Nurses and midwives, total in East Asia & Pacific in 2018 — 8,165,008 people. Since 2008, the indicator has risen by 88.3%.
2008–2018 · people
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: East Asia & Pacific
| Year | people | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 8.17M | — | — |
| 2008 | 4.34M | — | — |
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.
How many nurses and midwives there are per 1,000 people.
Healthcare Physicians, totalHow many physicians work in a country — in absolute numbers, from 1971 onward.
Healthcare Physicians per 1,000 peopleThe number of physicians per 1,000 people.
Healthcare Hospital beds per 1,000 peopleThe number of hospital beds per 1,000 people — the capacity of inpatient care.