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Nursing and Midwifery Personnel per 10,000 Population, 2018/2022

Number of nursing and midwifery personnel per 10,000 population. Nursing and midwifery personnel, generalist medical practitioners (including family doctors, pediatricians, and other non-specialized physicians), and community health workers are part of the primary health care workforce, which encompasses all occupations formally trained and involved in delivering primary health care such as health promotion, disease prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation. Data presented are the most recent available between 2018 and 2022.

Nursing and Midwifery Personnel per 10,000 Population, 2018/2022

Nursing and Midwifery Personnel per 10,000 Population, 2018/2022

Geography Nursing and Midwifery Personnel per 10,000 Population, 2018/2022
WORLD 37.7
AFRICA 11.8
NORTHERN AFRICA 13.5
Algeria 3.2
Egypt 18.3
Libya N/A
Morocco N/A
Sudan 11.4
Tunisia 21.2
Western Sahara N/A
WESTERN AFRICA 14.0
Benin 6.0
Burkina Faso 10.3
Cabo Verde 15.9
Cote d'Ivoire 8.0
Gambia 6.8
Ghana 37.9
Guinea 3.7
Guinea-Bissau 9.9
Liberia 7.9
Mali 3.5
Mauritania 16.6
Niger 2.0
Nigeria 16.8
Senegal 4.4
Sierra Leone 11.2
Togo 5.1
EASTERN AFRICA 9.4
Burundi 7.6
Comoros 15.7
Djibouti N/A
Eritrea 13.8
Ethiopia 7.5
Kenya 6.4
Madagascar 2.9
Malawi 5.0
Mauritius 30.0
Mayotte N/A
Mozambique 5.1
Reunion N/A
Rwanda 9.3
Seychelles 72.7
Somalia N/A
South Sudan 7.1
Tanzania 5.5
Uganda 22.7
Zambia 21.5
Zimbabwe 21.4
MIDDLE AFRICA 10.2
Angola 12.7
Cameroon 6.5
Central African Republic 1.9
Chad 2.1
Congo 10.9
Congo, Dem Rep 11.9
Equatorial Guinea 8.4
Gabon 21.8
Sao Tome and Principe 21.5
SOUTHERN AFRICA 13.1
Botswana 30.5
eSwatini 31.8
Lesotho 31.2
Namibia 33.6
South Africa 10.4
NORTHERN AMERICA 117.1
Canada 103.1
United States 118.8
LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN 37.9
CENTRAL AMERICA 28.7
Belize 23.5
Costa Rica 60.3
El Salvador 21.6
Guatemala 23.1
Honduras 7.1
Mexico 29.9
Nicaragua N/A
Panama 37.5
CARIBBEAN 31.9
Antigua and Barbuda 95.8
Bahamas 43.8
Barbados 31.4
Cuba 75.7
Curacao N/A
Dominica 65.1
Dominican Republic 20.8
Grenada 57.5
Guadeloupe N/A
Haiti 4.0
Jamaica 9.8
Martinique N/A
Puerto Rico N/A
St. Kitts and Nevis N/A
St. Lucia N/A
St. Vincent and the Grenadines 73.4
Trinidad and Tobago 37.3
SOUTH AMERICA 42.3
Argentina 43.5
Bolivia 16.1
Brazil 55.1
Chile 49.7
Colombia 14.5
Ecuador 25.2
French Guiana N/A
Guyana 34.8
Paraguay 93.8
Peru 26.6
Suriname 29.5
Uruguay 73.2
Venezuela 20.0
ASIA 30.0
WESTERN ASIA 35.8
Armenia 48.3
Azerbaijan 57.2
Bahrain N/A
Cyprus 46.3
Georgia 59.8
Iraq 26.2
Israel 58.6
Jordan 31.6
Kuwait 45.9
Lebanon 19.3
Oman 48.2
Palestinian Territory 19.5
Qatar 72.4
Saudi Arabia 55.1
Syria N/A
Turkey 34.3
United Arab Emirates 63.9
Yemen 7.3
CENTRAL ASIA 57.2
Kazakhstan 69.4
Kyrgyzstan 44.2
Tajikistan 53.7
Turkmenistan 39.2
Uzbekistan 57.6
SOUTH ASIA 15.0
Afghanistan 4.5
Bangladesh 6.1
Bhutan 20.5
India 17.3
Iran 19.8
Maldives 49.0
Nepal 34.9
Pakistan 4.7
Sri Lanka 24.4
SOUTHEAST ASIA 36.9
Brunei 67.1
Cambodia 10.3
Indonesia 41.7
Laos 11.8
Malaysia 33.9
Myanmar 11.0
Philippines 47.6
Singapore N/A
Thailand 30.8
Timor-Leste 17.7
Vietnam N/A
EAST ASIA 44.1
China 35.2
China, Hong Kong SAR N/A
China, Macao SAR 37.9
Japan 124.5
Korea, North N/A
Korea, South 89.2
Mongolia 42.2
Taiwan N/A
EUROPE 92.3
NORTHERN EUROPE 133.7
Channel Islands N/A
Denmark 106.4
Estonia 68.7
Finland 521.6
Iceland 159.5
Ireland 143.4
Latvia 44.2
Lithuania 94.7
Norway 188.9
Sweden 217.0
United Kingdom 91.5
WESTERN EUROPE 120.1
Austria 109.3
Belgium 208.9
France 93.8
Germany 123.0
Liechtenstein N/A
Luxembourg N/A
Monaco N/A
Netherlands 116.6
Switzerland 187.6
EASTERN EUROPE 66.2
Belarus 105.2
Bulgaria 46.6
Czechia 93.6
Hungary 55.1
Moldova 61.2
Poland 63.4
Romania 80.7
Russia 62.4
Slovakia 60.4
Ukraine N/A
SOUTHERN EUROPE 69.4
Albania 58.3
Andorra N/A
Bosnia-Herzegovina 64.0
Croatia 76.8
Greece 40.9
Italy 77.1
Kosovo N/A
Malta 85.1
Montenegro 59.9
North Macedonia 48.3
Portugal 77.9
San Marino N/A
Serbia 59.3
Slovenia 105.9
Spain 65.4
OCEANIA 99.9
Australia 137.1
Federated States of Micronesia 22.0
Fiji 38.4
French Polynesia N/A
Guam 115.6
Kiribati 36.2
Marshall Islands 42.4
Nauru 70.6
New Caledonia N/A
New Zealand 117.4
Palau 65.0
Papua New Guinea 5.1
Samoa 30.2
Solomon Islands 21.4
Tonga 41.8
Tuvalu 36.9
Vanuatu 14.0
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Geography Nursing and Midwifery Personnel per 10,000 Population, 2018/2022
WORLD 37.7
AFRICA 11.8
NORTHERN AFRICA 13.5
Algeria 3.2
Egypt 18.3
Libya N/A
Morocco N/A
Sudan 11.4
Tunisia 21.2
Western Sahara N/A
WESTERN AFRICA 14.0
Benin 6.0
Burkina Faso 10.3
Cabo Verde 15.9
Cote d'Ivoire 8.0
Gambia 6.8
Ghana 37.9
Guinea 3.7
Guinea-Bissau 9.9
Liberia 7.9
Mali 3.5
Mauritania 16.6
Niger 2.0
Nigeria 16.8
Senegal 4.4
Sierra Leone 11.2
Togo 5.1
EASTERN AFRICA 9.4
Burundi 7.6
Comoros 15.7
Djibouti N/A
Eritrea 13.8
Ethiopia 7.5
Kenya 6.4
Madagascar 2.9
Malawi 5.0
Mauritius 30.0
Mayotte N/A
Mozambique 5.1
Reunion N/A
Rwanda 9.3
Seychelles 72.7
Somalia N/A
South Sudan 7.1
Tanzania 5.5
Uganda 22.7
Zambia 21.5
Zimbabwe 21.4
MIDDLE AFRICA 10.2
Angola 12.7
Cameroon 6.5
Central African Republic 1.9
Chad 2.1
Congo 10.9
Congo, Dem Rep 11.9
Equatorial Guinea 8.4
Gabon 21.8
Sao Tome and Principe 21.5
SOUTHERN AFRICA 13.1
Botswana 30.5
eSwatini 31.8
Lesotho 31.2
Namibia 33.6
South Africa 10.4
NORTHERN AMERICA 117.1
Canada 103.1
United States 118.8
LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN 37.9
CENTRAL AMERICA 28.7
Belize 23.5
Costa Rica 60.3
El Salvador 21.6
Guatemala 23.1
Honduras 7.1
Mexico 29.9
Nicaragua N/A
Panama 37.5
CARIBBEAN 31.9
Antigua and Barbuda 95.8
Bahamas 43.8
Barbados 31.4
Cuba 75.7
Curacao N/A
Dominica 65.1
Dominican Republic 20.8
Grenada 57.5
Guadeloupe N/A
Haiti 4.0
Jamaica 9.8
Martinique N/A
Puerto Rico N/A
St. Kitts and Nevis N/A
St. Lucia N/A
St. Vincent and the Grenadines 73.4
Trinidad and Tobago 37.3
SOUTH AMERICA 42.3
Argentina 43.5
Bolivia 16.1
Brazil 55.1
Chile 49.7
Colombia 14.5
Ecuador 25.2
French Guiana N/A
Guyana 34.8
Paraguay 93.8
Peru 26.6
Suriname 29.5
Uruguay 73.2
Venezuela 20.0
ASIA 30.0
WESTERN ASIA 35.8
Armenia 48.3
Azerbaijan 57.2
Bahrain N/A
Cyprus 46.3
Georgia 59.8
Iraq 26.2
Israel 58.6
Jordan 31.6
Kuwait 45.9
Lebanon 19.3
Oman 48.2
Palestinian Territory 19.5
Qatar 72.4
Saudi Arabia 55.1
Syria N/A
Turkey 34.3
United Arab Emirates 63.9
Yemen 7.3
CENTRAL ASIA 57.2
Kazakhstan 69.4
Kyrgyzstan 44.2
Tajikistan 53.7
Turkmenistan 39.2
Uzbekistan 57.6
SOUTH ASIA 15.0
Afghanistan 4.5
Bangladesh 6.1
Bhutan 20.5
India 17.3
Iran 19.8
Maldives 49.0
Nepal 34.9
Pakistan 4.7
Sri Lanka 24.4
SOUTHEAST ASIA 36.9
Brunei 67.1
Cambodia 10.3
Indonesia 41.7
Laos 11.8
Malaysia 33.9
Myanmar 11.0
Philippines 47.6
Singapore N/A
Thailand 30.8
Timor-Leste 17.7
Vietnam N/A
EAST ASIA 44.1
China 35.2
China, Hong Kong SAR N/A
China, Macao SAR 37.9
Japan 124.5
Korea, North N/A
Korea, South 89.2
Mongolia 42.2
Taiwan N/A
EUROPE 92.3
NORTHERN EUROPE 133.7
Channel Islands N/A
Denmark 106.4
Estonia 68.7
Finland 521.6
Iceland 159.5
Ireland 143.4
Latvia 44.2
Lithuania 94.7
Norway 188.9
Sweden 217.0
United Kingdom 91.5
WESTERN EUROPE 120.1
Austria 109.3
Belgium 208.9
France 93.8
Germany 123.0
Liechtenstein N/A
Luxembourg N/A
Monaco N/A
Netherlands 116.6
Switzerland 187.6
EASTERN EUROPE 66.2
Belarus 105.2
Bulgaria 46.6
Czechia 93.6
Hungary 55.1
Moldova 61.2
Poland 63.4
Romania 80.7
Russia 62.4
Slovakia 60.4
Ukraine N/A
SOUTHERN EUROPE 69.4
Albania 58.3
Andorra N/A
Bosnia-Herzegovina 64.0
Croatia 76.8
Greece 40.9
Italy 77.1
Kosovo N/A
Malta 85.1
Montenegro 59.9
North Macedonia 48.3
Portugal 77.9
San Marino N/A
Serbia 59.3
Slovenia 105.9
Spain 65.4
OCEANIA 99.9
Australia 137.1
Federated States of Micronesia 22.0
Fiji 38.4
French Polynesia N/A
Guam 115.6
Kiribati 36.2
Marshall Islands 42.4
Nauru 70.6
New Caledonia N/A
New Zealand 117.4
Palau 65.0
Papua New Guinea 5.1
Samoa 30.2
Solomon Islands 21.4
Tonga 41.8
Tuvalu 36.9
Vanuatu 14.0

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