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Health worker density, by type of occupation (per 10,000 population) — Nursing and midwifery personnel

Compare health worker density, by type of occupation (per 10,000 population) — nursing and midwifery personnel across 73 countries using official UN SDG Global Database observations for 2024.

Source: United Nations SDG Global Database•73 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average
39.2per 10,000 people
Median: 30.2per 10,000 people
Countries Covered
73
with available data
Highest
Iceland
160.8per 10,000 people
Lowest
Guinea
2.0per 10,000 people
Top 5 Countries
1Iceland160.8per 10,000 people
2Ireland154.0per 10,000 people
3Australia144.3per 10,000 people
4New Zealand131.2per 10,000 people
5United States of America123.9per 10,000 people
By Region
Europe157.4per 10,000 people(2 countries)
Oceania137.8per 10,000 people(2 countries)
North America120.1per 10,000 people(2 countries)
Asia50.4per 10,000 people(10 countries)
South America40.4per 10,000 people(3 countries)
Key Findings
  • •73 ISO-mapped countries or territories have a finite fixed-year observation.
  • •Iceland has the highest published value (160.83 per 10,000 people).
  • •Guinea has the lowest published value (1.99 per 10,000 people).

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (2.0per 10,000 people)High (160.8per 10,000 people)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 39.2per 10,000 people)

Europe (2)
Oceania (2)
North America (2)
Asia (10)
South America (3)
Other (47)
Africa (7)

Percentile Profile

The curve shows how values change from the lowest to the highest country. Steep sections reveal inequality or outliers.

0th percentile · lowest100th percentile · highest

About This Statistic

Health worker density, by type of occupation (per 10,000 population).

Values use UN SDG series SH_MED_DEN, release 2026.Q2.G.01, one fixed 2024 reference year, unit Per 10,000 population, and the fixed selection Reporting Type: Global; Type of occupation: Nursing and midwifery personnel. Aggregates, missing/non-finite values, other dimensions, other attributes, and non-ISO geographies are excluded; MapTheory does not impute missing countries.

Methodology

UN SDG series SH_MED_DEN; year 2024; unit PER_10000_POP; dimensions {"Reporting Type": "G", "Type of occupation": "NURSMID"}; attributes {"Nature": "C", "Units": "PER_10000_POP"} Official UN SDG metadata for indicator 3.c.1.

Full Data

Rank ↑Country ↕Value ↕
1Iceland160.8per 10,000 people
2Ireland154.0per 10,000 people
3Australia144.3per 10,000 people
4New Zealand131.2per 10,000 people
5United States of America123.9per 10,000 people
6Canada116.2per 10,000 people
7Belarus107.6per 10,000 people
8South Korea98.0per 10,000 people
9San Marino97.0per 10,000 people
10Qatar86.1per 10,000 people
11Kazakhstan66.1per 10,000 people
12Brunei Darussalam65.0per 10,000 people
13Israel62.1per 10,000 people
14Seychelles62.0per 10,000 people
15Montenegro59.7per 10,000 people
16Brazil58.3per 10,000 people
17Georgia56.9per 10,000 people
18Philippines52.9per 10,000 people
19Antigua and Barbuda50.8per 10,000 people
20Andorra49.5per 10,000 people
21Guyana48.4per 10,000 people
22Chile47.2per 10,000 people
23Mongolia47.0per 10,000 people
24Oman45.9per 10,000 people
25North Korea44.5per 10,000 people
26Ghana41.7per 10,000 people
27Tuvalu41.7per 10,000 people
28Nepal41.6per 10,000 people
29South Africa41.5per 10,000 people
30Malaysia40.3per 10,000 people
31Kyrgyzstan40.3per 10,000 people
32Namibia38.0per 10,000 people
33Turkmenistan34.7per 10,000 people
34Lesotho34.0per 10,000 people
35Jordan33.4per 10,000 people
36Indonesia33.0per 10,000 people
37Botswana30.2per 10,000 people
38India27.2per 10,000 people
39Uganda23.3per 10,000 people
40Solomon Islands21.3per 10,000 people
41Jamaica21.0per 10,000 people
42Suriname18.4per 10,000 people
43Dominican Republic17.6per 10,000 people
44Zambia16.7per 10,000 people
45Colombia15.7per 10,000 people
46Zimbabwe14.7per 10,000 people
47Angola13.9per 10,000 people
48Lao People's Democratic Republic13.6per 10,000 people
49Republic of the Congo13.4per 10,000 people
50Rwanda12.8per 10,000 people
51Kenya12.1per 10,000 people
52Nigeria11.5per 10,000 people
53Ethiopia10.9per 10,000 people
54Cote d'Ivoire9.9per 10,000 people
55Guinea-Bissau9.3per 10,000 people
56Liberia8.4per 10,000 people
57Burkina Faso8.2per 10,000 people
58Papua New Guinea8.1per 10,000 people
59Mozambique7.6per 10,000 people
60Morocco7.2per 10,000 people
61South Sudan7.1per 10,000 people
62Benin6.1per 10,000 people
63Malawi5.8per 10,000 people
64Pakistan5.2per 10,000 people
65Central African Republic4.4per 10,000 people
66Senegal4.3per 10,000 people
67Togo4.1per 10,000 people
68Chad3.6per 10,000 people
69Mali3.5per 10,000 people
70Somalia3.2per 10,000 people
71Madagascar2.7per 10,000 people
72United Republic of Tanzania2.6per 10,000 people
73Guinea2.0per 10,000 people
Showing 73 of 73 countries

Topics

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Data Source

This data comes from United Nations SDG Global Database (2024).

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