Nurses and midwives, total — all countries

Nurses and midwives, total — Angola

Nurses and midwives, total in Angola in 2024 — 52,651 people. Ranked 26 in the world out of 75. Since 1997, the indicator has risen by 286.4%.

2024 52,651 people −21.12% vs 2022
World rank 26of 75
Period maximum 66,751 people2022
Period minimum 13,627 people1997

Trend over time

1997–2024 · people

Nurses and midwives, total — Angola, 1997–2024020,00040,00060,00080,00019972000200320062009201220152018202120241997: 13,627 people2004: 18,485 people2009: 29,592 people2022: 66,751 people2024: 52,651 people
Change over the period: +39,024 (+286.37%) Average annual rate: 5.13 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Angola 52,651 people
Sub-Saharan Africa computed 1.35M people
Nurses and midwives, total — Angola, by year Angola All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2024 52,651
2022 66,751
2009 29,592
2004 18,485
1997 13,627

Middle Africa, 2024

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

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.