Nurses and midwives per 1000 people in Maldives
Maldives: Nurses and midwives per 1000 people was 5.02 in 2020. ▲ Rising
Latest (2020)
5.02
Change on year
down 4.2%
World rank
72nd
of 188 countries
All-time high
6.98
in 2015
All-time low
0.647
in 1991
Years of data
14
1991–2020
Nurses and midwives per 1000 people in Maldives, 1991–2020
Source: Our World in Data.
Analysis
Maldives recorded 5.02 for nurses and midwives per 1000 people in 2020.
That represents a change of down 4.2% on the previous year and down 3.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, nurses and midwives per 1000 people in Maldives peaked at 6.98 in 2015 and was at its lowest, 0.647, in 1991.
That places Maldives 72nd out of 188 countries with data for 2020, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Nurses and midwives per 1000 people in Maldives, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 0.647 | — |
| 1993 | 0.768 | +18.7% |
| 1996 | 1.38 | +79.2% |
| 2004 | 2.94 | +113.7% |
| 2007 | 4.74 | +61.3% |
| 2009 | 5.3 | +11.7% |
| 2010 | 5.18 | -2.3% |
| 2014 | 5.65 | +9.1% |
| 2015 | 6.98 | +23.6% |
| 2016 | 2.56 | -63.3% |
| 2017 | 3.62 | +41.2% |
| 2018 | 6.3 | +74.2% |
| 2019 | 5.24 | -17.0% |
| 2020 | 5.02 | -4.2% |
Maldives compared with similar countries
- Maldives's 5.02 is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 4.05, 1.2× the median. (57 countries reporting)
- Maldives's 5.02 is above the median for South Asia, which is 2.16, 2.3× the median. (6 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.9303 | 0.647 | 1.38 | 3 |
| 2000s | 4.33 | 2.94 | 5.3 | 3 |
| 2010s | 5.08 | 2.56 | 6.98 | 7 |
| 2020s | 5.02 | 5.02 | 5.02 | 1 |
Countries ranked near Maldives
More reference data data for Maldives
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.0011 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 0.0011 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.0044 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Burning - Crop residues 0 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 0.0044 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - IPCC Agriculture 1.16 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - Crop Residues 0.012 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - Burning - Crop 0.0004 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is nurses and midwives per 1000 people in Maldives?
- Nurses and midwives per 1000 people in Maldives was 5.02 in 2020, according to Our World in Data.
- What is the highest nurses and midwives per 1000 people recorded in Maldives?
- The highest recorded value was 6.98 in 2015.
- What is the lowest nurses and midwives per 1000 people recorded in Maldives?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.647 in 1991.
- How does Maldives rank for nurses and midwives per 1000 people?
- Maldives ranks 72nd out of 188 countries with data for 2020.
- Is nurses and midwives per 1000 people rising or falling in Maldives?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Maldives data come from?
- The figures come from Our World in Data, published as part of Nurses and midwives per 1000 people. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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