Nurses and midwives in Türkiye

Türkiye had 35.3 nurses and midwives per 10,000 people in 2023. The value for 2023 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1993.

Nursing and midwifery personnel per 10,000 people Per 10,000 people Data: 1993 to 2023 Source: WHO

Türkiye, 2023 35.3 Per 10,000 people

Change from 2022 +0.5per 10,000 people 2022: 34.8 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 Türkiye 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	Türkiye
2023	35.3 per 10,000 people
2022	34.8 per 10,000 people
2021	33.5 per 10,000 people
2020	33.3 per 10,000 people
2019	29.8 per 10,000 people
2018	29.2 per 10,000 people
2017	26.5 per 10,000 people
2016	25.2 per 10,000 people
2015	25.7 per 10,000 people
2014	25.0 per 10,000 people
2013	25.3 per 10,000 people
2012	25.1 per 10,000 people
2011	23.8 per 10,000 people
2010	22.5 per 10,000 people
2009	21.3 per 10,000 people
2008	20.6 per 10,000 people
2007	20.1 per 10,000 people
2006	18.2 per 10,000 people
2005	17.6 per 10,000 people
2004	17.4 per 10,000 people
2003	17.1 per 10,000 people
2002	17.0 per 10,000 people
2001	17.3 per 10,000 people
2000	17.0 per 10,000 people

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In short

That is a change of +0.5 from 34.8 per 10,000 people in 2022.
Since 2013, when it was 25.3 per 10,000 people, the figure has changed by +10.0.

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Physicians 2.24 per 1,000 people 2022 · World Bank Life expectancy at birth 79.0b years 2024 · Eurostat Infant mortality rate 9.0 per 1,000 live births 2024 · Eurostat Hospital beds 314 per 100,000 people 2024 · Eurostat People reporting good or very good health 62.3% 2025 · Eurostat Life expectancy at age 65 18.4b years 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: 1993 to 2023 for Türkiye
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 Türkiye compares in 2022 Neighbouring positions among 140 countries with a value for 2022.

76 Cyprus 38.2 per 10,000 people
77 China 36.7 per 10,000 people
78 Turkmenistan 35.1 per 10,000 people
79 Türkiye 34.8 per 10,000 people
80 Panama 33.5 per 10,000 people
81 Botswana 32.9 per 10,000 people
82 Jordan 30.9 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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