Nurses and midwives in Maldives

Maldives had 59.6 nurses and midwives per 10,000 people in 2021.

Measure: Nursing and midwifery personnel per 10,000 people Unit: Per 10,000 people Data: 1991 to 2021 Source: WHO
Maldives, 2021 59.6 Per 10,000 people
Change from 2020 +9.5per 10,000 people 2020: 50.2 per 10,000 people

Nurses and midwives in Maldives 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), 2004 to 2021
Period Maldives
2021 59.6 per 10,000 people
2020 50.2 per 10,000 people
2019 52.4 per 10,000 people
2018 61.2 per 10,000 people
2017 36.2 per 10,000 people
2015 69.8 per 10,000 people
2014 56.5 per 10,000 people
2010 51.8 per 10,000 people
2009 53.0 per 10,000 people
2007 47.4 per 10,000 people
2004 29.4 per 10,000 people

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +9.5 from 50.2 per 10,000 people in 2020.
  • Since 2004, when it was 29.4 per 10,000 people, the figure has changed by +30.2.

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
1991 to 2021 for Maldives
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