Nurses and midwives, total in BRICS in 2023 — 12,126,522 people. Since 1998, the indicator has risen by 289.7%.
1998–2023 · people
| Year | people | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 12.13M | +778,030 | +6.86% |
| 2022 | 11.35M | −870,269 | −7.12% |
| 2021 | 12.22M | +1.58M | +14.85% |
| 2020 | 10.64M | +2.66M | +33.35% |
| 2019 | 7.98M | −3.2M | −28.6% |
| 2018 | 11.17M | +163,777 | +1.49% |
| 2017 | 11.01M | +695,981 | +6.75% |
| 2016 | 10.31M | +259,640 | +2.58% |
| 2015 | 10.06M | +798,281 | +8.62% |
| 2014 | 9.26M | +3.34M | +56.37% |
| 2013 | 5.92M | −366,500 | −5.83% |
| 2012 | 6.29M | +306,414 | +5.12% |
| 2011 | 5.98M | +571,402 | +10.56% |
| 2010 | 5.41M | +380,969 | +7.58% |
| 2009 | 5.03M | +233,579 | +4.87% |
| 2008 | 4.79M | +190,077 | +4.13% |
| 2007 | 4.6M | +73,182 | +1.62% |
| 2006 | 4.53M | +134,658 | +3.06% |
| 2005 | 4.4M | +822,511 | +23.02% |
| 2004 | 3.57M | −31,352 | −0.87% |
| 2003 | 3.6M | +250,498 | +7.47% |
| 2002 | 3.35M | +48,716 | +1.47% |
| 2001 | 3.31M | −134,425 | −3.91% |
| 2000 | 3.44M | +265,225 | +8.35% |
| 1999 | 3.17M | +63,251 | +2.03% |
| 1998 | 3.11M | — | — |
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.
How many nurses and midwives there are per 1,000 people.
Healthcare Physicians, totalHow many physicians work in a country — in absolute numbers, from 1971 onward.
Healthcare Physicians per 1,000 peopleThe number of physicians per 1,000 people.
Healthcare Hospital beds per 1,000 peopleThe number of hospital beds per 1,000 people — the capacity of inpatient care.