Nurses and midwives in Rwanda

Rwanda had 12.8 nurses and midwives per 10,000 people in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2008.

Measure: Nursing and midwifery personnel per 10,000 people Unit: Per 10,000 people Data: 2008 to 2024 Source: WHO
Rwanda, 2024 12.8 Per 10,000 people
Change from 2023 +5.3per 10,000 people 2023: 7.5 per 10,000 people

Nurses and midwives in Rwanda 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), 2008 to 2024
Period Rwanda
2024 12.8 per 10,000 people
2023 7.5 per 10,000 people
2022 11.1 per 10,000 people
2021 9.5 per 10,000 people
2020 9.2 per 10,000 people
2019 9.4 per 10,000 people
2018 11.9 per 10,000 people
2016 10.4 per 10,000 people
2015 9.7 per 10,000 people
2014 9.1 per 10,000 people
2011 6.4 per 10,000 people
2009 6.6 per 10,000 people
2008 6.7 per 10,000 people

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +5.3 from 7.5 per 10,000 people in 2023.
  • Since 2011, when it was 6.4 per 10,000 people, the figure has changed by +6.4.

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
2008 to 2024 for Rwanda
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