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Nurses and midwives, total — all countries

Nurses and midwives, total — Albania

Nurses and midwives, total in Albania in 2020 — 16,717 people. Ranked 85 in the world out of 134. Since 1990, the indicator has risen by 13.1%.

2020 16,717 people +14.05% vs 2019
World rank 85of 134
Period maximum 16,717 people2020
Period minimum 10,534 people2016

Trend over time

1990–2020 · people

Nurses and midwives, total — Albania, 1990–202010,00012,00014,00016,00018,000199019931996199920022005200820112014201720201990: 14,785 people1993: 15,812 people1994: 16,209 people1995: 14,318 people1996: 14,284 people1997: 14,284 people1998: 12,730 people1999: 12,730 people2000: 12,570 people2001: 11,993 people2002: 11,470 people2003: 11,238 people2004: 11,136 people2005: 11,136 people2006: 12,746 people2007: 12,746 people2009: 12,455 people2010: 11,846 people2011: 12,230 people2012: 12,878 people2013: 12,455 people2016: 10,534 people2019: 14,658 people2020: 16,717 people
Change over the period: +1,932 (+13.07%) Average annual rate: 0.41 %

Comparison, 2020

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Albania

Albania 16,717 people
Europe & Central Asia computed 7.27M people
Southern Europe computed 958,370 people
Upper-middle-income countries computed 8.32M people
Nurses and midwives, total — Albania, by year Albania All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2020 16,717 +2,059 +14.05%
2019 14,658 — —
2016 10,534 — —
2013 12,455 −423 −3.28%
2012 12,878 +648 +5.3%
2011 12,230 +384 +3.24%
2010 11,846 −609 −4.89%
2009 12,455 — —
2007 12,746 +0 +0%
2006 12,746 +1,610 +14.46%
2005 11,136 +0 +0%
2004 11,136 −102 −0.91%
2003 11,238 −232 −2.02%
2002 11,470 −523 −4.36%
2001 11,993 −577 −4.59%
2000 12,570 −160 −1.26%
1999 12,730 +0 +0%
1998 12,730 −1,554 −10.88%
1997 14,284 +0 +0%
1996 14,284 −34 −0.24%
1995 14,318 −1,891 −11.67%
1994 16,209 +397 +2.51%
1993 15,812 — —
1990 14,785 — —

Southern Europe, 2020

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

IT Italy 390,303 ES Spain 296,499 PT Portugal 77,774 RS Serbia 43,651 GR Greece 42,014 HR Croatia 29,648 SI Slovenia 22,310 BA Bosnia and Herzegovina 21,120 AL Albania 16,717 MK North Macedonia 10,200 MT Malta 4,385 ME Montenegro 3,374 AD Andorra 375
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About the indicator

The number of nursing and midwifery personnel, from WHO. This category is almost always the largest in a health system — worldwide there are on average about three times as many nurses as physicians, and in countries with developed primary care the gap is wider still.

Important: The ratio of nurses to physicians speaks of the structure of a system: a low value usually means that physicians are doing the work of nursing care, and that is a sign of a staffing shortage rather than of an abundance of doctors.

Source: Global Health Observatory (WHO), license CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO.

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