Nurses and midwives in Saint Lucia

Saint Lucia had 53.4 nurses and midwives per 10,000 people in 2023. The value for 2023 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1999.

Measure: Nursing and midwifery personnel per 10,000 people Unit: Per 10,000 people Data: 1999 to 2023 Source: WHO
Saint Lucia, 2023 53.4 Per 10,000 people
Change from 2017 +21.0per 10,000 people 2017: 32.4 per 10,000 people

Nurses and midwives in Saint Lucia 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), 2001 to 2023
Period Saint Lucia
2023 53.4 per 10,000 people
2017 32.4 per 10,000 people
2005 19.7 per 10,000 people
2004 22.8 per 10,000 people
2003 30.4 per 10,000 people
2001 23.2 per 10,000 people

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • The previous available figure was 32.4 per 10,000 people in 2017, a change of +21.0.
  • Since 1999, when it was 21.1 per 10,000 people, the figure has changed by +32.3.

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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 Saint Lucia
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