Australia vs Finland: Nurses and midwives per 1,000 people
Australia
13.45 per 1,000 people
in 2022
Finland
14.01 per 1,000 people
in 2021
Australia rank
8th
Finland rank
6th
Nurses and midwives per 1,000 people over time
- Australia
- Finland
How they compare
Finland currently reports 14.01 per 1,000 people against 13.45 per 1,000 people in Australia, a difference of 0.56 per 1,000 people.
The two have swapped places 7 times across 28 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Australia ahead.
Australia ranks 8th and Finland ranks 6th of 188 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Australia averaged higher in 1 and Finland in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Australia | Finland | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 11.05 per 1,000 people | 13.32 per 1,000 people | 2.27 per 1,000 people | Finland |
| 2000s | 10.16 per 1,000 people | 9.51 per 1,000 people | 0.6533 per 1,000 people | Australia |
| 2010s | 11.84 per 1,000 people | 11.93 per 1,000 people | 0.086 per 1,000 people | Finland |
| 2020s | 13.37 per 1,000 people | 13.88 per 1,000 people | 0.52 per 1,000 people | Finland |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher nurses and midwives per 1,000 people, Australia or Finland?
- Finland, at 14.01 per 1,000 people against 13.45 per 1,000 people in Australia as of 2021.
- What is the difference in nurses and midwives per 1,000 people between Australia and Finland?
- 0.56 per 1,000 people, with Finland ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Finland?
- 28 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2021.
- How do Australia and Finland rank globally for nurses and midwives per 1,000 people?
- Australia ranks 8th and Finland ranks 6th of 188 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- World Health Organization (Global Health Workforce Statistics), OECD, and country data, via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Nurses and midwives per 1,000 people. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.