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Nurses and midwives in Bulgaria

Bulgaria had 46.8 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

Bulgaria, 2023 46.8 Per 10,000 people

Change from 2022 −0.2per 10,000 people 2022: 47.0 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 Bulgaria 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	Bulgaria
2023	46.8 per 10,000 people
2022	47.0 per 10,000 people
2021	46.7 per 10,000 people
2020	46.7 per 10,000 people
2019	48.5 per 10,000 people
2018	48.0 per 10,000 people
2017	48.3 per 10,000 people
2016	48.0 per 10,000 people
2015	48.3 per 10,000 people
2014	48.7 per 10,000 people
2013	49.2 per 10,000 people
2012	48.3 per 10,000 people
2011	47.3 per 10,000 people
2010	47.1 per 10,000 people
2009	47.1 per 10,000 people
2008	47.3 per 10,000 people
2007	47.0 per 10,000 people
2006	45.9 per 10,000 people
2005	45.1 per 10,000 people
2004	42.8 per 10,000 people
2003	42.4 per 10,000 people
2002	40.6 per 10,000 people
2001	42.0 per 10,000 people
2000	44.5 per 10,000 people

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In short

That is a change of −0.2 from 47.0 per 10,000 people in 2022.
Since 2013, when it was 49.2 per 10,000 people, the figure has changed by −2.4.

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Practising nurses 441 per 100,000 people 2024 · Eurostat Physicians 4.33 per 1,000 people 2022 · World Bank Life expectancy at birth 75.8 years 2024 · Eurostat Infant mortality rate 4.5 per 1,000 live births 2024 · Eurostat Hospital beds 870 per 100,000 people 2024 · Eurostat Practising physicians 467 per 100,000 people 2024 · Eurostat

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

59 Namibia 53.9 per 10,000 people
60 Chile 49.8 per 10,000 people
61 Armenia 47.5 per 10,000 people
62 Bulgaria 47.0 per 10,000 people
63 Andorra 46.7 per 10,000 people
64 Oman 46.6 per 10,000 people
65 Ghana 44.7 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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