Nurses and midwives in Peru

Peru had 27.4 nurses and midwives per 10,000 people in 2023.

Measure: Nursing and midwifery personnel per 10,000 people Unit: Per 10,000 people Data: 1999 to 2023 Source: WHO
Peru, 2023 27.4 Per 10,000 people
Change from 2022 +0.4per 10,000 people 2022: 27.0 per 10,000 people

Nurses and midwives in Peru 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), 2007 to 2023
Period Peru
2023 27.4 per 10,000 people
2022 27.0 per 10,000 people
2021 26.6 per 10,000 people
2020 23.5 per 10,000 people
2019 21.1 per 10,000 people
2018 29.9 per 10,000 people
2017 22.2 per 10,000 people
2016 21.8 per 10,000 people
2015 20.7 per 10,000 people
2014 20.8 per 10,000 people
2013 22.1 per 10,000 people
2012 15.2 per 10,000 people
2009 13.0 per 10,000 people
2007 35.6 per 10,000 people

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.4 from 27.0 per 10,000 people in 2022.
  • Since 2013, when it was 22.1 per 10,000 people, the figure has changed by +5.3.

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
1999 to 2023 for Peru
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