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Nursing and midwifery personnel per 10,000 people

Nurses and midwives working in the country per 10,000 people, as reported to WHO's National Health Workforce Accounts.

Unit: Per 10,000 people Frequency: Annual Coverage: 192 countries 1990 to 2024 Source: WHO
Highest in 2022 187.6 per 10,000 people Switzerland Lowest in 2022 1.9 per 10,000 people Djibouti
Countries ranked for 2022 140 Updated by the source on 23 January 2026

140 countries have a value for 2022, the latest period with data for most countries. Some countries have newer figures; see the ranking below for each country's latest year.

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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 2024
Period United StatesChinaIndiaGermany
2024 123.9 per 10,000 people – 27.2 per 10,000 people –
2023 120.6 per 10,000 people 39.6 per 10,000 people 26.6 per 10,000 people 124.0 per 10,000 people
2022 133.9 per 10,000 people 36.7 per 10,000 people 25.4 per 10,000 people 122.6 per 10,000 people
2021 130.7 per 10,000 people 35.2 per 10,000 people 24.9 per 10,000 people 122.6 per 10,000 people
2020 125.7 per 10,000 people 33.0 per 10,000 people 23.3 per 10,000 people 122.8 per 10,000 people
2019 129.4 per 10,000 people 31.2 per 10,000 people – 120.3 per 10,000 people
2018 115.9 per 10,000 people 28.9 per 10,000 people 17.0 per 10,000 people 117.4 per 10,000 people
2017 115.5 per 10,000 people 26.9 per 10,000 people 21.8 per 10,000 people 113.1 per 10,000 people
2016 114.6 per 10,000 people 25.0 per 10,000 people 21.4 per 10,000 people 110.9 per 10,000 people
2015 111.7 per 10,000 people 23.2 per 10,000 people 20.9 per 10,000 people 109.5 per 10,000 people
2014 110.6 per 10,000 people 21.6 per 10,000 people 20.0 per 10,000 people 109.5 per 10,000 people
2013 110.0 per 10,000 people 20.2 per 10,000 people – 107.6 per 10,000 people
2012 110.3 per 10,000 people 18.2 per 10,000 people 18.3 per 10,000 people 104.1 per 10,000 people
2011 110.0 per 10,000 people 16.5 per 10,000 people 16.9 per 10,000 people 103.4 per 10,000 people
2010 108.8 per 10,000 people 15.2 per 10,000 people 15.2 per 10,000 people 102.4 per 10,000 people
2009 107.5 per 10,000 people 13.8 per 10,000 people 13.9 per 10,000 people 101.7 per 10,000 people
2008 107.3 per 10,000 people 12.6 per 10,000 people 13.7 per 10,000 people 99.5 per 10,000 people
2007 105.6 per 10,000 people 11.8 per 10,000 people 13.2 per 10,000 people 97.7 per 10,000 people
2006 105.0 per 10,000 people 10.8 per 10,000 people 12.9 per 10,000 people 96.0 per 10,000 people
2005 104.1 per 10,000 people 10.3 per 10,000 people 12.8 per 10,000 people 94.6 per 10,000 people
2004 103.0 per 10,000 people 10.1 per 10,000 people – 92.9 per 10,000 people
2003 101.0 per 10,000 people 9.8 per 10,000 people – 92.1 per 10,000 people
2002 102.1 per 10,000 people 9.7 per 10,000 people – 90.2 per 10,000 people
2001 102.1 per 10,000 people 10.1 per 10,000 people – 89.1 per 10,000 people
2000 101.9 per 10,000 people 10.0 per 10,000 people – 88.4 per 10,000 people

A dash means no value was published for that period.

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In short

  • Among the 140 countries with a value for 2022, the highest is Switzerland (187.6 per 10,000 people) and the lowest Djibouti (1.9 per 10,000 people).
  • Half of the countries are above 41.5 per 10,000 people and half below.
  • From 2021 to 2022 the value rose in 9 countries and fell in 10.

About this measure

Definition
Nurses and midwives working in the country per 10,000 people, as reported to WHO's National Health Workforce Accounts.
Unit
Per 10,000 people
Frequency
Annual
Changes are shown as
Differences in the same unit (per 10,000 people)

Before comparing

  • Countries count practising, professionally active or licensed staff differently; years also differ.

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
1990 to 2024
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

All countries in 2022 Every value is for 2022, so the countries are compared at the same point in time.

  1. 1 Switzerland 187.6 per 10,000 people
  2. 2 Norway 160.9 per 10,000 people
  3. 3 Iceland 156.4 per 10,000 people
  4. 4 Ireland 140.9 per 10,000 people
  5. 5 Luxembourg 137.1 per 10,000 people
  6. 6 Australia 134.6 per 10,000 people
  7. 7 United States 133.9 per 10,000 people
  8. 8 Finland 132.0 per 10,000 people
  9. 9 Japan 124.4 per 10,000 people
  10. 10 Belgium 122.9 per 10,000 people
  11. 11 Germany 122.6 per 10,000 people
  12. 12 New Zealand 118.6 per 10,000 people
  13. 13 Sweden 117.4 per 10,000 people
  14. 14 Netherlands 116.9 per 10,000 people
  15. 15 Austria 112.8 per 10,000 people
  16. 16 Canada 111.8 per 10,000 people
  17. 17 Uzbekistan 110.3 per 10,000 people
  18. 18 Denmark 108.4 per 10,000 people
  19. 19 Belarus 107.3 per 10,000 people
  20. 20 Slovenia 105.8 per 10,000 people
  21. 21 Czechia 94.9 per 10,000 people
  22. 22 Paraguay 94.1 per 10,000 people
  23. 23 United Kingdom 92.4 per 10,000 people
  24. 24 South Korea 90.9 per 10,000 people
  25. 25 San Marino 86.8 per 10,000 people
  26. 26 Malta 83.4 per 10,000 people
  27. 27 Romania 82.5 per 10,000 people
  28. 28 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 81.0 per 10,000 people
  29. 29 Croatia 80.0 per 10,000 people
  30. 30 Portugal 78.5 per 10,000 people
  31. 31 Lithuania 78.4 per 10,000 people
  32. 32 Uruguay 73.9 per 10,000 people
  33. 33 Seychelles 72.9 per 10,000 people
  34. 34 Cuba 71.9 per 10,000 people
  35. 35 Russia 70.4 per 10,000 people
  36. 36 Italy 70.3 per 10,000 people
  37. 37 Estonia 69.6 per 10,000 people
  38. 38 Singapore 69.0 per 10,000 people
  39. 39 Argentina 68.1 per 10,000 people
  40. 40 Bosnia and Herzegovina 67.3 per 10,000 people
  41. 41 Kazakhstan 67.1 per 10,000 people
  42. 42 Kuwait 67.1 per 10,000 people
  43. 43 Serbia 66.9 per 10,000 people
  44. 44 Tajikistan 64.9 per 10,000 people
  45. 45 Moldova 64.0 per 10,000 people
  46. 46 Brunei 63.4 per 10,000 people
  47. 47 Spain 63.4 per 10,000 people
  48. 48 Poland 63.3 per 10,000 people
  49. 49 Palau 62.4 per 10,000 people
  50. 50 Saudi Arabia 62.3 per 10,000 people
  51. 51 United Arab Emirates 61.9 per 10,000 people
  52. 52 Montenegro 61.2 per 10,000 people
  53. 53 Slovakia 59.6 per 10,000 people
  54. 54 Israel 59.3 per 10,000 people
  55. 55 Georgia 59.0 per 10,000 people
  56. 56 Hungary 56.7 per 10,000 people
  57. 57 Azerbaijan 55.8 per 10,000 people
  58. 58 North Macedonia 55.2 per 10,000 people
  59. 59 Namibia 53.9 per 10,000 people
  60. 60 Chile 49.8 per 10,000 people
  61. 61 Armenia 47.5 per 10,000 people
  62. 62 Bulgaria 47.0 per 10,000 people
  63. 63 Andorra 46.7 per 10,000 people
  64. 64 Oman 46.6 per 10,000 people
  65. 65 Ghana 44.7 per 10,000 people
  66. 66 Mongolia 44.5 per 10,000 people
  67. 67 Latvia 43.7 per 10,000 people
  68. 68 South Africa 43.7 per 10,000 people
  69. 69 Eswatini 43.7 per 10,000 people
  70. 70 Barbados 41.8 per 10,000 people
  71. 71 Indonesia 41.2 per 10,000 people
  72. 72 Kyrgyzstan 41.2 per 10,000 people
  73. 73 Greece 41.1 per 10,000 people
  74. 74 Mauritius 40.5 per 10,000 people
  75. 75 Malaysia 40.3 per 10,000 people
  76. 76 Cyprus 38.2 per 10,000 people
  77. 77 China 36.7 per 10,000 people
  78. 78 Turkmenistan 35.1 per 10,000 people
  79. 79 Türkiye 34.8 per 10,000 people
  80. 80 Panama 33.5 per 10,000 people
  81. 81 Botswana 32.9 per 10,000 people
  82. 82 Jordan 30.9 per 10,000 people
  83. 83 Costa Rica 30.7 per 10,000 people
  84. 84 Mexico 30.3 per 10,000 people
  85. 85 Zambia 29.4 per 10,000 people
  86. 86 Peru 27.0 per 10,000 people
  87. 87 Thailand 26.5 per 10,000 people
  88. 88 Iraq 26.5 per 10,000 people
  89. 89 India 25.4 per 10,000 people
  90. 90 Algeria 25.1 per 10,000 people
  91. 91 Gabon 23.7 per 10,000 people
  92. 92 Tunisia 23.7 per 10,000 people
  93. 93 Belize 23.2 per 10,000 people
  94. 94 Uganda 22.7 per 10,000 people
  95. 95 El Salvador 21.8 per 10,000 people
  96. 96 São Tomé and Príncipe 21.7 per 10,000 people
  97. 97 Dominican Republic 20.8 per 10,000 people
  98. 98 Bhutan 20.5 per 10,000 people
  99. 99 Angola 18.7 per 10,000 people
  100. 100 Cabo Verde 17.8 per 10,000 people
  101. 101 Nicaragua 17.0 per 10,000 people
  102. 102 Jamaica 16.8 per 10,000 people
  103. 103 Nigeria 16.5 per 10,000 people
  104. 104 Comoros 16.4 per 10,000 people
  105. 105 Mauritania 16.1 per 10,000 people
  106. 106 Eritrea 15.4 per 10,000 people
  107. 107 Colombia 15.3 per 10,000 people
  108. 108 Syria 14.4 per 10,000 people
  109. 109 Equatorial Guinea 13.8 per 10,000 people
  110. 110 Ethiopia 12.2 per 10,000 people
  111. 111 Democratic Republic of the Congo 11.7 per 10,000 people
  112. 112 Sierra Leone 11.6 per 10,000 people
  113. 113 Kenya 11.4 per 10,000 people
  114. 114 Republic of the Congo 11.2 per 10,000 people
  115. 115 Rwanda 11.1 per 10,000 people
  116. 116 Burkina Faso 11.0 per 10,000 people
  117. 117 Liberia 10.1 per 10,000 people
  118. 118 Guinea-Bissau 9.9 per 10,000 people
  119. 119 Mozambique 9.3 per 10,000 people
  120. 120 Burundi 7.4 per 10,000 people
  121. 121 Haiti 7.3 per 10,000 people
  122. 122 South Sudan 6.9 per 10,000 people
  123. 123 Côte d'Ivoire 6.9 per 10,000 people
  124. 124 Gambia 6.9 per 10,000 people
  125. 125 Yemen 6.9 per 10,000 people
  126. 126 Cameroon 6.6 per 10,000 people
  127. 127 Bangladesh 6.2 per 10,000 people
  128. 128 Benin 5.8 per 10,000 people
  129. 129 Malawi 5.1 per 10,000 people
  130. 130 Central African Republic 5.0 per 10,000 people
  131. 131 Tanzania 4.9 per 10,000 people
  132. 132 Togo 4.9 per 10,000 people
  133. 133 Senegal 4.3 per 10,000 people
  134. 134 Guinea 4.2 per 10,000 people
  135. 135 Mali 4.2 per 10,000 people
  136. 136 Madagascar 2.8 per 10,000 people
  137. 137 Niger 2.1 per 10,000 people
  138. 138 Chad 2.1 per 10,000 people
  139. 139 Myanmar 2.1 per 10,000 people
  140. 140 Djibouti 1.9 per 10,000 people
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