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Nurses and midwives in Mexico

Mexico had 30.5 nurses and midwives per 10,000 people in 2023. The value for 2023 is the highest 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

Mexico, 2023 30.5 Per 10,000 people

Change from 2022 +0.2per 10,000 people 2022: 30.3 per 10,000 people

Median of OECD (38 countries), 2023 94.9 per 10,000 people Middle value of 33 countries

Nurses and midwives in Mexico 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	Mexico
2023	30.5 per 10,000 people
2022	30.3 per 10,000 people
2021	29.7 per 10,000 people
2020	29.4 per 10,000 people
2019	28.7 per 10,000 people
2018	28.9 per 10,000 people
2017	28.8 per 10,000 people
2016	28.8 per 10,000 people
2015	27.7 per 10,000 people
2014	26.9 per 10,000 people
2013	28.2 per 10,000 people
2012	25.6 per 10,000 people
2011	25.2 per 10,000 people
2010	24.2 per 10,000 people
2009	23.7 per 10,000 people
2008	23.2 per 10,000 people
2007	22.9 per 10,000 people
2006	22.3 per 10,000 people
2005	22.1 per 10,000 people
2004	21.2 per 10,000 people
2003	21.4 per 10,000 people
2002	22.3 per 10,000 people
2001	22.3 per 10,000 people
2000	22.4 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 +0.2 from 30.3 per 10,000 people in 2022.
Since 2013, when it was 28.2 per 10,000 people, the figure has changed by +2.3.

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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: 1990 to 2023 for Mexico
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 Mexico compares in 2022 Neighbouring positions among 140 countries with a value for 2022.

81 Botswana 32.9 per 10,000 people
82 Jordan 30.9 per 10,000 people
83 Costa Rica 30.7 per 10,000 people
84 Mexico 30.3 per 10,000 people
85 Zambia 29.4 per 10,000 people
86 Peru 27.0 per 10,000 people
87 Thailand 26.5 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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