Nurses and midwives in Barbados

Barbados had 41.4 nurses and midwives per 10,000 people in 2023.

Measure: Nursing and midwifery personnel per 10,000 people Unit: Per 10,000 people Data: 1995 to 2023 Source: WHO
Barbados, 2023 41.4 Per 10,000 people
Change from 2022 −0.4per 10,000 people 2022: 41.8 per 10,000 people

Nurses and midwives in Barbados 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 Barbados
2023 41.4 per 10,000 people
2022 41.8 per 10,000 people
2021 41.7 per 10,000 people
2020 44.1 per 10,000 people
2019 48.1 per 10,000 people
2018 31.2 per 10,000 people
2005 48.8 per 10,000 people
2001 60.2 per 10,000 people
2000 60.4 per 10,000 people

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −0.4 from 41.8 per 10,000 people in 2022.
  • Since 1995, when it was 51.9 per 10,000 people, the figure has changed by −10.5.

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
1995 to 2023 for Barbados
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