Nurses and midwives in Nepal

Nepal had 41.6 nurses and midwives per 10,000 people in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2004.

Measure: Nursing and midwifery personnel per 10,000 people Unit: Per 10,000 people Data: 2004 to 2024 Source: WHO
Nepal, 2024 41.6 Per 10,000 people
Change from 2023 +0.7per 10,000 people 2023: 40.9 per 10,000 people

Nurses and midwives in Nepal 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 2024
Period Nepal
2024 41.6 per 10,000 people
2023 40.9 per 10,000 people
2021 35.6 per 10,000 people
2020 33.6 per 10,000 people
2019 33.3 per 10,000 people
2018 31.1 per 10,000 people
2017 28.1 per 10,000 people
2014 20.8 per 10,000 people
2013 18.3 per 10,000 people
2012 15.7 per 10,000 people
2004 4.6 per 10,000 people

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.7 from 40.9 per 10,000 people in 2023.
  • Since 2004, when it was 4.6 per 10,000 people, the figure has changed by +37.1.

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
2004 to 2024 for Nepal
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