Nurses and midwives in Italy

Italy had 71.0 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

Italy, 2023 71.0 Per 10,000 people

Change from 2022 +0.6per 10,000 people 2022: 70.3 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 Italy 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	Italy
2023	71.0 per 10,000 people
2022	70.3 per 10,000 people
2021	70.2 per 10,000 people
2020	65.2 per 10,000 people
2019	64.0 per 10,000 people
2018	60.4 per 10,000 people
2017	60.9 per 10,000 people
2016	58.5 per 10,000 people
2015	57.2 per 10,000 people
2014	55.4 per 10,000 people
2013	52.9 per 10,000 people
2012	53.3 per 10,000 people
2011	54.1 per 10,000 people
2010	54.4 per 10,000 people
2009	54.7 per 10,000 people
2008	54.7 per 10,000 people
2007	54.8 per 10,000 people
2006	53.5 per 10,000 people
2005	51.9 per 10,000 people
2004	53.3 per 10,000 people
2003	54.5 per 10,000 people
2002	58.2 per 10,000 people
2001	57.6 per 10,000 people
2000	57.1 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 +0.6 from 70.3 per 10,000 people in 2022.
Since 2013, when it was 52.9 per 10,000 people, the figure has changed by +18.0.

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All statistics for Italy

Practising nurses 692 per 100,000 people 2024 · Eurostat Physicians 4.19 per 1,000 people 2022 · World Bank Life expectancy at birth 83.7 years 2024 · Eurostat Infant mortality rate 2.5 per 1,000 live births 2024 · Eurostat Hospital beds 312 per 100,000 people 2024 · Eurostat Practising physicians 575 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 Italy
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 Italy compares in 2022 Neighbouring positions among 140 countries with a value for 2022.

33 Seychelles 72.9 per 10,000 people
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

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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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