Nurses and midwives in Denmark

Denmark had 109.3 nurses and midwives per 10,000 people in 2023. The value for 2023 is the highest since 1991.

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

Denmark, 2023 109.3 Per 10,000 people

Change from 2022 +0.9per 10,000 people 2022: 108.4 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 Denmark 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	Denmark
2023	109.3 per 10,000 people
2022	108.4 per 10,000 people
2021	107.3 per 10,000 people
2020	106.3 per 10,000 people
2019	105.1 per 10,000 people
2018	104.6 per 10,000 people
2017	103.8 per 10,000 people
2016	102.9 per 10,000 people
2015	102.5 per 10,000 people
2014	102.6 per 10,000 people
2013	102.8 per 10,000 people
2012	102.7 per 10,000 people
2011	101.7 per 10,000 people
2010	101.2 per 10,000 people
2009	100.8 per 10,000 people
2008	98.2 per 10,000 people
2007	95.6 per 10,000 people
2006	98.0 per 10,000 people
2005	98.3 per 10,000 people
2004	96.9 per 10,000 people
2003	95.3 per 10,000 people
2002	96.9 per 10,000 people
2001	95.8 per 10,000 people
2000	95.4 per 10,000 people

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In short

That is a change of +0.9 from 108.4 per 10,000 people in 2022.
Since 2013, when it was 102.8 per 10,000 people, the figure has changed by +6.5.

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Practising nurses 1,053 per 100,000 people 2024 · Eurostat Physicians 4.50 per 1,000 people 2021 · World Bank Life expectancy at birth 82.0 years 2024 · Eurostat Infant mortality rate 4.3 per 1,000 live births 2024 · Eurostat Hospital beds 207 per 100,000 people 2025 · Eurostat Practising physicians 466 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 Denmark
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 Denmark compares in 2022 Neighbouring positions among 140 countries with a value for 2022.

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
19 Belarus 107.3 per 10,000 people
20 Slovenia 105.8 per 10,000 people
21 Czechia 94.9 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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