Nurses and Midwives Density

This key economic indicator for the Health Care Provider sector has been recently updated.

  1. Monaco increased 8% of Nurses and Midwives Density in 2014, from a year earlier.
  2. Since 2011 Ireland Nurses and Midwives Density was up 2.2% year on year close to 14.29 Units (Persons) Per Thousand Persons.
  3. In 2018 Switzerland was ranked number 3 in Nurses and Midwives Density.
  4. In 2017 Cuba was ranked number 32 in Nurses and Midwives Density totalising 7.79 Units (Persons) Per Thousand Persons, jumping from 104 in 2016.

Top Countries in Nurses and Midwives Density

Units (Persons) Per Thousand Persons - 1990 to 2018

# 174 Countries Units (Persons) Per Thousand Persons Last YoY 5‑years CAGR
1 #1
Monaco
20 2014 +8.0 % NA View data
2 #2
Norway
18 2018 -0.1 % +0.4 % View data
3 #3
Switzerland
17 2018 +0.4 % +1.4 % View data
4 #4
Iceland
16 2018 -0.1 % -0.6 % View data
5 #5
Finland
15 2018 +0.7 % +0.3 % View data
6 #6
Ireland
14 2016 +3.0 % +2.2 % View data
7 #7
Germany
14 2018 +1.4 % +0.6 % View data
8 #8
Australia
13 2018 +1.8 % +1.2 % View data
9 #9
Uzbekistan
12 2018 +0.6 % +0.5 % View data
10 #10
Luxembourg
12 2018 +0.2 % +0.2 % View data
11 #11
Denmark
12 2018 -2.6 % -6.8 % View data
12 #12
Japan
12 2018 +1.2 % NA View data
13 #13
Sweden
12 2018 -0.1 % -0.4 % View data
14 #14
Belarus
11 2018 -0.2 % -0.1 % View data
15 #15
Netherlands
11 2016 +6.1 % NA View data
16 #16
New Zealand
11 2018 +0.1 % +0.8 % View data
17 #17
Belgium
11 2018 -1.3 % -0.5 % View data
18 #18
France
10 2018 +0.1 % -0.4 % View data
19 #19
Canada
10 2018 +0.1 % +0.8 % View data
20 #20
Brazil
10 2018 +63.0 % +5.3 % View data
21 #21
Slovenia
10 2018 +1.2 % +2.8 % View data
22 #22
Malta
10 2018 +2.1 % +3.9 % View data
23 #23
Russia
9 2018 +0.9 % +0.2 % View data
24 #24
San Marino
9 2014 -4.9 % -0.2 % View data
25 #25
Slovakia
9 2018 +2.1 % +6.1 % View data
26 #26
United States
9 2015 -3.2 % -7.5 % View data
27 #27
Austria
8 2018 +0.9 % +0.7 % View data
28 #28
Czech Republic
8 2018 -0.3 % +0.0 % View data
29 #29
United Kingdom
8 2018 -1.2 % -2.1 % View data
30 #30
Croatia
8 2018 +1.8 % +3.3 % View data
31 #31
Lithuania
8 2018 +0.3 % +0.5 % View data
32 #32
Cuba
8 2017 NA -0.8 % View data
33 #33
Kuwait
7 2018 +2.4 % +4.0 % View data
34 #34
Singapore
7 2018 +2.5 % +5.2 % View data
35 #35
South Korea
7 2018 +2.6 % +6.4 % View data
36 #36
Ukraine
7 2018 -0.8 % -2.4 % View data
37 #37
Brunei
7 2018 +0.9 % -1.6 % View data
38 #38
Libya
7 2017 NA NA View data
39 #39
Hungary
7 2018 +0.1 % +0.1 % View data
40 #40
Portugal
7 2018 +1.4 % +0.5 % View data
41 #41
Bosnia and Herzegovina
7 2018 +1.3 % +1.6 % View data
42 #42
Qatar
7 2016 NA NA View data
43 #43
Azerbaijan
7 2018 -1.5 % -1.8 % View data
44 #44
Estonia
6 2018 -0.4 % +0.5 % View data
45 #45
Nauru
6 2015 NA NA View data
46 #46
Romania
6 2016 NA +0.3 % View data
47 #47
Barbados
6 2017 NA NA View data
48 #48
Saudi Arabia
6 2018 +2.2 % NA View data
49 #49
Dominica
6 2017 NA NA View data
50 #50
Serbia
6 2018 +0.8 % +1.6 % View data
51 #51
Armenia
6 2018 +0.7 % +0.6 % View data
52 #52
Italy
6 2018 -1.6 % -2.7 % View data
53 #53
Montenegro
6 2018 +0.2 % -0.0 % View data
54 #54
United Arab Emirates
6 2018 +3.5 % +11.0 % View data
55 #55
Poland
6 2018 +0.0 % -0.3 % View data
56 #56
Tajikistan
6 2018 +2.3 % +2.9 % View data
57 #57
Spain
6 2018 +0.5 % +0.2 % View data
58 #58
Bulgaria
6 2018 +0.8 % +0.6 % View data
59 #59
Palau
5 2014 NA -0.9 % View data
60 #60
Cyprus
5 2016 NA NA View data
61 #61
Israel
5 2018 -0.1 % +0.5 % View data
62 #62
Kiribati
5 2016 NA +4.2 % View data
63 #63
Latvia
5 2018 -0.1 % -0.8 % View data
64 #64
Turkmenistan
5 2018 -0.1 % -0.2 % View data
65 #65
Moldova
5 2018 -2.1 % -4.4 % View data
66 #66
North Korea
4 2017 NA NA View data
67 #67
Oman
4 2018 +2.3 % -0.7 % View data
68 #68
Georgia
4 2018 +0.4 % +0.9 % View data
69 #69
Suriname
4 2017 NA NA View data
70 #70
Malaysia
4 2015 NA +4.9 % View data
71 #71
Mongolia
4 2018 +0.6 % +1.2 % View data
72 #72
Andorra
4 2015 NA -3.4 % View data
73 #73
Macedonia
4 2018 -0.1 % -3.5 % View data
74 #74
Saint Kitts and Nevis
4 2015 NA NA View data
75 #75
South Africa
4 2018 +12.9 % -3.9 % View data
76 #76
Maldives
4 2016 -44.7 % NA View data
77 #77
Tonga
4 2016 NA NA View data
78 #78
Tuvalu
4 2014 NA NA View data
79 #79
Albania
4 2016 NA NA View data
80 #80
Trinidad and Tobago
4 2015 NA +3.6 % View data
81 #81
Mauritius
4 2018 +1.4 % +2.1 % View data
82 #82
Greece
3 2018 -0.6 % -1.9 % View data
83 #83
Botswana
3 2016 NA +3.1 % View data
84 #84
Seychelles
3 2016 NA NA View data
85 #85
Grenada
3 2017 NA NA View data
86 #86
Bahamas
3 2017 NA NA View data
87 #87
Antigua and Barbuda
3 2017 NA NA View data
88 #88
Turkey
3 2018 +1.3 % -1.8 % View data
89 #89
Thailand
3 2017 +6.7 % NA View data
90 #90
Jordan
3 2018 -12.8 % -3.2 % View data
91 #91
Fiji
3 2015 NA +5.6 % View data
92 #92
Mexico
3 2018 +1.4 % +2.8 % View data
93 #93
Nepal
3 2017 NA +11.5 % View data
94 #94
Lebanon
3 2018 +1.2 % +0.5 % View data
95 #95
Tunisia
3 2016 -0.5 % NA View data
96 #96
Gabon
3 2016 NA NA View data
97 #97
Argentina
3 2017 NA NA View data
98 #98
China
3 2018 +3.5 % +4.8 % View data
99 #99
Bahrain
2 2018 -0.6 % -0.5 % View data
100 #100
El Salvador
2 2016 NA NA View data
101 #101
Sao Tome and Principe
2 2015 NA NA View data
102 #102
Algeria
2 2016 NA NA View data
103 #103
India
2 2018 +2.0 % +12.0 % View data
104 #104
Solomon Islands
2 2016 NA +3.5 % View data
105 #105
Sri Lanka
2 2016 -14.9 % NA View data
106 #106
Swaziland
2 2015 NA NA View data
107 #107
Indonesia
2 2018 -5.4 % +11.2 % View data
108 #108
Uruguay
2 2017 -69.3 % NA View data
109 #109
Kenya
2 2018 +4.5 % +5.4 % View data
110 #110
Iran
2 2015 +21.0 % +5.8 % View data
111 #111
Samoa
2 2018 +0.2 % NA View data
112 #112
Belize
2 2017 NA +8.9 % View data
113 #113
East Timor
2 2018 +0.9 % +11.8 % View data
114 #114
Iraq
2 2017 -13.4 % NA View data
115 #115
Gambia
2 2015 NA +23.5 % View data
116 #116
Saint Lucia
2 2014 NA NA View data
117 #117
Nicaragua
2 2018 NA +2.6 % View data
118 #118
Bhutan
2 2018 +2.7 % +8.2 % View data
119 #119
Vietnam
2 2018 +2.4 % +4.2 % View data
120 #120
Syria
1 2016 NA NA View data
121 #121
Panama
1 2016 NA -9.4 % View data
122 #122
Guinea-Bissau
1 2015 NA +20.5 % View data
123 #123
Egypt
1 2018 -0.3 % -1.1 % View data
124 #124
Vanuatu
1 2016 NA NA View data
125 #125
Peru
1 2016 NA NA View data
126 #126
Guyana
1 2018 NA NA View data
127 #127
Colombia
1 2018 +2.8 % +4.8 % View data
128 #128
Cape Verde
1 2018 +1.3 % +2.0 % View data
129 #129
Jamaica
1 2018 +9.4 % -2.8 % View data
130 #130
Ecuador
1 2016 -51.8 % -10.4 % View data
130 #130
Ghana
1 2017 -22.6 % NA View data
132 #132
Paraguay
1 2018 +191.8 % NA View data
133 #133
Zimbabwe
1 2018 -0.2 % -1.4 % View data
134 #134
Morocco
1 2017 NA NA View data
135 #135
Mauritania
1 2018 +2.7 % +9.8 % View data
136 #136
Sierra Leone
1 2014 NA NA View data
137 #137
Laos
1 2018 +0.9 % +1.4 % View data
138 #138
Cambodia
1 2018 +0.9 % +0.6 % View data
139 #139
Myanmar
1 2017 -5.6 % +0.4 % View data
140 #140
Guatemala
1 2018 NA NA View data
141 #141
Zambia
1 2016 NA NA View data
142 #142
Honduras
1 2017 -48.2 % NA View data
143 #143
Chile
1 2016 NA NA View data
144 #144
Ivory Coast
1 2014 NA NA View data
145 #145
Ethiopia
1 2017 NA NA View data
146 #146
Rwanda
1 2015 NA +4.2 % View data
147 #147
Sudan
1 2015 -31.2 % -0.2 % View data
148 #148
Bolivia
1 2016 NA -6.1 % View data
149 #149
Yemen
1 2014 NA NA View data
150 #150
Haiti
1 2018 NA NA View data
151 #151
Burundi
1 2016 NA NA View data
152 #152
Uganda
1 2015 NA -13.6 % View data
153 #153
Benin
1 2016 NA NA View data
154 #154
Burkina Faso
1 2016 +137.3 % +4.5 % View data
155 #155
Djibouti
1 2014 NA NA View data
156 #156
Pakistan
1 2015 -17.1 % -3.2 % View data
157 #157
Equatorial Guinea
1 2017 NA NA View data
158 #158
Tanzania
0 2018 +2.8 % NA View data
159 #159
Mozambique
0 2017 NA +2.5 % View data
160 #160
Guinea
0 2016 NA NA View data
161 #161
Mali
0 2016 NA +0.8 % View data
162 #162
Chad
0 2016 NA NA View data
163 #163
Afghanistan
0 2014 NA -12.3 % View data
164 #164
Senegal
0 2016 -59.6 % NA View data
165 #165
Niger
0 2014 +28.7 % +8.8 % View data
166 #166
Dominican Republic
0 2017 NA NA View data
167 #167
Bangladesh
0 2018 -2.3 % +9.1 % View data
168 #168
Togo
0 2015 NA -27.1 % View data
169 #169
Malawi
0 2016 NA NA View data
170 #170
Philippines
0 2015 NA -40.9 % View data
171 #171
Central African Republic
0 2015 NA NA View data
172 #172
Liberia
0 2015 NA -26.1 % View data
173 #173
Madagascar
0 2018 -16.6 % NA View data
174 #174
Somalia
0 2014 NA NA View data

Source: World Bank

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