Malawi vs Niger: Nurses and midwives per 1,000 people

Malawi
0.507 per 1,000 people
in 2022
Niger
0.421 per 1,000 people
in 2023
Malawi rank
179th
Niger rank
182nd

Nurses and midwives per 1,000 people over time

  • Malawi
  • Niger
0.20.40.6200420132023

How they compare

Malawi currently reports 0.507 per 1,000 people against 0.421 per 1,000 people in Niger, a difference of 0.086 per 1,000 people.

That makes Malawi's figure about 1.2 times Niger's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 7 shared years of data; in 2004 it was Malawi ahead.

Malawi ranks 179th and Niger ranks 182nd 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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