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Nurses and midwives in Cyprus

Cyprus had 39.8 nurses and midwives per 10,000 people in 2023. The value for 2023 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 2023 Source: WHO

Cyprus, 2023 39.8 Per 10,000 people

Change from 2022 +1.7per 10,000 people 2022: 38.2 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 Cyprus 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	Cyprus
2023	39.8 per 10,000 people
2022	38.2 per 10,000 people
2021	37.9 per 10,000 people
2020	38.5 per 10,000 people
2019	39.6 per 10,000 people
2018	39.4 per 10,000 people
2017	39.2 per 10,000 people
2016	38.4 per 10,000 people
2015	38.4 per 10,000 people
2014	37.5 per 10,000 people
2013	37.3 per 10,000 people
2012	35.2 per 10,000 people
2011	36.2 per 10,000 people
2010	35.0 per 10,000 people
2009	34.3 per 10,000 people
2008	32.7 per 10,000 people
2007	34.3 per 10,000 people
2006	33.0 per 10,000 people
2005	29.9 per 10,000 people
2004	31.9 per 10,000 people
2003	30.7 per 10,000 people
2002	30.5 per 10,000 people
2001	30.7 per 10,000 people
2000	30.9 per 10,000 people

A dash means no value was published for that period.

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In short

That is a change of +1.7 from 38.2 per 10,000 people in 2022.
Since 2013, when it was 37.3 per 10,000 people, the figure has changed by +2.5.

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All statistics for Cyprus

Practising nurses 519 per 100,000 people 2024 · Eurostat Physicians 3.56 per 1,000 people 2022 · World Bank Life expectancy at birth 83.5 years 2024 · Eurostat Infant mortality rate 3.0 per 1,000 live births 2024 · Eurostat Hospital beds 329 per 100,000 people 2024 · Eurostat Practising physicians 550 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 Cyprus
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 Cyprus compares in 2022 Neighbouring positions among 140 countries with a value for 2022.

73 Greece 41.1 per 10,000 people
74 Mauritius 40.5 per 10,000 people
75 Malaysia 40.3 per 10,000 people
76 Cyprus 38.2 per 10,000 people
77 China 36.7 per 10,000 people
78 Turkmenistan 35.1 per 10,000 people
79 Türkiye 34.8 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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