Nurses and midwives in Timor-Leste

Timor-Leste had 15.2 nurses and midwives per 10,000 people in 2023.

Measure: Nursing and midwifery personnel per 10,000 people Unit: Per 10,000 people Data: 2004 to 2023 Source: WHO
Timor-Leste, 2023 15.2 Per 10,000 people
Change from 2020 −2.2per 10,000 people 2020: 17.4 per 10,000 people

Nurses and midwives in Timor-Leste 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), 2004 to 2023
Period Timor-Leste
2023 15.2 per 10,000 people
2020 17.4 per 10,000 people
2019 17.5 per 10,000 people
2018 16.6 per 10,000 people
2017 17.3 per 10,000 people
2015 14.7 per 10,000 people
2014 13.9 per 10,000 people
2013 9.1 per 10,000 people
2011 11.6 per 10,000 people
2010 11.6 per 10,000 people
2009 11.5 per 10,000 people
2008 10.7 per 10,000 people
2007 10.5 per 10,000 people
2004 19.3 per 10,000 people

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • The previous available figure was 17.4 per 10,000 people in 2020, a change of −2.2.
  • Since 2009, when it was 11.5 per 10,000 people, the figure has changed by +3.7.

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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
2004 to 2023 for Timor-Leste
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