | Iraq | 2.65 per 1,000 people | 2022 | up 35.1% | rising |
| 119 | Ecuador | 2.51 per 1,000 people | 2018 | up 34.1% | rising |
| 120 | Algeria | 2.51 per 1,000 people | 2022 | up 12.6% | falling |
| 121 | Gabon | 2.37 per 1,000 people | 2022 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 122 | Guatemala | 2.27 per 1,000 people | 2023 | up 137.3% | rising |
| 122 | Kenya | 2.27 per 1,000 people | 2023 | up 153.7% | volatile |
| 124 | Uganda | 2.27 per 1,000 people | 2022 | up 90.5% | rising |
| 125 | Sri Lanka | 2.26 per 1,000 people | 2023 | up 26.9% | rising |
| 126 | Micronesia (country) | 2.22 per 1,000 people | 2019 | down 38.4% | falling |
| 127 | El Salvador | 2.18 per 1,000 people | 2022 | up 20.3% | rising |
| 128 | Sao Tome and Principe | 2.17 per 1,000 people | 2022 | down 1.9% | rising |
| 129 | Tunisia | 2.16 per 1,000 people | 2021 | down 2.4% | flat |
| 130 | Belize | 2.06 per 1,000 people | 2023 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 130 | Dominican Republic | 2.06 per 1,000 people | 2023 | up 66.7% | rising |
| 132 | Bhutan | 2.05 per 1,000 people | 2022 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 133 | Solomon Islands | 2 per 1,000 people | 2023 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 134 | Lebanon | 1.92 per 1,000 people | 2018 | up 34.0% | rising |
| 135 | Angola | 1.87 per 1,000 people | 2022 | up 41.9% | rising |
| 136 | Cape Verde | 1.8 per 1,000 people | 2023 | up 128.5% | rising |
| 137 | Egypt | 1.79 per 1,000 people | 2018 | down 17.4% | falling |
| 138 | Syria | 1.76 per 1,000 people | 2021 | down 1.4% | falling |
| 139 | East Timor | 1.74 per 1,000 people | 2020 | up 50.2% | rising |
| 140 | Suriname | 1.73 per 1,000 people | 2023 | down 21.8% | falling |
| 141 | India | 1.72 per 1,000 people | 2020 | up 99.3% | rising |
| 142 | Nigeria | 1.65 per 1,000 people | 2022 | up 69.3% | falling |
| 143 | Comoros | 1.64 per 1,000 people | 2022 | up 123.1% | rising |
| 144 | Bolivia | 1.62 per 1,000 people | 2021 | up 65.7% | rising |
| 145 | Jamaica | 1.62 per 1,000 people | 2023 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 146 | Mauritania | 1.61 per 1,000 people | 2022 | up 94.6% | rising |
| 147 | Nicaragua | 1.57 per 1,000 people | 2017 | up 30.5% | rising |
| 148 | Eritrea | 1.54 per 1,000 people | 2022 | up 11.3% | rising |
| 149 | Colombia | 1.54 per 1,000 people | 2023 | up 43.1% | rising |
| 150 | Vanuatu | 1.46 per 1,000 people | 2019 | down 12.9% | falling |
| 151 | Vietnam | 1.44 per 1,000 people | 2016 | up 59.1% | rising |
| 152 | Ethiopia | 1.22 per 1,000 people | 2022 | up 400.8% | volatile |
| 153 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 1.17 per 1,000 people | 2022 | up 44.2% | rising |
| 154 | Sierra Leone | 1.16 per 1,000 people | 2022 | up 324.5% | volatile |
| 155 | Congo | 1.12 per 1,000 people | 2022 | down 34.3% | falling |
| 156 | Rwanda | 1.11 per 1,000 people | 2022 | up 72.5% | rising |
| 157 | Central African Republic | 1.1 per 1,000 people | 2023 | up 448.5% | volatile |
| 158 | Sudan | 1.08 per 1,000 people | 2018 | up 12.2% | flat |
| 159 | Laos | 1.03 per 1,000 people | 2023 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 160 | Cambodia | 1.01 per 1,000 people | 2019 | up 19.4% | rising |
| 161 | Liberia | 1.01 per 1,000 people | 2022 | up 126.3% | rising |
| 162 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.99 per 1,000 people | 2022 | up 81.0% | rising |
| 163 | Burkina Faso | 0.949 per 1,000 people | 2023 | up 115.7% | rising |
| 164 | Mozambique | 0.934 per 1,000 people | 2022 | up 125.1% | rising |
| 165 | Morocco | 0.869 per 1,000 people | 2023 | down 10.4% | rising |
| 166 | Burundi | 0.794 per 1,000 people | 2023 | up 25.4% | rising |
| 167 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.793 per 1,000 people | 2023 | up 50.2% | rising |
| 168 | Honduras | 0.735 per 1,000 people | 2023 | up 6.4% | falling |
| 169 | Haiti | 0.732 per 1,000 people | 2022 | down 39.5% | volatile |
| 170 | Tanzania | 0.693 per 1,000 people | 2023 | up 57.9% | rising |
| 171 | Bangladesh | 0.664 per 1,000 people | 2023 | up 240.5% | volatile |
| 172 | Cameroon | 0.659 per 1,000 people | 2022 | down 30.4% | volatile |
| 173 | Gambia | 0.658 per 1,000 people | 2023 | down 43.7% | flat |
| 174 | Benin | 0.611 per 1,000 people | 2023 | up 8.1% | falling |
| 175 | Afghanistan | 0.549 per 1,000 people | 2023 | up 115.3% | falling |
| 176 | Yemen | 0.541 per 1,000 people | 2023 | down 27.1% | rising |
| 177 | Pakistan | 0.52 per 1,000 people | 2021 | up 36.5% | rising |
| 178 | Papua New Guinea | 0.508 per 1,000 people | 2021 | up 6.5% | flat |
| 179 | Malawi | 0.507 per 1,000 people | 2022 | up 128.4% | rising |
| 180 | Togo | 0.494 per 1,000 people | 2022 | up 71.5% | rising |
| 181 | Senegal | 0.424 per 1,000 people | 2023 | up 120.8% | rising |
| 182 | Guinea | 0.421 per 1,000 people | 2022 | down 23.2% | falling |
| 182 | Niger | 0.421 per 1,000 people | 2023 | up 88.8% | rising |
| 184 | Madagascar | 0.281 per 1,000 people | 2022 | up 35.7% | falling |
| 185 | Mali | 0.268 per 1,000 people | 2023 | down 24.5% | falling |
| 186 | Myanmar | 0.205 per 1,000 people | 2022 | down 79.1% | falling |
| 187 | Djibouti | 0.194 per 1,000 people | 2022 | down 70.3% | falling |
| 188 | Chad | 0.167 per 1,000 people | 2023 | down 43.6% | rising |
About this data
Nurses and midwives include professional nurses, professional midwives, auxiliary nurses, auxiliary midwives, enrolled nurses, enrolled midwives and other associated personnel, such as dental nurses and primary care nurses.