Australia vs Japan: Nurses and midwives per 1,000 people
Australia
13.45 per 1,000 people
in 2022
Japan
12.98 per 1,000 people
in 2022
Australia rank
8th
Japan rank
10th
Nurses and midwives per 1,000 people over time
- Australia
- Japan
How they compare
Australia currently reports 13.45 per 1,000 people against 12.98 per 1,000 people in Japan, a difference of 0.47 per 1,000 people.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 16 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Australia ahead.
Australia ranks 8th and Japan ranks 10th of 188 countries.
Australia has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Australia | Japan | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 11.24 per 1,000 people | 7.27 per 1,000 people | 3.97 per 1,000 people | Australia |
| 2000s | 10.07 per 1,000 people | 9 per 1,000 people | 1.08 per 1,000 people | Australia |
| 2010s | 11.56 per 1,000 people | 11.15 per 1,000 people | 0.412 per 1,000 people | Australia |
| 2020s | 13.3 per 1,000 people | 12.66 per 1,000 people | 0.64 per 1,000 people | Australia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher nurses and midwives per 1,000 people, Australia or Japan?
- Australia, at 13.45 per 1,000 people against 12.98 per 1,000 people in Japan as of 2022.
- What is the difference in nurses and midwives per 1,000 people between Australia and Japan?
- 0.47 per 1,000 people, with Australia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Japan?
- 16 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2022.
- How do Australia and Japan rank globally for nurses and midwives per 1,000 people?
- Australia ranks 8th and Japan ranks 10th 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.