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Nurses and midwives in Poland

Poland had 63.1 nurses and midwives per 10,000 people in 2023.

Nursing and midwifery personnel per 10,000 people Per 10,000 people Data: 1990 to 2023 Source: WHO

Poland, 2023 63.1 Per 10,000 people

Change from 2022 −0.1per 10,000 people 2022: 63.3 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 Poland 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	Poland
2023	63.1 per 10,000 people
2022	63.3 per 10,000 people
2021	63.9 per 10,000 people
2020	62.5 per 10,000 people
2019	63.3 per 10,000 people
2018	56.4 per 10,000 people
2017	56.6 per 10,000 people
2016	57.2 per 10,000 people
2015	57.5 per 10,000 people
2014	57.9 per 10,000 people
2013	58.4 per 10,000 people
2012	83.8 per 10,000 people
2011	58.5 per 10,000 people
2010	58.6 per 10,000 people
2009	58.6 per 10,000 people
2008	58.0 per 10,000 people
2007	57.7 per 10,000 people
2006	56.5 per 10,000 people
2005	56.5 per 10,000 people
2004	55.1 per 10,000 people
2003	53.0 per 10,000 people
2002	54.3 per 10,000 people
2001	54.5 per 10,000 people
2000	55.3 per 10,000 people

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In short

That is a change of −0.1 from 63.3 per 10,000 people in 2022.
Since 2013, when it was 58.4 per 10,000 people, the figure has changed by +4.7.

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Practising nurses 601 per 100,000 people 2024 · Eurostat Physicians 4.03 per 1,000 people 2023 · World Bank Life expectancy at birth 78.5ep years 2024 · Eurostat Infant mortality rate 3.6 per 1,000 live births 2024 · Eurostat Hospital beds 627 per 100,000 people 2024 · Eurostat Practising physicians 386 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: 1990 to 2023 for Poland
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 Poland compares in 2022 Neighbouring positions among 140 countries with a value for 2022.

45 Moldova 64.0 per 10,000 people
46 Brunei 63.4 per 10,000 people
47 Spain 63.4 per 10,000 people
48 Poland 63.3 per 10,000 people
49 Palau 62.4 per 10,000 people
50 Saudi Arabia 62.3 per 10,000 people
51 United Arab Emirates 61.9 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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