Nurses and midwives per 1000 people by country
Countries reporting
188
Highest
20.83
Monaco
Lowest
0.167
Chad
Median
4
Years covered
34
1990–2023
Data points
3,381
What the numbers show
Nurses and midwives per 1000 people is currently reported for 188 countries. The highest value is 20.83 in Monaco; the lowest is 0.167 in Chad.
The median across all reporting countries is 4, and the mean is 4.81.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 125.
Over the past decade 143 countries rose and 44 fell. The largest increase was in Paraguay (up 729.7%), and the largest decrease in Myanmar (down 79.1%).
Nurses and midwives per 1000 people: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Monaco | 20.83 | 2014 | — | rising |
| 2 | Switzerland | 18.76 | 2022 | up 18.1% | rising |
| 3 | Norway | 16.51 | 2023 | down 4.1% | rising |
| 4 | Iceland | 15.86 | 2023 | down 2.5% | rising |
| 5 | Ireland | 14.78 | 2023 | up 17.8% | rising |
| 6 | Finland | 14.01 | 2021 | up 25.8% | flat |
| 7 | Luxembourg | 13.72 | 2023 | up 11.5% | rising |
| 8 | Australia | 13.45 | 2022 | up 32.3% | rising |
| 9 | United States | 13.38 | 2022 | up 21.3% | rising |
| 10 | Japan | 12.98 | 2022 | up 21.0% | rising |
| 11 | Belgium | 12.89 | 2021 | up 24.3% | rising |
| 12 | New Zealand | 12.3 | 2023 | up 16.4% | rising |
| 13 | Germany | 12.25 | 2022 | up 17.7% | rising |
| 14 | Denmark | 12.19 | 2021 | up 9.2% | rising |
| 15 | Netherlands | 11.67 | 2022 | down 4.3% | rising |
| 15 | Sweden | 11.67 | 2021 | up 0.3% | falling |
| 17 | Austria | 11.28 | 2022 | up 63.8% | rising |
| 18 | Canada | 11.26 | 2023 | up 18.4% | falling |
| 19 | Uzbekistan | 11.08 | 2020 | down 3.1% | flat |
| 20 | Belarus | 10.82 | 2023 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 21 | Slovenia | 10.56 | 2022 | up 28.2% | rising |
| 22 | Antigua and Barbuda | 9.65 | 2019 | up 184.6% | rising |
| 23 | United Kingdom | 9.55 | 2023 | up 13.7% | flat |
| 24 | Czechia | 9.53 | 2022 | up 12.3% | rising |
| 25 | San Marino | 9.44 | 2023 | up 11.6% | rising |
| 26 | France | 9.42 | 2021 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 27 | Paraguay | 9.41 | 2022 | up 729.7% | volatile |
| 28 | South Korea | 9.09 | 2022 | up 85.2% | rising |
| 29 | Qatar | 8.49 | 2023 | up 36.7% | rising |
| 30 | Romania | 8.25 | 2022 | up 38.5% | rising |
| 31 | Malta | 8.24 | 2023 | up 12.1% | rising |
| 32 | Hong Kong | 8.18 | 2018 | up 18.3% | rising |
| 33 | Portugal | 8.01 | 2023 | up 27.3% | rising |
| 34 | Croatia | 8 | 2022 | up 31.7% | rising |
| 35 | Lithuania | 7.84 | 2022 | down 0.6% | falling |
| 36 | Cuba | 7.6 | 2020 | down 16.6% | falling |
| 37 | Uruguay | 7.39 | 2022 | up 24.5% | rising |
| 38 | Seychelles | 7.32 | 2023 | up 73.8% | rising |
| 39 | Nauru | 7.3 | 2018 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 40 | Russia | 7.04 | 2022 | up 70.2% | rising |
| 41 | Dominica | 6.76 | 2018 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 42 | Italy | 6.75 | 2022 | up 26.9% | rising |
| 43 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 6.73 | 2022 | up 16.2% | rising |
| 44 | Serbia | 6.69 | 2022 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 45 | Estonia | 6.66 | 2023 | up 11.7% | falling |
| 46 | Brunei | 6.62 | 2021 | down 15.8% | rising |
| 47 | Palau | 6.61 | 2023 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 48 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 6.58 | 2023 | up 43.5% | falling |
| 49 | Singapore | 6.56 | 2022 | up 18.0% | rising |
| 50 | Saudi Arabia | 6.56 | 2023 | up 27.0% | rising |
| 51 | Kazakhstan | 6.49 | 2023 | down 16.6% | falling |
| 52 | Tajikistan | 6.45 | 2023 | up 47.1% | rising |
| 53 | Spain | 6.41 | 2022 | up 19.0% | rising |
| 54 | South Africa | 6.39 | 2022 | up 485.4% | volatile |
| 55 | Libya | 6.38 | 2017 | up 18.7% | rising |
| 56 | Poland | 6.33 | 2022 | down 24.5% | flat |
| 57 | Moldova | 6.32 | 2023 | down 3.7% | falling |
| 58 | United Arab Emirates | 6.19 | 2022 | up 68.6% | rising |
| 59 | Montenegro | 6.08 | 2023 | up 14.0% | rising |
| 60 | Ukraine | 6.08 | 2023 | down 18.2% | flat |
| 61 | Slovakia | 6.01 | 2022 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 62 | Georgia | 5.97 | 2023 | up 48.4% | rising |
| 63 | Israel | 5.9 | 2023 | up 11.5% | falling |
| 64 | Albania | 5.82 | 2020 | up 43.9% | rising |
| 65 | Hungary | 5.67 | 2022 | down 12.8% | rising |
| 66 | Azerbaijan | 5.58 | 2022 | down 17.0% | falling |
| 67 | North Macedonia | 5.51 | 2022 | up 29.9% | rising |
| 68 | Brazil | 5.5 | 2023 | down 28.2% | volatile |
| 69 | Chile | 5.45 | 2023 | up 153.4% | rising |
| 70 | Namibia | 5.39 | 2022 | up 195.1% | rising |
| 71 | Saint Lucia | 5.34 | 2023 | up 65.0% | rising |
| 72 | Maldives | 5.02 | 2020 | down 3.1% | rising |
| 73 | Philippines | 4.79 | 2021 | up 29.1% | rising |
| 74 | Argentina | 4.75 | 2023 | up 74.1% | rising |
| 75 | Armenia | 4.75 | 2022 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 76 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 4.74 | 2023 | down 47.7% | rising |
| 77 | Andorra | 4.72 | 2023 | up 12.7% | rising |
| 78 | Oman | 4.66 | 2022 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 79 | Grenada | 4.58 | 2023 | up 55.8% | rising |
| 80 | Kuwait | 4.54 | 2020 | down 31.5% | rising |
| 81 | Latvia | 4.37 | 2022 | down 13.5% | falling |
| 82 | Marshall Islands | 4.3 | 2018 | up 19.1% | rising |
| 83 | Eswatini | 4.26 | 2023 | up 28.9% | falling |
| 84 | Bahamas | 4.22 | 2023 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 85 | Mongolia | 4.22 | 2018 | up 15.7% | rising |
| 86 | Bulgaria | 4.2 | 2023 | down 14.5% | falling |
| 87 | Tonga | 4.2 | 2021 | up 12.8% | rising |
| 88 | Greece | 4.11 | 2022 | up 14.9% | rising |
| 89 | Ghana | 4.11 | 2023 | up 177.1% | volatile |
| 90 | Trinidad and Tobago | 4.11 | 2023 | up 30.9% | rising |
| 91 | Nepal | 4.09 | 2023 | up 124.0% | rising |
| 92 | Kyrgyzstan | 4.08 | 2023 | down 31.0% | falling |
| 93 | Malaysia | 4.05 | 2023 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 94 | Mauritius | 4.05 | 2022 | up 39.6% | rising |
| 95 | Tuvalu | 3.94 | 2020 | down 36.6% | falling |
| 96 | Guyana | 3.93 | 2023 | up 441.7% | volatile |
| 97 | Cyprus | 3.89 | 2022 | up 10.5% | rising |
| 98 | Fiji | 3.85 | 2019 | up 78.6% | rising |
| 99 | Macao | 3.79 | 2018 | up 21.2% | rising |
| 100 | Barbados | 3.67 | 2023 | up 17.3% | falling |
| 100 | China | 3.67 | 2022 | up 101.1% | volatile |
| 102 | Kiribati | 3.63 | 2018 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 103 | Thailand | 3.57 | 2023 | up 54.8% | rising |
| 104 | Turkmenistan | 3.49 | 2023 | down 13.2% | falling |
| 105 | Turkey | 3.48 | 2022 | up 39.0% | rising |
| 106 | Panama | 3.35 | 2022 | up 44.0% | rising |
| 107 | Jordan | 3.33 | 2023 | down 9.0% | rising |
| 108 | Indonesia | 3.24 | 2023 | up 396.9% | volatile |
| 109 | Costa Rica | 3.07 | 2022 | up 50.4% | rising |
| 109 | Zimbabwe | 3.07 | 2022 | up 173.2% | rising |
| 111 | Samoa | 3.06 | 2020 | up 106.3% | rising |
| 112 | Mexico | 3.03 | 2022 | up 18.3% | rising |
| 113 | Botswana | 3.02 | 2023 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 114 | Zambia | 2.94 | 2022 | up 312.9% | volatile |
| 115 | Iran | 2.88 | 2023 | up 93.4% | rising |
| 116 | Peru | 2.74 | 2023 | up 23.9% | rising |
| 117 | Bahrain | 2.65 | 2020 | up 5.2% | falling |
| 117 | Iraq | 2.65 | 2022 | up 35.1% | rising |
| 119 | Ecuador | 2.51 | 2018 | up 34.1% | rising |
| 120 | Algeria | 2.51 | 2022 | up 12.6% | falling |
| 121 | Gabon | 2.37 | 2022 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 122 | Guatemala | 2.27 | 2023 | up 137.3% | rising |
| 122 | Kenya | 2.27 | 2023 | up 153.7% | volatile |
| 124 | Uganda | 2.27 | 2022 | up 90.5% | rising |
| 125 | Sri Lanka | 2.26 | 2023 | up 26.9% | rising |
| 126 | Micronesia (country) | 2.22 | 2019 | down 38.4% | falling |
| 127 | El Salvador | 2.18 | 2022 | up 20.3% | rising |
| 128 | Sao Tome and Principe | 2.17 | 2022 | down 1.9% | rising |
| 129 | Tunisia | 2.16 | 2021 | down 2.4% | flat |
| 130 | Belize | 2.06 | 2023 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 130 | Dominican Republic | 2.06 | 2023 | up 66.7% | rising |
| 132 | Bhutan | 2.05 | 2022 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 133 | Solomon Islands | 2 | 2023 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 134 | Lebanon | 1.92 | 2018 | up 34.0% | rising |
| 135 | Angola | 1.87 | 2022 | up 41.9% | rising |
| 136 | Cape Verde | 1.8 | 2023 | up 128.5% | rising |
| 137 | Egypt | 1.79 | 2018 | down 17.4% | falling |
| 138 | Syria | 1.76 | 2021 | down 1.4% | falling |
| 139 | East Timor | 1.74 | 2020 | up 50.2% | rising |
| 140 | Suriname | 1.73 | 2023 | down 21.8% | falling |
| 141 | India | 1.72 | 2020 | up 99.3% | rising |
| 142 | Nigeria | 1.65 | 2022 | up 69.3% | falling |
| 143 | Comoros | 1.64 | 2022 | up 123.1% | rising |
| 144 | Bolivia | 1.62 | 2021 | up 65.7% | rising |
| 145 | Jamaica | 1.62 | 2023 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 146 | Mauritania | 1.61 | 2022 | up 94.6% | rising |
| 147 | Nicaragua | 1.57 | 2017 | up 30.5% | rising |
| 148 | Eritrea | 1.54 | 2022 | up 11.3% | rising |
| 149 | Colombia | 1.54 | 2023 | up 43.1% | rising |
| 150 | Vanuatu | 1.46 | 2019 | down 12.9% | falling |
| 151 | Vietnam | 1.44 | 2016 | up 59.1% | rising |
| 152 | Ethiopia | 1.22 | 2022 | up 400.8% | volatile |
| 153 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 1.17 | 2022 | up 44.2% | rising |
| 154 | Sierra Leone | 1.16 | 2022 | up 324.5% | volatile |
| 155 | Congo | 1.12 | 2022 | down 34.3% | falling |
| 156 | Rwanda | 1.11 | 2022 | up 72.5% | rising |
| 157 | Central African Republic | 1.1 | 2023 | up 448.5% | volatile |
| 158 | Sudan | 1.08 | 2018 | up 12.2% | flat |
| 159 | Laos | 1.03 | 2023 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 160 | Cambodia | 1.01 | 2019 | up 19.4% | rising |
| 161 | Liberia | 1.01 | 2022 | up 126.3% | rising |
| 162 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.99 | 2022 | up 81.0% | rising |
| 163 | Burkina Faso | 0.949 | 2023 | up 115.7% | rising |
| 164 | Mozambique | 0.934 | 2022 | up 125.1% | rising |
| 165 | Morocco | 0.869 | 2023 | down 10.4% | rising |
| 166 | Burundi | 0.794 | 2023 | up 25.4% | rising |
| 167 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.793 | 2023 | up 50.2% | rising |
| 168 | Honduras | 0.735 | 2023 | up 6.4% | falling |
| 169 | Haiti | 0.732 | 2022 | down 39.5% | volatile |
| 170 | Tanzania | 0.693 | 2023 | up 57.9% | rising |
| 171 | Bangladesh | 0.664 | 2023 | up 240.5% | volatile |
| 172 | Cameroon | 0.659 | 2022 | down 30.4% | volatile |
| 173 | Gambia | 0.658 | 2023 | down 43.7% | flat |
| 174 | Benin | 0.611 | 2023 | up 8.1% | falling |
| 175 | Afghanistan | 0.549 | 2023 | up 115.3% | falling |
| 176 | Yemen | 0.541 | 2023 | down 27.1% | rising |
| 177 | Pakistan | 0.52 | 2021 | up 36.5% | rising |
| 178 | Papua New Guinea | 0.508 | 2021 | up 6.5% | flat |
| 179 | Malawi | 0.507 | 2022 | up 128.4% | rising |
| 180 | Togo | 0.494 | 2022 | up 71.5% | rising |
| 181 | Senegal | 0.424 | 2023 | up 120.8% | rising |
| 182 | Guinea | 0.421 | 2022 | down 23.2% | falling |
| 182 | Niger | 0.421 | 2023 | up 88.8% | rising |
| 184 | Madagascar | 0.281 | 2022 | up 35.7% | falling |
| 185 | Mali | 0.268 | 2023 | down 24.5% | falling |
| 186 | Myanmar | 0.205 | 2022 | down 79.1% | falling |
| 187 | Djibouti | 0.194 | 2022 | down 70.3% | falling |
| 188 | Chad | 0.167 | 2023 | down 43.6% | rising |