Nurses and midwives in El Salvador

El Salvador had 21.8 nurses and midwives per 10,000 people in 2022. The value for 2022 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2007.

Measure: Nursing and midwifery personnel per 10,000 people Unit: Per 10,000 people Data: 2007 to 2022 Source: WHO
El Salvador, 2022 21.8 Per 10,000 people
Change from 2021 +2.1per 10,000 people 2021: 19.7 per 10,000 people
Position in 2022 95th of 140 See the full ranking

Nurses and midwives in El Salvador 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), 2007 to 2022
Period El Salvador
2022 21.8 per 10,000 people
2021 19.7 per 10,000 people
2018 18.9 per 10,000 people
2017 19.2 per 10,000 people
2016 18.5 per 10,000 people
2015 18.0 per 10,000 people
2014 18.0 per 10,000 people
2013 18.1 per 10,000 people
2007 13.9 per 10,000 people

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +2.1 from 19.7 per 10,000 people in 2021.
  • Since 2007, when it was 13.9 per 10,000 people, the figure has changed by +7.9.
  • Among the 140 countries with data for 2022, El Salvador has the 95th highest value.

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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
2007 to 2022 for El Salvador
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