Denmark vs Germany: Nurses and midwives per 1,000 people

Denmark

12.19 per 1,000 people

in 2021

Germany

12.25 per 1,000 people

in 2022

Denmark rank

14th

Germany rank

13th

Nurses and midwives per 1,000 people over time

Germany currently reports 12.25 per 1,000 people against 12.19 per 1,000 people in Denmark, a difference of 0.06 per 1,000 people.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 22 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Denmark ahead.

Denmark ranks 14th and Germany ranks 13th of 188 countries.

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
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026