Nurses and midwives, total — all countries

Nurses and midwives, total — Dominica

Nurses and midwives, total in Dominica in 2018 — 461 people. Ranked 161 in the world out of 174. Since 1997, the indicator has risen by 45.4%.

2018 461 people +5.73% vs 2017
World rank 161of 174
Period maximum 481 people2014
Period minimum 317 people1997

Trend over time

1997–2018 · people

Nurses and midwives, total — Dominica, 1997–2018300350400450500199720002003200620092012201520181997: 317 people2001: 438 people2013: 469 people2014: 481 people2015: 477 people2016: 477 people2017: 436 people2018: 461 people
Change over the period: +144 (+45.43%) Average annual rate: 1.8 %

Comparison, 2018

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

Dominica 461 people
World computed 27.43M people
Upper-middle-income countries computed 9.53M people
Nurses and midwives, total — Dominica, by year Dominica All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2018 461 +25 +5.73%
2017 436 −41 −8.6%
2016 477 +0 +0%
2015 477 −4 −0.83%
2014 481 +12 +2.56%
2013 469
2001 438
1997 317

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.