Nurses and midwives in Estonia

Estonia had 70.4 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

Estonia, 2023 70.4 Per 10,000 people

Change from 2022 +0.8per 10,000 people 2022: 69.6 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 Estonia 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	Estonia
2023	70.4 per 10,000 people
2022	69.6 per 10,000 people
2021	68.5 per 10,000 people
2020	67.4 per 10,000 people
2019	66.0 per 10,000 people
2018	66.4 per 10,000 people
2017	65.4 per 10,000 people
2016	64.4 per 10,000 people
2015	63.6 per 10,000 people
2014	60.8 per 10,000 people
2013	59.6 per 10,000 people
2012	64.6 per 10,000 people
2011	65.3 per 10,000 people
2010	64.0 per 10,000 people
2009	64.5 per 10,000 people
2008	67.2 per 10,000 people
2007	67.0 per 10,000 people
2006	66.1 per 10,000 people
2005	65.8 per 10,000 people
2004	65.4 per 10,000 people
2003	64.3 per 10,000 people
2002	63.2 per 10,000 people
2001	61.3 per 10,000 people
2000	62.0 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 +0.8 from 69.6 per 10,000 people in 2022.
Since 2013, when it was 59.6 per 10,000 people, the figure has changed by +10.8.

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Practising nurses 683 per 100,000 people 2024 · Eurostat Physicians 3.47 per 1,000 people 2022 · World Bank Life expectancy at birth 79.4 years 2024 · Eurostat Infant mortality rate 1.4 per 1,000 live births 2024 · Eurostat Hospital beds 413 per 100,000 people 2024 · Eurostat Practising physicians 358 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 Estonia
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 Estonia compares in 2022 Neighbouring positions among 140 countries with a value for 2022.

34 Cuba 71.9 per 10,000 people
35 Russia 70.4 per 10,000 people
36 Italy 70.3 per 10,000 people
37 Estonia 69.6 per 10,000 people
38 Singapore 69.0 per 10,000 people
39 Argentina 68.1 per 10,000 people
40 Bosnia and Herzegovina 67.3 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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