Nurses and midwives, total — all countries

Nurses and midwives, total — Djibouti

Nurses and midwives, total in Djibouti in 2022 — 221 people. Ranked 139 in the world out of 141. Since 1999, the indicator has fallen by 55.2%.

2022 221 people −66.26% vs 2014
World rank 139of 141
Period maximum 655 people2014
Period minimum 221 people2022

Trend over time

1999–2022 · people

Nurses and midwives, total — Djibouti, 1999–202202004006008001999200220052008201120142017202020221999: 493 people2002: 550 people2004: 296 people2005: 450 people2014: 655 people2022: 221 people
Change over the period: −272 (−55.17%) Average annual rate: -3.43 %

Comparison, 2022

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

Djibouti 221 people
Sub-Saharan Africa computed 1.67M people
Eastern Africa computed 508,290 people
Nurses and midwives, total — Djibouti, by year Djibouti All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2022 221
2014 655
2005 450 +154 +52.03%
2004 296
2002 550
1999 493

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.