health2023

Nurses and midwives (per 1,000 people)

Name: Nurses and midwives (per 1,000 people)
Creator: World Bank World Development Indicators
Keywords: trend-research-500, world-bank, health-systems-mental-health, nurses, and, midwives, per, 000, people

Compare nurses and midwives (per 1,000 people) across 75 countries or territories using one fixed 2023 World Bank reference slice.

Source: World Bank World Development Indicators•75 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average

4.6per 1,000 people

Median: 4.1per 1,000 people

Countries Covered

with available data

Highest

Norway

16.5per 1,000 people

Lowest

Chad

0.2per 1,000 people

Top 5 Countries

1Norway16.5per 1,000 people

2Iceland15.9per 1,000 people

3Ireland14.8per 1,000 people

4Luxembourg13.7per 1,000 people

5New Zealand12.3per 1,000 people

By Region

Oceania12.3per 1,000 people(1 countries)

Europe10.6per 1,000 people(9 countries)

North America6.8per 1,000 people(2 countries)

South America4.0per 1,000 people(5 countries)

Asia3.7per 1,000 people(13 countries)

Key Findings

•75 ISO-mapped countries or territories have a finite per 1,000 people observation in the fixed 2023 slice.
•Norway has the highest published value (16.51 per 1,000 people).
•Chad has the lowest published value (0.167 per 1,000 people).

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (0.2per 1,000 people)High (16.5per 1,000 people)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 4.6per 1,000 people)

Oceania (1)

Europe (9)

North America (2)

South America (5)

Asia (13)

Other (42)

Africa (3)

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

Nurses and midwives include professional nurses, professional midwives, auxiliary nurses, auxiliary midwives, enrolled nurses, enrolled midwives and other associated personnel, such as dental nurses and primary care nurses.

MapTheory uses only finite ISO-mapped observations from the fixed 2023 World Bank slice recorded below. Aggregates, missing values, non-ISO geographies, conflicting duplicate observations, and every other year or dimension slice are excluded; MapTheory never imputes or interpolates missing countries.

Methodology

Full Data

Rank ↑	Country ↕	Value ↕
1	Norway	16.5per 1,000 people
2	Iceland	15.9per 1,000 people
3	Ireland	14.8per 1,000 people
4	Luxembourg	13.7per 1,000 people
5	New Zealand	12.3per 1,000 people
6	Canada	11.3per 1,000 people
7	Belarus	10.8per 1,000 people
8	United Kingdom	9.5per 1,000 people
9	San Marino	9.4per 1,000 people
10	Qatar	8.5per 1,000 people
11	Malta	8.2per 1,000 people
12	Portugal	8.0per 1,000 people
13	Seychelles	7.3per 1,000 people
14	Estonia	6.7per 1,000 people
15	Palau	6.6per 1,000 people
16	Saint Kitts and Nevis	6.6per 1,000 people
17	Saudi Arabia	6.6per 1,000 people
18	Kazakhstan	6.5per 1,000 people
19	Tajikistan	6.5per 1,000 people
20	Moldova, Republic of	6.3per 1,000 people
21	Montenegro	6.1per 1,000 people
22	Ukraine	6.1per 1,000 people
23	Georgia	6.0per 1,000 people
24	Israel	5.9per 1,000 people
25	Brazil	5.5per 1,000 people
26	Chile	5.5per 1,000 people
27	Saint Lucia	5.3per 1,000 people
28	Argentina	4.7per 1,000 people
29	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	4.7per 1,000 people
30	Andorra	4.7per 1,000 people
31	Grenada	4.6per 1,000 people
32	Eswatini	4.3per 1,000 people
33	Bahamas	4.2per 1,000 people
34	Bulgaria	4.2per 1,000 people
35	Ghana	4.1per 1,000 people
36	Trinidad and Tobago	4.1per 1,000 people
37	Nepal	4.1per 1,000 people
38	Kyrgyzstan	4.1per 1,000 people
39	Malaysia	4.1per 1,000 people
40	Guyana	3.9per 1,000 people
41	Barbados	3.7per 1,000 people
42	Thailand	3.6per 1,000 people
43	Turkmenistan	3.5per 1,000 people
44	Jordan	3.3per 1,000 people
45	Indonesia	3.2per 1,000 people
46	Botswana	3.0per 1,000 people
47	Islamic Republic of Iran	2.9per 1,000 people
48	Peru	2.7per 1,000 people
49	Guatemala	2.3per 1,000 people
50	Kenya	2.3per 1,000 people
51	Sri Lanka	2.3per 1,000 people
52	Dominican Republic	2.1per 1,000 people
53	Belize	2.1per 1,000 people
54	Solomon Islands	2.0per 1,000 people
55	Cape Verde	1.8per 1,000 people
56	Suriname	1.7per 1,000 people
57	Jamaica	1.6per 1,000 people
58	Colombia	1.5per 1,000 people
59	Central African Republic	1.1per 1,000 people
60	Lao People's Democratic Republic	1.0per 1,000 people
61	Burkina Faso	0.9per 1,000 people
62	Morocco	0.9per 1,000 people
63	Burundi	0.8per 1,000 people
64	Cote d'Ivoire	0.8per 1,000 people
65	Honduras	0.7per 1,000 people
66	United Republic of Tanzania	0.7per 1,000 people
67	Bangladesh	0.7per 1,000 people
68	Republic of The Gambia	0.7per 1,000 people
69	Benin	0.6per 1,000 people
70	Afghanistan	0.5per 1,000 people
71	Yemen	0.5per 1,000 people
72	Senegal	0.4per 1,000 people
73	Niger	0.4per 1,000 people
74	Mali	0.3per 1,000 people
75	Chad	0.2per 1,000 people

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Topics

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Data Source

This data comes from World Bank World Development Indicators (2023).

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