Nurses and midwives in Australia

Australia had 144.3 nurses and midwives per 10,000 people in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1990.

Nursing and midwifery personnel per 10,000 people Per 10,000 people Data: 1990 to 2024 Source: WHO

Australia, 2024 144.3 Per 10,000 people

Change from 2023 +5.2per 10,000 people 2023: 139.2 per 10,000 people

Median of OECD (38 countries), 2024 120.1 per 10,000 people Middle value of 10 countries

Nurses and midwives in Australia over time

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Per 10,000 people. Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Nursing and midwifery personnel per 10,000 people (per 10,000 people), 2000 to 2024
Period	Australia
2024	144.3 per 10,000 people
2023	139.2 per 10,000 people
2022	134.6 per 10,000 people
2021	134.6 per 10,000 people
2020	130.3 per 10,000 people
2019	130.0 per 10,000 people
2018	127.0 per 10,000 people
2017	124.8 per 10,000 people
2016	123.7 per 10,000 people
2015	121.9 per 10,000 people
2014	121.1 per 10,000 people
2013	119.5 per 10,000 people
2012	101.7 per 10,000 people
2011	108.4 per 10,000 people
2010	104.1 per 10,000 people
2009	107.3 per 10,000 people
2008	102.4 per 10,000 people
2007	101.4 per 10,000 people
2005	97.1 per 10,000 people
2004	101.5 per 10,000 people
2003	98.9 per 10,000 people
2002	98.9 per 10,000 people
2001	105.0 per 10,000 people
2000	100.1 per 10,000 people

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In short

That is a change of +5.2 from 139.2 per 10,000 people in 2023.
Since 2014, when it was 121.1 per 10,000 people, the figure has changed by +23.2.

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Source and dates

Original producer: WHO
Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory
Dataset or series code: HWF_0006 · dataset details · view at source
Observation period: 1990 to 2024 for Australia
Provider update: 23 January 2026
Retrieved: 9 November 2026
Published here: 9 November 2026
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (WHO datasets, with additional terms)
Attribution: Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory

How Australia compares in 2022 Neighbouring positions among 140 countries with a value for 2022.

3 Iceland 156.4 per 10,000 people
4 Ireland 140.9 per 10,000 people
5 Luxembourg 137.1 per 10,000 people
6 Australia 134.6 per 10,000 people
7 United States 133.9 per 10,000 people
8 Finland 132.0 per 10,000 people
9 Japan 124.4 per 10,000 people

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What this measures

Nurses and midwives working in the country per 10,000 people, as reported to WHO's National Health Workforce Accounts.

Countries count practising, professionally active or licensed staff differently; years also differ.

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