# Countries by nurses and midwives per 10,000 people, 2018

All 174 values come from World Health Organization for 2018, so the places are comparable. 20 countries have no value for that period and are not ranked.

- Indicator id: `nurses_midwives_per_10k`
- Unit: per 10,000 people
- Definition: 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.
- Source: World Health Organization, Density of nursing and midwifery personnel (per 10 000 population) (HWF_0006) (https://data.who.int/indicators/i/B54EB15/5C8435F)
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- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: World Health Organization, data.who.int. Density of nursing and midwifery personnel (per 10 000 population) (HWF_0006) [Indicator]. https://data.who.int/indicators/i/B54EB15/5C8435F (Accessed on 2026-10-12). Licensed under CC BY 4.0. No changes made to source values. WHO does not endorse Invokely or this use of the data.
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| Rank | Place | per 10,000 people |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Switzerland | 179.15 |
| 2 | Norway | 157.99 |
| 3 | Iceland | 154.69 |
| 4 | Ireland | 128.68 |
| 5 | Australia | 127 |
| 6 | Finland | 126.25 |
| 7 | Luxembourg | 121.4 |
| 8 | Japan | 119.75 |
| 9 | Belgium | 117.91 |
| 10 | Germany | 117.43 |
| 11 | Sweden | 116.56 |
| 12 | United States | 115.89 |
| 13 | Netherlands | 112.79 |
| 14 | Niue | 111.11 |
| 15 | Uzbekistan | 109.61 |
| 16 | Belarus | 109.48 |
| 17 | Canada | 108.5 |
| 18 | New Zealand | 107.62 |
| 19 | Denmark | 104.62 |
| 20 | Brazil | 102.84 |
| 21 | Slovenia | 102.76 |
| 22 | France | 92.78 |
| 23 | Czechia | 89.77 |
| 24 | Russia | 87.1 |
| 25 | United Kingdom | 84.97 |
| 26 | Malta | 82.77 |
| 27 | Lithuania | 80.92 |
| 28 | Cuba | 76.36 |
| 29 | Qatar | 75.77 |
| 30 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 73.69 |
| 31 | Seychelles | 73.65 |
| 32 | Romania | 73.4 |
| 33 | Nauru | 73.04 |
| 34 | Palau | 73.03 |
| 35 | South Korea | 72.36 |
| 36 | Croatia | 71.73 |
| 37 | Portugal | 71.33 |
| 38 | Austria | 71.29 |
| 39 | Cook Islands | 71.08 |
| 40 | Kuwait | 70.95 |
| 41 | Uruguay | 67.73 |
| 42 | Dominica | 67.6 |
| 43 | Estonia | 66.36 |
| 44 | Kazakhstan | 66.18 |
| 45 | Serbia | 64.93 |
| 46 | Brunei | 64.82 |
| 47 | Moldova | 64.72 |
| 48 | Singapore | 64.51 |
| 49 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 63.02 |
| 50 | Argentina | 61.27 |
| 51 | Maldives | 61.19 |
| 52 | Saudi Arabia | 60.78 |
| 53 | Grenada | 60.5 |
| 54 | Italy | 60.35 |
| 55 | Slovakia | 60.26 |
| 56 | Spain | 60.1 |
| 57 | United Arab Emirates | 59.01 |
| 58 | Azerbaijan | 57.96 |
| 59 | Poland | 56.44 |
| 60 | Hungary | 56.18 |
| 61 | Israel | 53.99 |
| 62 | Montenegro | 53.31 |
| 63 | North Macedonia | 52.75 |
| 64 | Tajikistan | 50.75 |
| 65 | Georgia | 49.89 |
| 66 | South Africa | 48.74 |
| 67 | Bulgaria | 48.04 |
| 68 | Antigua and Barbuda | 47.86 |
| 69 | Philippines | 47.34 |
| 70 | Armenia | 46.07 |
| 71 | Latvia | 45.59 |
| 72 | Tuvalu | 45.37 |
| 73 | Andorra | 45.08 |
| 74 | Kyrgyzstan | 45.05 |
| 75 | Bahamas | 44.84 |
| 76 | Ghana | 44.23 |
| 77 | Oman | 44.08 |
| 78 | Marshall Islands | 43.05 |
| 79 | Mongolia | 42.17 |
| 80 | Eswatini | 40.26 |
| 81 | Malaysia | 39.46 |
| 82 | Cyprus | 39.41 |
| 83 | Trinidad and Tobago | 39.14 |
| 84 | Tonga | 39.02 |
| 85 | Turkmenistan | 37.8 |
| 86 | Greece | 36.3 |
| 87 | Kiribati | 36.28 |
| 88 | Chile | 33.51 |
| 89 | Botswana | 33.25 |
| 90 | Mauritius | 32.74 |
| 91 | Fiji | 32.51 |
| 92 | Lesotho | 31.44 |
| 93 | Barbados | 31.24 |
| 94 | Nepal | 31.1 |
| 95 | Indonesia | 30.89 |
| 96 | Panama | 30.81 |
| 97 | Peru | 29.86 |
| 98 | Türkiye | 29.24 |
| 99 | Mexico | 28.9 |
| 100 | China | 28.88 |
| 101 | Costa Rica | 28.53 |
| 102 | Gabon | 27.51 |
| 103 | Jordan | 26.87 |
| 104 | Suriname | 26.49 |
| 105 | Ecuador | 26.04 |
| 106 | Thailand | 24.21 |
| 107 | Tunisia | 23.62 |
| 108 | Belize | 23.59 |
| 109 | Samoa | 23.51 |
| 110 | Bahrain | 21.82 |
| 111 | Micronesia | 20.93 |
| 112 | Sri Lanka | 20.8 |
| 113 | Namibia | 20.61 |
| 114 | Venezuela | 20.03 |
| 115 | Solomon Islands | 19.93 |
| 116 | Iran | 19.73 |
| 117 | Iraq | 19.52 |
| 118 | São Tomé and Príncipe | 19.32 |
| 119 | Lebanon | 19.18 |
| 120 | El Salvador | 18.94 |
| 121 | Zimbabwe | 18.54 |
| 122 | Bhutan | 18.39 |
| 123 | Paraguay | 17.97 |
| 124 | Egypt | 17.94 |
| 125 | Syria | 17.89 |
| 126 | India | 17 |
| 127 | Timor-Leste | 16.58 |
| 128 | Nicaragua | 16.56 |
| 129 | Eritrea | 15.57 |
| 130 | Algeria | 15.38 |
| 131 | Comoros | 15.07 |
| 132 | Cape Verde | 15 |
| 133 | Vanuatu | 14.62 |
| 134 | Colombia | 13.92 |
| 135 | Guatemala | 13.14 |
| 136 | Dominican Republic | 12.9 |
| 137 | Zambia | 12.73 |
| 138 | Kenya | 11.93 |
| 139 | Rwanda | 11.86 |
| 140 | Laos | 11.77 |
| 141 | Cambodia | 11.03 |
| 142 | Mauritania | 10.92 |
| 143 | Sudan | 10.83 |
| 144 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 10.36 |
| 145 | Myanmar | 10.27 |
| 146 | Guyana | 10.23 |
| 147 | Republic of the Congo | 9.27 |
| 148 | Pakistan | 8.95 |
| 149 | Burundi | 7.72 |
| 150 | Sierra Leone | 7.62 |
| 151 | Honduras | 7.15 |
| 152 | Ethiopia | 6.92 |
| 153 | Yemen | 6.57 |
| 154 | Liberia | 6.38 |
| 155 | Gambia | 6.24 |
| 156 | Guinea | 5.66 |
| 157 | Tanzania | 5.56 |
| 158 | Côte d’Ivoire | 5.52 |
| 159 | Benin | 5.22 |
| 160 | Papua New Guinea | 4.97 |
| 161 | Mozambique | 4.88 |
| 162 | Bangladesh | 4.66 |
| 163 | Afghanistan | 4.51 |
| 164 | Malawi | 4.3 |
| 165 | Mali | 4.11 |
| 166 | Haiti | 4.04 |
| 167 | Togo | 3.92 |
| 168 | Guinea-Bissau | 3.87 |
| 169 | Cameroon | 3.69 |
| 170 | South Sudan | 3.68 |
| 171 | Chad | 2.97 |
| 172 | Madagascar | 2.85 |
| 173 | Central African Republic | 2.45 |
| 174 | Niger | 2.26 |