Nurses and midwives in Guyana

Guyana had 48.4 nurses and midwives per 10,000 people in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2000.

Measure: Nursing and midwifery personnel per 10,000 people Unit: Per 10,000 people Data: 2000 to 2024 Source: WHO
Guyana, 2024 48.4 Per 10,000 people
Change from 2023 +9.2per 10,000 people 2023: 39.3 per 10,000 people

Nurses and midwives in Guyana 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 2024
Period Guyana
2024 48.4 per 10,000 people
2023 39.3 per 10,000 people
2020 34.4 per 10,000 people
2019 26.3 per 10,000 people
2018 10.2 per 10,000 people
2017 7.9 per 10,000 people
2016 7.4 per 10,000 people
2015 7.1 per 10,000 people
2014 6.4 per 10,000 people
2013 7.3 per 10,000 people
2010 10.1 per 10,000 people
2009 13.2 per 10,000 people
2000 22.7 per 10,000 people

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +9.2 from 39.3 per 10,000 people in 2023.
  • Since 2010, when it was 10.1 per 10,000 people, the figure has changed by +38.4.

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 2024 for Guyana
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