Nurses and midwives in Laos
Laos had 13.6 nurses and midwives per 10,000 people in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1995.
Laos, 2024
13.6
Change from 2023
+3.4per 10,000 people
Nurses and midwives in Laos 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.
| Period | Laos |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 13.6 per 10,000 people |
| 2023 | 10.3 per 10,000 people |
| 2020 | 11.8 per 10,000 people |
| 2018 | 11.8 per 10,000 people |
| 2017 | 12.0 per 10,000 people |
| 2016 | 12.5 per 10,000 people |
| 2015 | 12.1 per 10,000 people |
| 2014 | 12.7 per 10,000 people |
| 2013 | 9.5 per 10,000 people |
| 2012 | 8.6 per 10,000 people |
| 2010 | 8.5 per 10,000 people |
| 2009 | 8.5 per 10,000 people |
| 2005 | 9.8 per 10,000 people |
| 2004 | 9.7 per 10,000 people |
| 2000 | 10.0 per 10,000 people |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +3.4 from 10.3 per 10,000 people in 2023.
- Since 2010, when it was 8.5 per 10,000 people, the figure has changed by +5.2.
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