Nurses & Midwives (per 1,000) by Country
As of 2022, Switzerland leads globally in nurses & midwives (per 1,000) at 18.8, followed by Norway, Iceland, Ireland. At the lower end, Chad, Djibouti, Myanmar rank among the lowest. The global median is 3.9 (Guyana). This indicator falls under the "Health" category and is sourced from the World Bank World Development Indicators. Data is available for 176 countries.
All Countries Ranked
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| # | Country | Nurses & Midwives (per 1,000) | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Switzerland | 18.8 | 2022 |
| 2 |  Norway | 16.5 | 2023 |
| 3 |  Iceland | 15.9 | 2023 |
| 4 |  Ireland | 14.8 | 2023 |
| 5 |  Finland | 14 | 2021 |
| 6 |  Luxembourg | 13.7 | 2023 |
| 7 |  Australia | 13.4 | 2022 |
| 8 |  United States | 13.4 | 2022 |
| 9 |  Japan | 13 | 2022 |
| 10 |  Belgium | 12.9 | 2021 |
| 11 |  New Zealand | 12.3 | 2023 |
| 12 |  Germany | 12.3 | 2022 |
| 13 |  Denmark | 12.2 | 2021 |
| 14 |  Sweden | 11.7 | 2021 |
| 15 |  Netherlands | 11.7 | 2022 |
| 16 |  Austria | 11.3 | 2022 |
| 17 |  Canada | 11.3 | 2023 |
| 18 |  Uzbekistan | 11.1 | 2020 |
| 19 |  Belarus | 10.8 | 2023 |
| 20 |  Slovenia | 10.6 | 2022 |
| 21 |  Antigua and Barbuda | 9.7 | 2019 |
| 22 |  United Kingdom | 9.5 | 2023 |
| 23 |  Czechia | 9.5 | 2022 |
| 24 |  San Marino | 9.4 | 2023 |
| 25 |  France | 9.4 | 2021 |
| 26 |  Paraguay | 9.4 | 2022 |
| 27 |  South Korea | 9.1 | 2022 |
| 28 |  Qatar | 8.5 | 2023 |
| 29 |  Romania | 8.3 | 2022 |
| 30 |  Malta | 8.2 | 2023 |
| 31 |  Portugal | 8 | 2023 |
| 32 |  Croatia | 8 | 2022 |
| 33 |  Lithuania | 7.8 | 2022 |
| 34 |  Cuba | 7.6 | 2020 |
| 35 |  Uruguay | 7.4 | 2022 |
| 36 |  Seychelles | 7.3 | 2023 |
| 37 |  Russia | 7 | 2022 |
| 38 |  Italy | 6.8 | 2022 |
| 39 |  Bosnia and Herzegovina | 6.7 | 2022 |
| 40 |  Serbia | 6.7 | 2022 |
| 41 |  Estonia | 6.7 | 2023 |
| 42 |  Brunei | 6.6 | 2021 |
| 43 |  Palau | 6.6 | 2023 |
| 44 |  St. Kitts and Nevis | 6.6 | 2023 |
| 45 |  Singapore | 6.6 | 2022 |
| 46 |  Saudi Arabia | 6.6 | 2023 |
| 47 |  Kazakhstan | 6.5 | 2023 |
| 48 |  Tajikistan | 6.5 | 2023 |
| 49 |  Spain | 6.4 | 2022 |
| 50 |  South Africa | 6.4 | 2022 |
| 51 |  Poland | 6.3 | 2022 |
| 52 |  Moldova | 6.3 | 2023 |
| 53 |  United Arab Emirates | 6.2 | 2022 |
| 54 |  Montenegro | 6.1 | 2023 |
| 55 |  Ukraine | 6.1 | 2023 |
| 56 |  Slovakia | 6 | 2022 |
| 57 |  Georgia | 6 | 2023 |
| 58 |  Israel | 5.9 | 2023 |
| 59 |  Albania | 5.8 | 2020 |
| 60 |  Hungary | 5.7 | 2022 |
| 61 |  Azerbaijan | 5.6 | 2022 |
| 62 |  North Macedonia | 5.5 | 2022 |
| 63 |  Brazil | 5.5 | 2023 |
| 64 |  Chile | 5.5 | 2023 |
| 65 |  Namibia | 5.4 | 2022 |
| 66 |  St. Lucia | 5.3 | 2023 |
| 67 |  Maldives | 5 | 2020 |
| 68 |  Philippines | 4.8 | 2021 |
| 69 |  Argentina | 4.7 | 2023 |
| 70 |  Armenia | 4.7 | 2022 |
| 71 |  St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 4.7 | 2023 |
| 72 |  Andorra | 4.7 | 2023 |
| 73 |  Oman | 4.7 | 2022 |
| 74 |  Grenada | 4.6 | 2023 |
| 75 |  Kuwait | 4.5 | 2020 |
| 76 |  Latvia | 4.4 | 2022 |
| 77 |  Eswatini | 4.3 | 2023 |
| 78 |  Bahamas | 4.2 | 2023 |
| 79 |  Bulgaria | 4.2 | 2023 |
| 80 |  Tonga | 4.2 | 2021 |
| 81 |  Greece | 4.1 | 2022 |
| 82 |  Ghana | 4.1 | 2023 |
| 83 |  Trinidad and Tobago | 4.1 | 2023 |
| 84 |  Nepal | 4.1 | 2023 |
| 85 |  Kyrgyzstan | 4.1 | 2023 |
| 86 |  Malaysia | 4.1 | 2023 |
| 87 |  Mauritius | 4 | 2022 |
| 88 |  Tuvalu | 3.9 | 2020 |
| 89 |  Guyana | 3.9 | 2023 |
| 90 |  Cyprus | 3.9 | 2022 |
| 91 |  Fiji | 3.9 | 2019 |
| 92 |  Barbados | 3.7 | 2023 |
| 93 |  China | 3.7 | 2022 |
| 94 |  Thailand | 3.6 | 2023 |
| 95 |  Turkmenistan | 3.5 | 2023 |
| 96 |  Türkiye | 3.5 | 2022 |
| 97 |  Panama | 3.3 | 2022 |
| 98 |  Jordan | 3.3 | 2023 |
| 99 |  Indonesia | 3.2 | 2023 |
| 100 |  Costa Rica | 3.1 | 2022 |
| 101 |  Zimbabwe | 3.1 | 2022 |
| 102 |  Samoa | 3.1 | 2020 |
| 103 |  Mexico | 3 | 2022 |
| 104 |  Botswana | 3 | 2023 |
| 105 |  Zambia | 2.9 | 2022 |
| 106 |  Iran | 2.9 | 2023 |
| 107 |  Peru | 2.7 | 2023 |
| 108 |  Iraq | 2.6 | 2022 |
| 109 |  Bahrain | 2.6 | 2020 |
| 110 |  Algeria | 2.5 | 2022 |
| 111 |  Gabon | 2.4 | 2022 |
| 112 |  Guatemala | 2.3 | 2023 |
| 113 |  Kenya | 2.3 | 2023 |
| 114 |  Uganda | 2.3 | 2022 |
| 115 |  Sri Lanka | 2.3 | 2023 |
| 116 |  Micronesia | 2.2 | 2019 |
| 117 |  El Salvador | 2.2 | 2022 |
| 118 |  Sao Tome and Principe | 2.2 | 2022 |
| 119 |  Tunisia | 2.2 | 2021 |
| 120 |  Belize | 2.1 | 2023 |
| 121 |  Dominican Republic | 2.1 | 2023 |
| 122 |  Bhutan | 2.1 | 2022 |
| 123 |  Solomon Islands | 2 | 2023 |
| 124 |  Angola | 1.9 | 2022 |
| 125 |  Cabo Verde | 1.8 | 2023 |
| 126 |  Syria | 1.8 | 2021 |
| 127 |  Lesotho | 1.8 | 2022 |
| 128 |  Timor-Leste | 1.7 | 2020 |
| 129 |  Suriname | 1.7 | 2023 |
| 130 |  India | 1.7 | 2020 |
| 131 |  Nigeria | 1.6 | 2022 |
| 132 |  Comoros | 1.6 | 2022 |
| 133 |  Bolivia | 1.6 | 2021 |
| 134 |  Jamaica | 1.6 | 2023 |
| 135 |  Mauritania | 1.6 | 2022 |
| 136 |  Eritrea | 1.5 | 2022 |
| 137 |  Colombia | 1.5 | 2023 |
| 138 |  Vanuatu | 1.5 | 2019 |
| 139 |  Equatorial Guinea | 1.4 | 2022 |
| 140 |  Ethiopia | 1.2 | 2022 |
| 141 |  DR Congo | 1.2 | 2022 |
| 142 |  Sierra Leone | 1.2 | 2022 |
| 143 |  Republic of the Congo | 1.1 | 2022 |
| 144 |  Rwanda | 1.1 | 2022 |
| 145 |  Central African Republic | 1.1 | 2023 |
| 146 |  Laos | 1 | 2023 |
| 147 |  Cambodia | 1 | 2019 |
| 148 |  Liberia | 1 | 2022 |
| 149 |  Guinea-Bissau | 1 | 2022 |
| 150 |  Burkina Faso | 0.9 | 2023 |
| 151 |  Mozambique | 0.9 | 2022 |
| 152 |  Morocco | 0.9 | 2023 |
| 153 |  Burundi | 0.8 | 2023 |
| 154 |  Côte d'Ivoire | 0.8 | 2023 |
| 155 |  Honduras | 0.7 | 2023 |
| 156 |  Haiti | 0.7 | 2022 |
| 157 |  Tanzania | 0.7 | 2023 |
| 158 |  South Sudan | 0.7 | 2022 |
| 159 |  Bangladesh | 0.7 | 2023 |
| 160 |  Cameroon | 0.7 | 2022 |
| 161 |  The Gambia | 0.7 | 2023 |
| 162 |  Benin | 0.6 | 2023 |
| 163 |  Afghanistan | 0.5 | 2023 |
| 164 |  Yemen | 0.5 | 2023 |
| 165 |  Pakistan | 0.5 | 2021 |
| 166 |  Papua New Guinea | 0.5 | 2021 |
| 167 |  Malawi | 0.5 | 2022 |
| 168 |  Togo | 0.5 | 2022 |
| 169 |  Senegal | 0.4 | 2023 |
| 170 |  Niger | 0.4 | 2023 |
| 171 |  Guinea | 0.4 | 2022 |
| 172 |  Madagascar | 0.3 | 2022 |
| 173 |  Mali | 0.3 | 2023 |
| 174 |  Myanmar | 0.2 | 2022 |
| 175 |  Djibouti | 0.2 | 2022 |
| 176 |  Chad | 0.2 | 2023 |
Frequently Asked Questions
Which country has the highest nurses & midwives (per 1,000) in 2022?
Switzerland ranks #1 with nurses & midwives (per 1,000) of 18.8 as of 2022, based on data from the World Bank World Development Indicators.
Which country has the lowest nurses & midwives (per 1,000)?
Chad ranks last (#176) with 0.2 as of 2022.
What is the global median for nurses & midwives (per 1,000)?
The median value is 3.9 (Guyana, ranked #89 out of 176 countries).
How many countries report data for nurses & midwives (per 1,000)?
176 countries have available data for nurses & midwives (per 1,000). Data is sourced from the World Bank World Development Indicators and updated regularly.
What category does nurses & midwives (per 1,000) belong to?
Nurses & Midwives (per 1,000) is classified under the "Health" category. Statistics of the World tracks 337 indicators across 27 categories.