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Nurses and midwives in Greece

Greece had 41.3 nurses and midwives per 10,000 people in 2023. The value for 2023 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1999.

Nursing and midwifery personnel per 10,000 people Per 10,000 people Data: 1999 to 2023 Source: WHO

Greece, 2023 41.3 Per 10,000 people

Change from 2022 +0.1per 10,000 people 2022: 41.1 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 Greece 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	Greece
2023	41.3 per 10,000 people
2022	41.1 per 10,000 people
2021	40.3 per 10,000 people
2020	39.3 per 10,000 people
2019	36.5 per 10,000 people
2018	36.3 per 10,000 people
2017	35.7 per 10,000 people
2016	35.0 per 10,000 people
2015	34.5 per 10,000 people
2014	34.7 per 10,000 people
2013	35.4 per 10,000 people
2012	35.8 per 10,000 people
2011	37.1 per 10,000 people
2010	36.8 per 10,000 people
2009	36.0 per 10,000 people
2008	35.0 per 10,000 people
2007	34.6 per 10,000 people
2006	34.8 per 10,000 people
2005	35.7 per 10,000 people
2004	35.3 per 10,000 people
2003	35.5 per 10,000 people
2002	35.3 per 10,000 people
2001	31.8 per 10,000 people
2000	29.7 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 +0.1 from 41.1 per 10,000 people in 2022.
Since 2013, when it was 35.4 per 10,000 people, the figure has changed by +5.9.

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Practising nurses 248d per 100,000 people 2024 · Eurostat Physicians 6.58 per 1,000 people 2022 · World Bank Life expectancy at birth 81.9 years 2024 · Eurostat Infant mortality rate 3.7 per 1,000 live births 2024 · Eurostat Hospital beds 423 per 100,000 people 2024 · Eurostat Practising physicians 627 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: 1999 to 2023 for Greece
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 Greece compares in 2022 Neighbouring positions among 140 countries with a value for 2022.

70 Barbados 41.8 per 10,000 people
71 Indonesia 41.2 per 10,000 people
72 Kyrgyzstan 41.2 per 10,000 people
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

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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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