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Nurses and midwives, total — all countries

Nurses and midwives, total — Cuba

Nurses and midwives, total in Cuba in 2022 — 79,569 people. Ranked 44 in the world out of 141. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 4.3%.

2022 79,569 people −8.52% vs 2021
World rank 44of 141
Period maximum 107,761 people2008
Period minimum 79,569 people2022

Trend over time

2000–2022 · people

Nurses and midwives, total — Cuba, 2000–202270,00080,00090,000100,000110,000200020032006200920122015201820212000: 83,170 people2001: 84,232 people2002: 83,880 people2003: 80,354 people2004: 84,678 people2005: 89,462 people2006: 94,512 people2007: 97,800 people2008: 107,761 people2009: 106,436 people2010: 103,014 people2011: 96,424 people2012: 92,131 people2013: 91,364 people2014: 90,783 people2015: 89,999 people2016: 89,072 people2017: 87,637 people2018: 85,732 people2019: 84,220 people2020: 84,977 people2021: 86,983 people2022: 79,569 people
Change over the period: −3,601 (−4.33%) Average annual rate: -0.2 %

Comparison, 2022

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

Cuba 79,569 people
Upper-middle-income countries computed 9.09M people
Nurses and midwives, total — Cuba, by year Cuba All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2022 79,569 −7,414 −8.52%
2021 86,983 +2,006 +2.36%
2020 84,977 +757 +0.9%
2019 84,220 −1,512 −1.76%
2018 85,732 −1,905 −2.17%
2017 87,637 −1,435 −1.61%
2016 89,072 −927 −1.03%
2015 89,999 −784 −0.86%
2014 90,783 −581 −0.64%
2013 91,364 −767 −0.83%
2012 92,131 −4,293 −4.45%
2011 96,424 −6,590 −6.4%
2010 103,014 −3,422 −3.22%
2009 106,436 −1,325 −1.23%
2008 107,761 +9,961 +10.19%
2007 97,800 +3,288 +3.48%
2006 94,512 +5,050 +5.64%
2005 89,462 +4,784 +5.65%
2004 84,678 +4,324 +5.38%
2003 80,354 −3,526 −4.2%
2002 83,880 −352 −0.42%
2001 84,232 +1,062 +1.28%
2000 83,170 — —

Caribbean, 2022

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

CU Cuba 79,569 DO Dominican Republic 23,332 HT Haiti 8,421 JM Jamaica 4,754 BB Barbados 1,179 VC Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 826
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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.

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