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Nurses and midwives in Latvia

Latvia had 43.6 nurses and midwives per 10,000 people in 2023. The value for 2023 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1990.

Nursing and midwifery personnel per 10,000 people Per 10,000 people Data: 1990 to 2023 Source: WHO

Latvia, 2023 43.6 Per 10,000 people

Change from 2022 −0.1per 10,000 people 2022: 43.7 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 Latvia 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	Latvia
2023	43.6 per 10,000 people
2022	43.7 per 10,000 people
2021	43.9 per 10,000 people
2020	43.9 per 10,000 people
2019	46.0 per 10,000 people
2018	45.6 per 10,000 people
2017	47.7 per 10,000 people
2016	48.4 per 10,000 people
2015	48.9 per 10,000 people
2014	50.2 per 10,000 people
2013	50.8 per 10,000 people
2012	50.5 per 10,000 people
2011	51.5 per 10,000 people
2010	52.1 per 10,000 people
2009	51.0 per 10,000 people
2008	57.7 per 10,000 people
2007	57.5 per 10,000 people
2006	58.3 per 10,000 people
2005	52.0 per 10,000 people
2004	50.8 per 10,000 people
2003	49.2 per 10,000 people
2002	47.7 per 10,000 people
2001	47.1 per 10,000 people
2000	47.8 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 43.7 per 10,000 people in 2022.
Since 2013, when it was 50.8 per 10,000 people, the figure has changed by −7.2.

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Practising nurses 414 per 100,000 people 2024 · Eurostat Physicians 3.40 per 1,000 people 2022 · World Bank Life expectancy at birth 76.4 years 2024 · Eurostat Infant mortality rate 1.5 per 1,000 live births 2024 · Eurostat Hospital beds 497 per 100,000 people 2024 · Eurostat Practising physicians 340 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: 1990 to 2023 for Latvia
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 Latvia compares in 2022 Neighbouring positions among 140 countries with a value for 2022.

64 Oman 46.6 per 10,000 people
65 Ghana 44.7 per 10,000 people
66 Mongolia 44.5 per 10,000 people
67 Latvia 43.7 per 10,000 people
68 South Africa 43.7 per 10,000 people
69 Eswatini 43.7 per 10,000 people
70 Barbados 41.8 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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