Canada vs Sweden: Nurses and midwives per 1,000 people
Canada
11.26 per 1,000 people
in 2023
Sweden
11.67 per 1,000 people
in 2021
Canada rank
18th
Sweden rank
15th
Nurses and midwives per 1,000 people over time
- Canada
- Sweden
How they compare
Sweden currently reports 11.67 per 1,000 people against 11.26 per 1,000 people in Canada, a difference of 0.41 per 1,000 people.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 32 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Sweden ahead.
Canada ranks 18th and Sweden ranks 15th of 188 countries.
Sweden has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Canada | Sweden | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 10.63 per 1,000 people | 12.06 per 1,000 people | 1.43 per 1,000 people | Sweden |
| 2000s | 9.09 per 1,000 people | 11.04 per 1,000 people | 1.95 per 1,000 people | Sweden |
| 2010s | 9.7 per 1,000 people | 11.68 per 1,000 people | 1.98 per 1,000 people | Sweden |
| 2020s | 10.13 per 1,000 people | 11.55 per 1,000 people | 1.42 per 1,000 people | Sweden |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher nurses and midwives per 1,000 people, Canada or Sweden?
- Sweden, at 11.67 per 1,000 people against 11.26 per 1,000 people in Canada as of 2021.
- What is the difference in nurses and midwives per 1,000 people between Canada and Sweden?
- 0.41 per 1,000 people, with Sweden ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Canada and Sweden?
- 32 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2021.
- How do Canada and Sweden rank globally for nurses and midwives per 1,000 people?
- Canada ranks 18th and Sweden ranks 15th 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.