Nurses and midwives in Switzerland

Switzerland had 192.0 nurses and midwives per 10,000 people in 2023. The value for 2023 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2000.

Nursing and midwifery personnel per 10,000 people Per 10,000 people Data: 2000 to 2023 Source: WHO

Switzerland, 2023 192.0 Per 10,000 people

Change from 2022 +4.4per 10,000 people 2022: 187.6 per 10,000 people

Median of OECD (38 countries), 2023 94.9 per 10,000 people Middle value of 33 countries

Nurses and midwives in Switzerland 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	Switzerland
2023	192.0 per 10,000 people
2022	187.6 per 10,000 people
2021	187.3 per 10,000 people
2020	187.1 per 10,000 people
2019	182.9 per 10,000 people
2018	179.2 per 10,000 people
2017	175.4 per 10,000 people
2016	173.4 per 10,000 people
2015	168.9 per 10,000 people
2014	164.5 per 10,000 people
2013	162.1 per 10,000 people
2012	158.8 per 10,000 people
2011	154.6 per 10,000 people
2010	149.3 per 10,000 people
2009	141.7 per 10,000 people
2008	138.9 per 10,000 people
2007	136.1 per 10,000 people
2006	133.5 per 10,000 people
2005	129.3 per 10,000 people
2004	127.3 per 10,000 people
2003	128.5 per 10,000 people
2002	123.2 per 10,000 people
2001	119.1 per 10,000 people
2000	118.7 per 10,000 people

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In short

That is a change of +4.4 from 187.6 per 10,000 people in 2022.
Since 2013, when it was 162.1 per 10,000 people, the figure has changed by +29.8.

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Practising nurses 1,215 per 100,000 people 2024 · Eurostat Physicians 4.48 per 1,000 people 2022 · World Bank Life expectancy at birth 84.2 years 2024 · Eurostat Infant mortality rate 3.3 per 1,000 live births 2024 · Eurostat Hospital beds 420b per 100,000 people 2024 · Eurostat Practising physicians 466 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: 2000 to 2023 for Switzerland
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 Switzerland compares in 2022 Neighbouring positions among 140 countries with a value for 2022.

1 Switzerland 187.6 per 10,000 people
2 Norway 160.9 per 10,000 people
3 Iceland 156.4 per 10,000 people
4 Ireland 140.9 per 10,000 people
5 Luxembourg 137.1 per 10,000 people
6 Australia 134.6 per 10,000 people
7 United States 133.9 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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