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Nurses and midwives in Malta

Malta had 82.6 nurses and midwives per 10,000 people in 2023.

Nursing and midwifery personnel per 10,000 people Per 10,000 people Data: 2001 to 2023 Source: WHO

Malta, 2023 82.6 Per 10,000 people

Change from 2022 −0.8per 10,000 people 2022: 83.4 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 Malta 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), 2001 to 2023
Period	Malta
2023	82.6 per 10,000 people
2022	83.4 per 10,000 people
2021	83.9 per 10,000 people
2020	84.6 per 10,000 people
2019	82.1 per 10,000 people
2018	82.8 per 10,000 people
2017	85.1 per 10,000 people
2016	86.0 per 10,000 people
2015	81.6 per 10,000 people
2014	82.9 per 10,000 people
2013	73.5 per 10,000 people
2012	69.7 per 10,000 people
2011	69.5 per 10,000 people
2010	67.1 per 10,000 people
2009	64.5 per 10,000 people
2008	66.4 per 10,000 people
2007	60.9 per 10,000 people
2006	58.0 per 10,000 people
2005	56.7 per 10,000 people
2004	55.0 per 10,000 people
2003	53.8 per 10,000 people
2002	53.8 per 10,000 people
2001	36.6 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 −0.8 from 83.4 per 10,000 people in 2022.
Since 2013, when it was 73.5 per 10,000 people, the figure has changed by +9.0.

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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: 2001 to 2023 for Malta
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 Malta compares in 2022 Neighbouring positions among 140 countries with a value for 2022.

23 United Kingdom 92.4 per 10,000 people
24 South Korea 90.9 per 10,000 people
25 San Marino 86.8 per 10,000 people
26 Malta 83.4 per 10,000 people
27 Romania 82.5 per 10,000 people
28 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 81.0 per 10,000 people
29 Croatia 80.0 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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