Nurses and midwives, total in the Cook Islands in 2024 — 134 people. Ranked 73 in the world out of 75. Since 2001, the indicator has risen by 157.7%.
2001–2024 · people
| Year | people | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 134 | — | — |
| 2020 | 120 | −20 | −14.29% |
| 2019 | 140 | +22 | +18.64% |
| 2018 | 118 | +11 | +10.28% |
| 2017 | 107 | −16 | −13.01% |
| 2016 | 123 | +3 | +2.5% |
| 2015 | 120 | +4 | +3.45% |
| 2014 | 116 | +8 | +7.41% |
| 2013 | 108 | — | — |
| 2009 | 116 | — | — |
| 2004 | 80 | — | — |
| 2001 | 52 | — | — |
The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages
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.
