Nurses and midwives in Ireland

Ireland had 154.0 nurses and midwives per 10,000 people in 2024.

Nursing and midwifery personnel per 10,000 people Per 10,000 people Data: 1994 to 2024 Source: WHO

Ireland, 2024 154.0 Per 10,000 people

Change from 2023 +6.3per 10,000 people 2023: 147.8 per 10,000 people

Median of European Union (27 countries), 2022 81.3 per 10,000 people Middle value of 26 countries Not the same period as Ireland (2024).

Nurses and midwives in Ireland 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	Ireland
2024	154.0 per 10,000 people
2023	147.8 per 10,000 people
2022	140.9 per 10,000 people
2021	136.1 per 10,000 people
2020	182.9 per 10,000 people
2019	154.8 per 10,000 people
2018	128.7 per 10,000 people
2017	143.7 per 10,000 people
2016	115.7 per 10,000 people
2015	123.5 per 10,000 people
2014	121.8 per 10,000 people
2013	125.5 per 10,000 people
2012	129.8 per 10,000 people
2011	129.4 per 10,000 people
2010	134.5 per 10,000 people
2009	129.3 per 10,000 people
2008	135.6 per 10,000 people
2007	136.5 per 10,000 people
2006	125.6 per 10,000 people
2005	122.3 per 10,000 people
2004	123.5 per 10,000 people
2003	147.7 per 10,000 people
2002	153.0 per 10,000 people
2001	147.7 per 10,000 people
2000	139.6 per 10,000 people

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In short

That is a change of +6.3 from 147.8 per 10,000 people in 2023.
Since 2014, when it was 121.8 per 10,000 people, the figure has changed by +32.3.

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Practising nurses 1,417 per 100,000 people 2025 · Eurostat Physicians 3.88 per 1,000 people 2023 · World Bank Life expectancy at birth 83.1 years 2024 · Eurostat Infant mortality rate 3.3 per 1,000 live births 2024 · Eurostat Hospital beds 293 per 100,000 people 2024 · Eurostat Practising physicians 409 per 100,000 people 2025 · 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: 1994 to 2024 for Ireland
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 Ireland compares in 2022 Neighbouring positions among 140 countries with a value for 2022.

1 Switzerland 187.6 per 10,000 people
2 Norway 160.9 per 10,000 people
3 Iceland 156.4 per 10,000 people
4 Ireland 140.9 per 10,000 people
5 Luxembourg 137.1 per 10,000 people
6 Australia 134.6 per 10,000 people
7 United States 133.9 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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