Nurses and midwives in Germany

Germany had 124.0 nurses and midwives per 10,000 people in 2023. The value for 2023 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2000.

Nursing and midwifery personnel per 10,000 people Per 10,000 people Data: 2000 to 2023 Source: WHO

Germany, 2023 124.0 Per 10,000 people

Change from 2022 +1.3per 10,000 people 2022: 122.6 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 Germany 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	Germany
2023	124.0 per 10,000 people
2022	122.6 per 10,000 people
2021	122.6 per 10,000 people
2020	122.8 per 10,000 people
2019	120.3 per 10,000 people
2018	117.4 per 10,000 people
2017	113.1 per 10,000 people
2016	110.9 per 10,000 people
2015	109.5 per 10,000 people
2014	109.5 per 10,000 people
2013	107.6 per 10,000 people
2012	104.1 per 10,000 people
2011	103.4 per 10,000 people
2010	102.4 per 10,000 people
2009	101.7 per 10,000 people
2008	99.5 per 10,000 people
2007	97.7 per 10,000 people
2006	96.0 per 10,000 people
2005	94.6 per 10,000 people
2004	92.9 per 10,000 people
2003	92.1 per 10,000 people
2002	90.2 per 10,000 people
2001	89.1 per 10,000 people
2000	88.4 per 10,000 people

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In short

That is a change of +1.3 from 122.6 per 10,000 people in 2022.
Since 2013, when it was 107.6 per 10,000 people, the figure has changed by +16.4.

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Practising nurses 1,251 per 100,000 people 2024 · Eurostat Physicians 4.53 per 1,000 people 2022 · World Bank Life expectancy at birth 81.2 years 2024 · Eurostat Infant mortality rate 3.3 per 1,000 live births 2024 · Eurostat Hospital beds 759 per 100,000 people 2024 · Eurostat Practising physicians 475 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: 2000 to 2023 for Germany
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 Germany compares in 2022 Neighbouring positions among 140 countries with a value for 2022.

8 Finland 132.0 per 10,000 people
9 Japan 124.4 per 10,000 people
10 Belgium 122.9 per 10,000 people
11 Germany 122.6 per 10,000 people
12 New Zealand 118.6 per 10,000 people
13 Sweden 117.4 per 10,000 people
14 Netherlands 116.9 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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