Nurses and midwives in Austria

Austria had 109.4 nurses and midwives per 10,000 people in 2023.

Nursing and midwifery personnel per 10,000 people Per 10,000 people Data: 1990 to 2023 Source: WHO

Austria, 2023 109.4 Per 10,000 people

Change from 2022 −3.4per 10,000 people 2022: 112.8 per 10,000 people

Median of European Union (27 countries), 2023 80.3 per 10,000 people Middle value of 24 countries

Nurses and midwives in Austria 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 2023
Period	Austria
2023	109.4 per 10,000 people
2022	112.8 per 10,000 people
2021	111.8 per 10,000 people
2020	107.4 per 10,000 people
2019	106.6 per 10,000 people
2018	71.3 per 10,000 people
2017	71.1 per 10,000 people
2016	70.3 per 10,000 people
2015	70.4 per 10,000 people
2014	70.4 per 10,000 people
2013	69.4 per 10,000 people
2012	68.9 per 10,000 people
2011	68.6 per 10,000 people
2010	67.6 per 10,000 people
2009	67.0 per 10,000 people
2008	65.8 per 10,000 people
2007	64.3 per 10,000 people
2006	63.5 per 10,000 people
2005	62.0 per 10,000 people
2004	61.3 per 10,000 people
2003	58.9 per 10,000 people
2002	58.8 per 10,000 people
2001	57.8 per 10,000 people
2000	57.3 per 10,000 people

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In short

That is a change of −3.4 from 112.8 per 10,000 people in 2022.
Since 2013, when it was 69.4 per 10,000 people, the figure has changed by +40.0.

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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 2023 for Austria
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 Austria compares in 2022 Neighbouring positions among 140 countries with a value for 2022.

12 New Zealand 118.6 per 10,000 people
13 Sweden 117.4 per 10,000 people
14 Netherlands 116.9 per 10,000 people
15 Austria 112.8 per 10,000 people
16 Canada 111.8 per 10,000 people
17 Uzbekistan 110.3 per 10,000 people
18 Denmark 108.4 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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