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Nurses and midwives in Slovakia

Slovakia had 59.7 nurses and midwives per 10,000 people in 2023.

Nursing and midwifery personnel per 10,000 people Per 10,000 people Data: 1998 to 2023 Source: WHO

Slovakia, 2023 59.7 Per 10,000 people

Change from 2022 +0.1per 10,000 people 2022: 59.6 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 Slovakia 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	Slovakia
2023	59.7 per 10,000 people
2022	59.6 per 10,000 people
2021	60.5 per 10,000 people
2020	61.2 per 10,000 people
2019	60.6 per 10,000 people
2018	60.3 per 10,000 people
2017	59.7 per 10,000 people
2016	60.8 per 10,000 people
2015	60.3 per 10,000 people
2014	60.9 per 10,000 people
2013	60.8 per 10,000 people
2012	61.5 per 10,000 people
2011	62.8 per 10,000 people
2010	64.2 per 10,000 people
2009	64.0 per 10,000 people
2008	66.1 per 10,000 people
2007	66.4 per 10,000 people
2006	63.5 per 10,000 people
2005	63.3 per 10,000 people
2004	66.5 per 10,000 people
2003	68.0 per 10,000 people
2002	71.3 per 10,000 people
2001	72.6 per 10,000 people
2000	74.5 per 10,000 people

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In short

That is a change of +0.1 from 59.6 per 10,000 people in 2022.
Since 2013, when it was 60.8 per 10,000 people, the figure has changed by −1.1.

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Physicians 3.70 per 1,000 people 2022 · World Bank Life expectancy at birth 78.4 years 2024 · Eurostat Infant mortality rate 5.9 per 1,000 live births 2024 · Eurostat Hospital beds 558 per 100,000 people 2024 · Eurostat Practising physicians 315 per 100,000 people 2004 · Eurostat People reporting good or very good health 68.2% 2025 · 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: 1998 to 2023 for Slovakia
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 Slovakia compares in 2022 Neighbouring positions among 140 countries with a value for 2022.

50 Saudi Arabia 62.3 per 10,000 people
51 United Arab Emirates 61.9 per 10,000 people
52 Montenegro 61.2 per 10,000 people
53 Slovakia 59.6 per 10,000 people
54 Israel 59.3 per 10,000 people
55 Georgia 59.0 per 10,000 people
56 Hungary 56.7 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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