Democratic Republic of Congo vs Congo: Nurses and midwives per 1,000 people

Democratic Republic of Congo
1.17 per 1,000 people
in 2022
Congo
1.12 per 1,000 people
in 2022
Democratic Republic of Congo rank
153rd
Congo rank
155th

Nurses and midwives per 1,000 people over time

  • Democratic Republic of Congo
  • Congo
0.511.5200420132022

How they compare

Democratic Republic of Congo currently reports 1.17 per 1,000 people against 1.12 per 1,000 people in Congo, a difference of 0.047 per 1,000 people.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 6 shared years of data; in 2004 it was Congo ahead.

Democratic Republic of Congo ranks 153rd and Congo ranks 155th of 188 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Nurses and midwives per 1,000 people
Unit
per 1,000 people
Source
World Health Organization (Global Health Workforce Statistics), OECD, and country data, via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
188 places, 3,381 data points, 1990–2023
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