Nurses and midwives by country, 2022
Nurses and midwives working in the country per 10,000 people, as reported to WHO's National Health Workforce Accounts.
140 places ranked for 2022. Highest: Switzerland (187.6 per 10,000 people). Lowest: Djibouti (1.9 per 10,000 people). The median is 41.5 per 10,000 people.
Highest 10
- 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
- 8. Finland 132.0 per 10,000 people
- 9. Japan 124.4 per 10,000 people
- 10. Belgium 122.9 per 10,000 people
Lowest 10
- 140. Djibouti 1.9 per 10,000 people
- 139. Myanmar 2.1 per 10,000 people
- 138. Chad 2.1 per 10,000 people
- 137. Niger 2.1 per 10,000 people
- 136. Madagascar 2.8 per 10,000 people
- 135. Mali 4.2 per 10,000 people
- 134. Guinea 4.2 per 10,000 people
- 133. Senegal 4.3 per 10,000 people
- 132. Togo 4.9 per 10,000 people
- 131. Tanzania 4.9 per 10,000 people
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The chart shows the 40 highest values; the table lists all 140. Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory.
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.
Full ranking
| # | Country | Value | Period | Relative size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Switzerland | 187.6 per 10,000 people | 2022 | |
| 2 | Norway | 160.9 per 10,000 people | 2022 | |
| 3 | Iceland | 156.4 per 10,000 people | 2022 | |
| 4 | Ireland | 140.9 per 10,000 people | 2022 | |
| 5 | Luxembourg | 137.1 per 10,000 people | 2022 | |
| 6 | Australia | 134.6 per 10,000 people | 2022 | |
| 7 | United States | 133.9 per 10,000 people | 2022 | |
| 8 | Finland | 132.0 per 10,000 people | 2022 | |
| 9 | Japan | 124.4 per 10,000 people | 2022 | |
| 10 | Belgium | 122.9 per 10,000 people | 2022 | |
| 11 | Germany | 122.6 per 10,000 people | 2022 | |
| 12 | New Zealand | 118.6 per 10,000 people | 2022 | |
| 13 | Sweden | 117.4 per 10,000 people | 2022 | |
| 14 | Netherlands | 116.9 per 10,000 people | 2022 | |
| 15 | Austria | 112.8 per 10,000 people | 2022 | |
| 16 | Canada | 111.8 per 10,000 people | 2022 | |
| 17 | Uzbekistan | 110.3 per 10,000 people | 2022 | |
| 18 | Denmark | 108.4 per 10,000 people | 2022 | |
| 19 | Belarus | 107.3 per 10,000 people | 2022 | |
| 20 | Slovenia | 105.8 per 10,000 people | 2022 | |
| 21 | Czechia | 94.9 per 10,000 people | 2022 | |
| 22 | Paraguay | 94.1 per 10,000 people | 2022 | |
| 23 | United Kingdom | 92.4 per 10,000 people | 2022 | |
| 24 | South Korea | 90.9 per 10,000 people | 2022 | |
| 25 | San Marino | 86.8 per 10,000 people | 2022 | |
| 26 | Malta | 83.4 per 10,000 people | 2022 | |
| 27 | Romania | 82.5 per 10,000 people | 2022 | |
| 28 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 81.0 per 10,000 people | 2022 | |
| 29 | Croatia | 80.0 per 10,000 people | 2022 | |
| 30 | Portugal | 78.5 per 10,000 people | 2022 | |
| 31 | Lithuania | 78.4 per 10,000 people | 2022 | |
| 32 | Uruguay | 73.9 per 10,000 people | 2022 | |
| 33 | Seychelles | 72.9 per 10,000 people | 2022 | |
| 34 | Cuba | 71.9 per 10,000 people | 2022 | |
| 35 | Russia | 70.4 per 10,000 people | 2022 | |
| 36 | Italy | 70.3 per 10,000 people | 2022 | |
| 37 | Estonia | 69.6 per 10,000 people | 2022 | |
| 38 | Singapore | 69.0 per 10,000 people | 2022 | |
| 39 | Argentina | 68.1 per 10,000 people | 2022 | |
| 40 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 67.3 per 10,000 people | 2022 | |
| 41 | Kazakhstan | 67.1 per 10,000 people | 2022 | |
| 42 | Kuwait | 67.1 per 10,000 people | 2022 | |
| 43 | Serbia | 66.9 per 10,000 people | 2022 | |
| 44 | Tajikistan | 64.9 per 10,000 people | 2022 | |
| 45 | Moldova | 64.0 per 10,000 people | 2022 | |
| 46 | Brunei | 63.4 per 10,000 people | 2022 | |
| 47 | Spain | 63.4 per 10,000 people | 2022 | |
| 48 | Poland | 63.3 per 10,000 people | 2022 | |
| 49 | Palau | 62.4 per 10,000 people | 2022 | |
| 50 | Saudi Arabia | 62.3 per 10,000 people | 2022 | |
| 51 | United Arab Emirates | 61.9 per 10,000 people | 2022 | |
| 52 | Montenegro | 61.2 per 10,000 people | 2022 | |
| 53 | Slovakia | 59.6 per 10,000 people | 2022 | |
| 54 | Israel | 59.3 per 10,000 people | 2022 | |
| 55 | Georgia | 59.0 per 10,000 people | 2022 | |
| 56 | Hungary | 56.7 per 10,000 people | 2022 | |
| 57 | Azerbaijan | 55.8 per 10,000 people | 2022 | |
| 58 | North Macedonia | 55.2 per 10,000 people | 2022 | |
| 59 | Namibia | 53.9 per 10,000 people | 2022 | |
| 60 | Chile | 49.8 per 10,000 people | 2022 | |
| 61 | Armenia | 47.5 per 10,000 people | 2022 | |
| 62 | Bulgaria | 47.0 per 10,000 people | 2022 | |
| 63 | Andorra | 46.7 per 10,000 people | 2022 | |
| 64 | Oman | 46.6 per 10,000 people | 2022 | |
| 65 | Ghana | 44.7 per 10,000 people | 2022 | |
| 66 | Mongolia | 44.5 per 10,000 people | 2022 | |
| 67 | Latvia | 43.7 per 10,000 people | 2022 | |
| 68 | South Africa | 43.7 per 10,000 people | 2022 | |
| 69 | Eswatini | 43.7 per 10,000 people | 2022 | |
| 70 | Barbados | 41.8 per 10,000 people | 2022 | |
| 71 | Indonesia | 41.2 per 10,000 people | 2022 | |
| 72 | Kyrgyzstan | 41.2 per 10,000 people | 2022 | |
| 73 | Greece | 41.1 per 10,000 people | 2022 | |
| 74 | Mauritius | 40.5 per 10,000 people | 2022 | |
| 75 | Malaysia | 40.3 per 10,000 people | 2022 | |
| 76 | Cyprus | 38.2 per 10,000 people | 2022 | |
| 77 | China | 36.7 per 10,000 people | 2022 | |
| 78 | Turkmenistan | 35.1 per 10,000 people | 2022 | |
| 79 | Türkiye | 34.8 per 10,000 people | 2022 | |
| 80 | Panama | 33.5 per 10,000 people | 2022 | |
| 81 | Botswana | 32.9 per 10,000 people | 2022 | |
| 82 | Jordan | 30.9 per 10,000 people | 2022 | |
| 83 | Costa Rica | 30.7 per 10,000 people | 2022 | |
| 84 | Mexico | 30.3 per 10,000 people | 2022 | |
| 85 | Zambia | 29.4 per 10,000 people | 2022 | |
| 86 | Peru | 27.0 per 10,000 people | 2022 | |
| 87 | Thailand | 26.5 per 10,000 people | 2022 | |
| 88 | Iraq | 26.5 per 10,000 people | 2022 | |
| 89 | India | 25.4 per 10,000 people | 2022 | |
| 90 | Algeria | 25.1 per 10,000 people | 2022 | |
| 91 | Gabon | 23.7 per 10,000 people | 2022 | |
| 92 | Tunisia | 23.7 per 10,000 people | 2022 | |
| 93 | Belize | 23.2 per 10,000 people | 2022 | |
| 94 | Uganda | 22.7 per 10,000 people | 2022 | |
| 95 | El Salvador | 21.8 per 10,000 people | 2022 | |
| 96 | São Tomé and Príncipe | 21.7 per 10,000 people | 2022 | |
| 97 | Dominican Republic | 20.8 per 10,000 people | 2022 | |
| 98 | Bhutan | 20.5 per 10,000 people | 2022 | |
| 99 | Angola | 18.7 per 10,000 people | 2022 | |
| 100 | Cabo Verde | 17.8 per 10,000 people | 2022 | |
| 101 | Nicaragua | 17.0 per 10,000 people | 2022 | |
| 102 | Jamaica | 16.8 per 10,000 people | 2022 | |
| 103 | Nigeria | 16.5 per 10,000 people | 2022 | |
| 104 | Comoros | 16.4 per 10,000 people | 2022 | |
| 105 | Mauritania | 16.1 per 10,000 people | 2022 | |
| 106 | Eritrea | 15.4 per 10,000 people | 2022 | |
| 107 | Colombia | 15.3 per 10,000 people | 2022 | |
| 108 | Syria | 14.4 per 10,000 people | 2022 | |
| 109 | Equatorial Guinea | 13.8 per 10,000 people | 2022 | |
| 110 | Ethiopia | 12.2 per 10,000 people | 2022 | |
| 111 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 11.7 per 10,000 people | 2022 | |
| 112 | Sierra Leone | 11.6 per 10,000 people | 2022 | |
| 113 | Kenya | 11.4 per 10,000 people | 2022 | |
| 114 | Republic of the Congo | 11.2 per 10,000 people | 2022 | |
| 115 | Rwanda | 11.1 per 10,000 people | 2022 | |
| 116 | Burkina Faso | 11.0 per 10,000 people | 2022 | |
| 117 | Liberia | 10.1 per 10,000 people | 2022 | |
| 118 | Guinea-Bissau | 9.9 per 10,000 people | 2022 | |
| 119 | Mozambique | 9.3 per 10,000 people | 2022 | |
| 120 | Burundi | 7.4 per 10,000 people | 2022 | |
| 121 | Haiti | 7.3 per 10,000 people | 2022 | |
| 122 | South Sudan | 6.9 per 10,000 people | 2022 | |
| 123 | Côte d'Ivoire | 6.9 per 10,000 people | 2022 | |
| 124 | Gambia | 6.9 per 10,000 people | 2022 | |
| 125 | Yemen | 6.9 per 10,000 people | 2022 | |
| 126 | Cameroon | 6.6 per 10,000 people | 2022 | |
| 127 | Bangladesh | 6.2 per 10,000 people | 2022 | |
| 128 | Benin | 5.8 per 10,000 people | 2022 | |
| 129 | Malawi | 5.1 per 10,000 people | 2022 | |
| 130 | Central African Republic | 5.0 per 10,000 people | 2022 | |
| 131 | Tanzania | 4.9 per 10,000 people | 2022 | |
| 132 | Togo | 4.9 per 10,000 people | 2022 | |
| 133 | Senegal | 4.3 per 10,000 people | 2022 | |
| 134 | Guinea | 4.2 per 10,000 people | 2022 | |
| 135 | Mali | 4.2 per 10,000 people | 2022 | |
| 136 | Madagascar | 2.8 per 10,000 people | 2022 | |
| 137 | Niger | 2.1 per 10,000 people | 2022 | |
| 138 | Chad | 2.1 per 10,000 people | 2022 | |
| 139 | Myanmar | 2.1 per 10,000 people | 2022 | |
| 140 | Djibouti | 1.9 per 10,000 people | 2022 |
Places are ordered from the highest to the lowest value. Group medians on this site are the middle value of the members with data for the same year; they are not official aggregates.
How this ranking works
Every country is ranked on its value for 2022, the latest period that most countries have, so all values are for the same point in time. Countries without a value for 2022 are left out. Groups and aggregates such as the European Union are not ranked. Values are as published by WHO; the ranking is a plain ordering from the highest to the lowest value and says nothing about whether a high value is good or bad.
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