Nurses and midwives, total — all countries

Nurses and midwives, total — Central African Republic

Nurses and midwives, total in the Central African Republic in 2024 — 2,331 people. Ranked 65 in the world out of 75. Since 2004, the indicator has risen by 44.5%.

2024 2,331 people −58.77% vs 2023
World rank 65of 75
Period maximum 5,653 people2023
Period minimum 835 people2008

Trend over time

2004–2024 · people

Nurses and midwives, total — Central African Republic, 2004–202402,0004,0006,000200420062008201020122014201620182020202220242004: 1,613 people2008: 835 people2009: 1,097 people2018: 1,195 people2021: 1,042 people2022: 2,545 people2023: 5,653 people2024: 2,331 people
Change over the period: +718 (+44.51%) Average annual rate: 1.86 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Central African Republic

Central African Republic 2,331 people
Sub-Saharan Africa computed 1.35M people
Nurses and midwives, total — Central African Republic, by year Central African Republic All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2024 2,331 −3,322 −58.77%
2023 5,653 +3,108 +122.12%
2022 2,545 +1,503 +144.24%
2021 1,042
2018 1,195
2009 1,097 +262 +31.38%
2008 835
2004 1,613

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.