Nurses and midwives in Maldives
Maldives: Nurses and midwives was 5.02 per 1,000 people in 2020. ▲ Rising
Nurses and midwives in Maldives, 1991–2020
Source: Global Health Workforce Statistics, World Health Organization (WHO). Measured in per 1,000 people.
Analysis
Maldives recorded 5.02 per 1,000 people for nurses and midwives in 2020.
That represents a change of down 4.2% on the previous year and down 3.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, nurses and midwives in Maldives peaked at 6.98 per 1,000 people in 2015 and was at its lowest, 0.647 per 1,000 people, in 1991.
That places Maldives 72nd out of 188 countries with data for 2020, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.9303 per 1,000 people | 0.647 per 1,000 people | 1.38 per 1,000 people | 3 |
| 2000s | 4.33 per 1,000 people | 2.94 per 1,000 people | 5.3 per 1,000 people | 3 |
| 2010s | 5.08 per 1,000 people | 2.56 per 1,000 people | 6.98 per 1,000 people | 7 |
| 2020s | 5.02 per 1,000 people | 5.02 per 1,000 people | 5.02 per 1,000 people | 1 |
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More health data for Maldives
- Age population, age 10, male, interpolated 3,916 (2025)
- Age population, age 22, female, interpolated 2,525 (2025)
- Age population, age 21, male, interpolated 3,146 (2025)
- Age population, age 21, female, interpolated 2,568 (2025)
- Age population, age 20, male, interpolated 3,099 (2025)
- Age population, age 11, female, interpolated 3,492 (2025)
- Age population, age 19, male, interpolated 3,184 (2025)
- Age population, age 20, female, interpolated 2,662 (2025)
- Age population, age 10, female, interpolated 3,412 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, female 142,737 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is nurses and midwives in Maldives?
- Nurses and midwives in Maldives was 5.02 per 1,000 people in 2020, according to Global Health Workforce Statistics, World Health Organization (WHO).
- What is the highest nurses and midwives recorded in Maldives?
- The highest recorded value was 6.98 per 1,000 people in 2015.
- What is the lowest nurses and midwives recorded in Maldives?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.647 per 1,000 people in 1991.
- How does Maldives rank for nurses and midwives?
- Maldives ranks 72nd out of 188 countries with data for 2020.
- Is nurses and midwives rising or falling in Maldives?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Maldives data come from?
- The figures come from Global Health Workforce Statistics, World Health Organization (WHO), published as part of Nurses and midwives (per 1,000 people). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.