Nurses and midwives in Singapore

Singapore had 70.9 nurses and midwives per 10,000 people in 2023. The value for 2023 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1999.

Nursing and midwifery personnel per 10,000 people Per 10,000 people Data: 1999 to 2023 Source: WHO

Singapore, 2023 70.9 Per 10,000 people

Change from 2022 +1.9per 10,000 people 2022: 69.0 per 10,000 people

Nurses and midwives in Singapore 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	Singapore
2023	70.9 per 10,000 people
2022	69.0 per 10,000 people
2021	69.7 per 10,000 people
2020	68.2 per 10,000 people
2019	65.7 per 10,000 people
2018	64.5 per 10,000 people
2017	63.8 per 10,000 people
2016	62.4 per 10,000 people
2015	61.0 per 10,000 people
2014	58.2 per 10,000 people
2013	56.7 per 10,000 people
2012	55.6 per 10,000 people
2011	52.0 per 10,000 people
2010	48.4 per 10,000 people
2009	44.6 per 10,000 people
2008	41.5 per 10,000 people
2007	40.0 per 10,000 people
2006	40.1 per 10,000 people
2005	38.2 per 10,000 people
2004	36.8 per 10,000 people
2003	35.8 per 10,000 people
2002	33.8 per 10,000 people
2001	32.9 per 10,000 people
2000	32.4 per 10,000 people

A dash means no value was published for that period.

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In short

That is a change of +1.9 from 69.0 per 10,000 people in 2022.
Since 2013, when it was 56.7 per 10,000 people, the figure has changed by +14.2.

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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 Singapore
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 Singapore compares in 2022 Neighbouring positions among 140 countries with a value for 2022.

35 Russia 70.4 per 10,000 people
36 Italy 70.3 per 10,000 people
37 Estonia 69.6 per 10,000 people
38 Singapore 69.0 per 10,000 people
39 Argentina 68.1 per 10,000 people
40 Bosnia and Herzegovina 67.3 per 10,000 people
41 Kazakhstan 67.1 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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