Nurses and midwives in Norway

Norway had 160.4 nurses and midwives per 10,000 people in 2023.

Nursing and midwifery personnel per 10,000 people Per 10,000 people Data: 2002 to 2023 Source: WHO

Norway, 2023 160.4 Per 10,000 people

Change from 2022 −0.5per 10,000 people 2022: 160.9 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 Norway 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), 2002 to 2023
Period	Norway
2023	160.4 per 10,000 people
2022	160.9 per 10,000 people
2021	162.5 per 10,000 people
2020	160.4 per 10,000 people
2019	159.3 per 10,000 people
2018	158.0 per 10,000 people
2017	158.0 per 10,000 people
2016	156.7 per 10,000 people
2015	155.2 per 10,000 people
2014	174.4 per 10,000 people
2013	172.1 per 10,000 people
2012	170.7 per 10,000 people
2011	169.4 per 10,000 people
2010	166.6 per 10,000 people
2009	164.5 per 10,000 people
2008	161.0 per 10,000 people
2007	159.8 per 10,000 people
2006	158.4 per 10,000 people
2005	155.1 per 10,000 people
2004	150.9 per 10,000 people
2003	146.8 per 10,000 people
2002	142.2 per 10,000 people

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In short

That is a change of −0.5 from 160.9 per 10,000 people in 2022.
Since 2013, when it was 172.1 per 10,000 people, the figure has changed by −11.7.

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Practising nurses 1,524 per 100,000 people 2024 · Eurostat Physicians 4.98 per 1,000 people 2023 · World Bank Life expectancy at birth 83.2 years 2024 · Eurostat Infant mortality rate 2.1 per 1,000 live births 2024 · Eurostat Hospital beds 320 per 100,000 people 2024 · Eurostat Practising physicians 507 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: 2002 to 2023 for Norway
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 Norway compares in 2022 Neighbouring positions among 140 countries with a value for 2022.

1 Switzerland 187.6 per 10,000 people
2 Norway 160.9 per 10,000 people
3 Iceland 156.4 per 10,000 people
4 Ireland 140.9 per 10,000 people
5 Luxembourg 137.1 per 10,000 people
6 Australia 134.6 per 10,000 people
7 United States 133.9 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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