Nurses and midwives per 10,000 people
Nursing and midwifery personnel per 10,000 population: nursing and midwifery professionals and associate professionals (ISCO-08 codes 2221, 2222, 3221 and 3222), as reported to WHO's National Health Workforce Accounts, divided by the national population. Depending on the country's source, the count covers practising personnel only or everyone registered.
Includes associate professionals, so countries that train many nursing assistants show higher values. WHO revises these series, past years included, when new national reports or estimates come in, so values can change between retrievals.
Key facts
- Nurses and midwives per 10,000 people in the United States was 123.92 per 10,000 people in 2024, according to World Health Organization.
- Switzerland had the highest nurses and midwives per 10,000 people of 174 countries in 2018, at 179.15 per 10,000 people, and Niger the lowest, at 2.26 per 10,000 people. Source: World Health Organization.
- Published for 194 places, with figures from 1990 to 2024.
Rankings
Countries by nurses and midwives per 10,000 people, 2018
Places with data
Countries
- India
- China
- United States
- Indonesia
- Pakistan
- Nigeria
- Brazil
- Bangladesh
- Russia
- Ethiopia
- Panama
- Grenada
- Kenya
- Georgia
- South Africa
- Peru
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