Nurses and midwives in United Kingdom
United Kingdom had 95.6 nurses and midwives per 10,000 people in 2023. The value for 2023 is the highest since 2005.
United Kingdom, 2023
95.6
Change from 2022
+3.2per 10,000 people
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2023
94.9 per 10,000 people
Nurses and midwives in United Kingdom over time
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The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
Per 10,000 people. Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | United Kingdom |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 95.6 per 10,000 people |
| 2022 | 92.4 per 10,000 people |
| 2021 | 91.2 per 10,000 people |
| 2020 | 89.2 per 10,000 people |
| 2019 | 86.5 per 10,000 people |
| 2018 | 85.0 per 10,000 people |
| 2017 | 82.7 per 10,000 people |
| 2016 | 83.3 per 10,000 people |
| 2015 | 83.6 per 10,000 people |
| 2014 | 83.9 per 10,000 people |
| 2013 | 84.0 per 10,000 people |
| 2012 | 84.0 per 10,000 people |
| 2011 | 86.5 per 10,000 people |
| 2010 | 88.6 per 10,000 people |
| 2009 | 89.6 per 10,000 people |
| 2008 | 91.2 per 10,000 people |
| 2007 | 91.1 per 10,000 people |
| 2006 | 94.4 per 10,000 people |
| 2005 | 96.0 per 10,000 people |
| 2004 | 94.8 per 10,000 people |
| 2003 | 93.3 per 10,000 people |
| 2002 | 90.9 per 10,000 people |
| 2001 | 87.9 per 10,000 people |
| 2000 | 85.8 per 10,000 people |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +3.2 from 92.4 per 10,000 people in 2022.
- Since 2013, when it was 84.0 per 10,000 people, the figure has changed by +11.6.
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Practising nurses
660d (Definition differs) per 100,000 people
2019 · Eurostat
Physicians
3.30 per 1,000 people
2023 · World Bank
Life expectancy at birth
81.3 years
2018 · Eurostat
Infant mortality rate
3.9 per 1,000 live births
2018 · Eurostat
Practising physicians
294 per 100,000 people
2019 · Eurostat
People reporting good or very good health
73.2%
2018 · Eurostat