Nurses and Midwives Density

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

  1. In 2019, Nurses and Midwives Density in Belize jumped by 2,468.7% compared to the previous year.
  2. Since 2014 Belgium Nurses and Midwives Density jumped by 12.1% year on year reaching 19.78 Units (Persons) Per Thousand Persons.
  3. In 2019 Switzerland was number 5 in Nurses and Midwives Density.
  4. In 2017 United States was number 9 in Nurses and Midwives Density attaining 14.55 Units (Persons) Per Thousand Persons, jumping from 137 in 2016.

Top Countries in Nurses and Midwives Density

Units (Persons) Per Thousand Persons - 1990 to 2019

# 174 Countries Units (Persons) Per Thousand Persons Last YoY 5‑years CAGR
1 #1
Belize
60 2019 +2,468.7 % -19.4 % View data
2 #2
Monaco
20 2014 +8.0 % NA View data
3 #3
Belgium
20 2019 +1.6 % +12.1 % View data
4 #4
Norway
18 2019 +1.5 % +1.2 % View data
5 #5
Switzerland
18 2019 +1.5 % +1.9 % View data
6 #6
Ireland
17 2019 +1.4 % +0.8 % View data
7 #7
Iceland
16 2019 -0.5 % +0.0 % View data
8 #8
Finland
15 2019 +0.3 % +0.3 % View data
9 #9
United States
15 2017 NA NA View data
10 #10
Germany
14 2019 +1.0 % +1.2 % View data
11 #11
Chile
13 2019 -0.4 % +7.5 % View data
12 #12
Australia
13 2019 +1.3 % +1.2 % View data
13 #13
New Zealand
13 2019 +1.6 % +1.4 % View data
14 #14
Japan
12 2019 +1.6 % +1.4 % View data
15 #15
Luxembourg
12 2019 +0.3 % -0.1 % View data
16 #16
Uzbekistan
12 2014 -0.6 % +1.6 % View data
17 #17
Sweden
12 2019 +0.3 % +0.1 % View data
18 #18
France
12 2019 +1.5 % +2.5 % View data
19 #19
Belarus
11 2019 +0.7 % +0.7 % View data
20 #20
Netherlands
11 2017 +2.3 % NA View data
21 #21
Denmark
10 2019 +0.4 % +0.4 % View data
22 #22
Slovenia
10 2019 +2.3 % +3.8 % View data
23 #23
Brazil
10 2019 +0.9 % +3.0 % View data
24 #24
Estonia
10 2019 -9.7 % +10.7 % View data
25 #25
Canada
10 2019 +0.1 % +0.4 % View data
26 #26
Malta
9 2018 NA +5.1 % View data
27 #27
Lithuania
9 2019 -4.3 % +3.9 % View data
28 #28
Russia
9 2019 +1.6 % +14.1 % View data
29 #29
San Marino
9 2014 -4.9 % -0.2 % View data
30 #30
Czech Republic
8 2019 +0.1 % +0.3 % View data
31 #31
Croatia
8 2019 +2.4 % +5.8 % View data
32 #32
United Kingdom
8 2019 -0.5 % -0.5 % View data
33 #33
Seychelles
8 2016 NA NA View data
34 #34
Nauru
8 2018 NA NA View data
35 #35
Kuwait
8 2019 +2.7 % +2.7 % View data
36 #36
Serbia
8 2019 +3.9 % +0.7 % View data
37 #37
South Korea
8 2019 +3.7 % +6.2 % View data
38 #38
Cuba
7 2019 -0.9 % -1.4 % View data
39 #39
Romania
7 2017 +21.3 % +4.5 % View data
40 #40
Palau
7 2018 NA NA View data
41 #41
Qatar
7 2019 -0.2 % +5.3 % View data
42 #42
Austria
7 2019 +0.8 % +0.7 % View data
43 #43
Portugal
7 2019 +1.8 % +2.4 % View data
44 #44
Ukraine
7 2014 -11.8 % NA View data
45 #45
Azerbaijan
7 2014 -3.5 % -3.6 % View data
46 #46
Hungary
7 2019 +0.3 % +0.9 % View data
47 #47
Poland
7 2019 -4.1 % +2.6 % View data
48 #48
Libya
7 2017 NA NA View data
49 #49
Singapore
6 2019 +1.4 % +2.2 % View data
50 #50
Maldives
6 2019 -0.8 % +3.5 % View data
51 #51
Dominica
6 2019 -1.3 % -1.2 % View data
52 #52
Grenada
6 2018 +105.6 % NA View data
53 #53
Armenia
6 2019 +1.1 % +3.1 % View data
54 #54
Brunei
6 2019 +1.4 % -1.0 % View data
55 #55
United Arab Emirates
6 2019 +4.0 % +8.5 % View data
56 #56
Slovakia
6 2019 -0.7 % -0.6 % View data
57 #57
Italy
6 2019 +2.3 % +1.1 % View data
58 #58
Spain
6 2019 +1.5 % +2.7 % View data
59 #59
Bosnia and Herzegovina
6 2019 -0.1 % -1.4 % View data
60 #60
Israel
6 2019 +0.0 % +0.9 % View data
61 #61
Saudi Arabia
6 2019 +2.5 % +1.6 % View data
62 #62
Botswana
5 2018 NA NA View data
63 #63
Cyprus
5 2019 +2.6 % +6.3 % View data
64 #64
Tajikistan
5 2014 +6.0 % +9.1 % View data
65 #65
Montenegro
5 2018 NA -0.6 % View data
66 #66
Philippines
5 2018 -6.4 % NA View data
67 #67
Bulgaria
5 2019 -0.3 % -0.3 % View data
68 #68
Georgia
5 2019 +0.8 % +4.5 % View data
69 #69
Moldova
5 2019 -2.2 % -2.5 % View data
70 #70
Latvia
5 2019 -0.8 % -1.1 % View data
71 #71
Turkmenistan
5 2014 -0.4 % NA View data
72 #72
Bahamas
5 2018 +40.5 % NA View data
73 #73
Antigua and Barbuda
5 2019 -0.4 % -0.8 % View data
74 #74
North Korea
4 2017 NA NA View data
75 #75
Swaziland
4 2019 +3.7 % +4.1 % View data
76 #76
Tuvalu
4 2018 NA NA View data
77 #77
Oman
4 2019 +1.3 % -1.9 % View data
78 #78
Saint Kitts and Nevis
4 2015 NA NA View data
79 #79
Tonga
4 2018 NA +0.7 % View data
80 #80
Trinidad and Tobago
4 2018 -27.5 % NA View data
81 #81
Andorra
4 2015 NA -3.4 % View data
82 #82
Mongolia
4 2019 +0.4 % -0.6 % View data
83 #83
Macedonia
4 2019 -0.0 % NA View data
84 #84
Ghana
4 2019 -8.6 % +20.6 % View data
85 #85
Kiribati
4 2018 NA -3.8 % View data
86 #86
Albania
4 2016 NA -2.7 % View data
87 #87
Greece
4 2019 +0.4 % +0.6 % View data
88 #88
Mauritius
4 2019 +1.4 % +1.7 % View data
89 #89
Malaysia
4 2019 +1.1 % +2.2 % View data
90 #90
Fiji
3 2018 NA +3.1 % View data
91 #91
Saint Lucia
3 2017 NA NA View data
92 #92
Panama
3 2019 +1.6 % +1.1 % View data
93 #93
Nepal
3 2018 +9.2 % +10.7 % View data
94 #94
Barbados
3 2018 +1.4 % NA View data
95 #95
Gabon
3 2017 +15.8 % NA View data
96 #96
China
3 2019 +3.7 % +5.8 % View data
97 #97
Jordan
3 2019 -0.0 % -5.5 % View data
98 #98
Turkey
3 2019 +1.6 % +1.9 % View data
99 #99
Thailand
3 2018 -6.7 % NA View data
100 #100
Ecuador
3 2019 +6.6 % +4.0 % View data
101 #101
Iran
3 2017 NA NA View data
102 #102
Argentina
3 2017 +0.7 % NA View data
103 #103
Suriname
3 2019 -8.0 % +4.5 % View data
104 #104
Tunisia
3 2017 -5.4 % NA View data
105 #105
Samoa
2 2018 NA NA View data
106 #106
Bahrain
2 2019 -0.6 % -0.6 % View data
107 #107
Mexico
2 2019 -0.6 % +1.4 % View data
108 #108
Peru
2 2019 -3.6 % +2.5 % View data
109 #109
Indonesia
2 2019 -3.4 % NA View data
110 #110
Sri Lanka
2 2019 +0.0 % +2.6 % View data
111 #111
Solomon Islands
2 2018 NA +1.6 % View data
112 #112
Zimbabwe
2 2019 +10.7 % +6.9 % View data
113 #113
Iraq
2 2019 -4.3 % +0.8 % View data
114 #114
Uruguay
2 2017 -69.1 % NA View data
115 #115
Sao Tome and Principe
2 2018 NA NA View data
116 #116
Egypt
2 2019 -0.2 % -0.3 % View data
117 #117
Bhutan
2 2019 +1.3 % +7.1 % View data
118 #118
India
2 2019 +8.3 % +6.4 % View data
119 #119
El Salvador
2 2019 +0.2 % +0.9 % View data
120 #120
East Timor
2 2019 +4.4 % +4.4 % View data
121 #121
Lebanon
2 2019 -0.1 % +0.0 % View data
122 #122
Nicaragua
2 2019 +1.8 % +2.9 % View data
123 #123
Bolivia
2 2017 +39.5 % NA View data
124 #124
Vietnam
2 2019 +2.3 % +1.7 % View data
125 #125
Algeria
2 2018 -30.4 % NA View data
126 #126
Gambia
2 2015 NA +22.1 % View data
127 #127
Syria
2 2016 NA NA View data
128 #128
Vanuatu
1 2018 NA NA View data
129 #129
Paraguay
1 2019 -14.3 % +18.3 % View data
130 #130
Morocco
1 2017 NA NA View data
131 #131
Colombia
1 2019 +2.4 % +4.2 % View data
132 #132
Zambia
1 2018 +3.0 % NA View data
133 #133
Uganda
1 2019 +6.8 % +1.5 % View data
134 #134
Dominican Republic
1 2019 -4.4 % -1.9 % View data
135 #135
Cape Verde
1 2019 +0.8 % +7.3 % View data
136 #136
Rwanda
1 2019 +0.3 % +5.3 % View data
137 #137
South Africa
1 2019 -3.1 % -0.3 % View data
138 #138
Kenya
1 2019 +1.0 % +4.9 % View data
139 #139
Laos
1 2019 +9.4 % -3.4 % View data
140 #140
Myanmar
1 2018 -0.6 % NA View data
141 #141
Mauritania
1 2019 +7.6 % +0.3 % View data
142 #142
Guyana
1 2019 -5.3 % +9.4 % View data
143 #143
Jamaica
1 2019 +19.4 % -7.6 % View data
144 #144
Burkina Faso
1 2019 +3.6 % +13.8 % View data
145 #145
Burundi
1 2019 +1.4 % +3.4 % View data
146 #146
Yemen
1 2019 -2.0 % -2.6 % View data
147 #147
Honduras
1 2019 +0.4 % +1.5 % View data
148 #148
Ethiopia
1 2018 -13.9 % NA View data
149 #149
Mozambique
1 2019 +4.1 % +3.7 % View data
150 #150
Sudan
1 2017 NA NA View data
151 #151
Haiti
1 2018 NA NA View data
152 #152
Guinea-Bissau
1 2019 -1.8 % +5.2 % View data
153 #153
Cambodia
1 2019 -2.6 % -7.0 % View data
154 #154
Pakistan
1 2019 -2.4 % +7.1 % View data
155 #155
Ivory Coast
1 2019 -1.5 % -1.0 % View data
156 #156
Tanzania
1 2017 NA +5.7 % View data
157 #157
Djibouti
1 2014 NA NA View data
158 #158
Liberia
1 2018 NA NA View data
159 #159
Equatorial Guinea
1 2017 NA NA View data
160 #160
Malawi
0 2018 NA NA View data
161 #161
Togo
0 2018 -2.4 % NA View data
162 #162
Bangladesh
0 2019 -4.0 % +9.1 % View data
163 #163
Benin
0 2018 NA -7.8 % View data
164 #164
Mali
0 2018 NA NA View data
165 #165
Niger
0 2016 +32.2 % NA View data
166 #166
Chad
0 2019 -0.9 % -0.4 % View data
167 #167
Sierra Leone
0 2016 NA -4.3 % View data
168 #168
Central African Republic
0 2015 NA NA View data
169 #169
Afghanistan
0 2019 -3.5 % +0.6 % View data
170 #170
Madagascar
0 2018 NA -13.3 % View data
171 #171
Guinea
0 2016 -70.3 % NA View data
172 #172
Guatemala
0 2019 -0.4 % +6.9 % View data
173 #173
Somalia
0 2014 NA NA View data
174 #174
Senegal
0 2019 -65.8 % NA View data

Source: World Bank

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