Nurses and midwives, total — all countries

Nurses and midwives, total — ASEAN

Nurses and midwives, total in ASEAN in 2023 — 1,361,559 people. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 228.4%.

2023 1.36M people −11.15% vs 2022
World rank
Period maximum 2.04M people2021
Period minimum 414,659 people2000

Trend over time

2000–2023 · people

Nurses and midwives, total — ASEAN, 2000–202301M2M3M2000200320062009201220152018202120232000: 414,659 people2002: 561,652 people2004: 538,680 people2005: 564,831 people2006: 691,893 people2007: 729,062 people2008: 811,372 people2009: 896,752 people2010: 685,195 people2011: 554,476 people2012: 882,678 people2013: 907,943 people2014: 1,202,500 people2015: 1,291,694 people2016: 1,350,437 people2017: 1,349,487 people2018: 1,773,991 people2019: 1,982,213 people2020: 1,980,542 people2021: 2,040,103 people2022: 1,532,365 people2023: 1,361,559 people
Change over the period: +946,900 (+228.36%) Average annual rate: 5.31 %
Nurses and midwives, total — ASEAN, by year ASEAN All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2023 1.36M −170,806 −11.15%
2022 1.53M −507,738 −24.89%
2021 2.04M +59,561 +3.01%
2020 1.98M −1,671 −0.08%
2019 1.98M +208,222 +11.74%
2018 1.77M +424,504 +31.46%
2017 1.35M −950 −0.07%
2016 1.35M +58,743 +4.55%
2015 1.29M +89,194 +7.42%
2014 1.2M +294,557 +32.44%
2013 907,943 +25,265 +2.86%
2012 882,678 +328,202 +59.19%
2011 554,476 −130,719 −19.08%
2010 685,195 −211,557 −23.59%
2009 896,752 +85,380 +10.52%
2008 811,372 +82,310 +11.29%
2007 729,062 +37,169 +5.37%
2006 691,893 +127,062 +22.5%
2005 564,831 +26,151 +4.85%
2004 538,680
2002 561,652
2000 414,659

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.