Nurses and midwives, total — all countries

Nurses and midwives, total — El Salvador

Nurses and midwives, total in El Salvador in 2022 — 13,686 people. Ranked 90 in the world out of 141. Since 2007, the indicator has risen by 63.9%.

2022 13,686 people +11.17% vs 2021
World rank 90of 141
Period maximum 13,686 people2022
Period minimum 8,350 people2007

Trend over time

2007–2022 · people

Nurses and midwives, total — El Salvador, 2007–20228,00010,00012,00014,0002007200920112013201520172019202120222007: 8,350 people2013: 11,122 people2014: 11,074 people2015: 11,121 people2016: 11,466 people2017: 11,898 people2018: 11,778 people2021: 12,311 people2022: 13,686 people
Change over the period: +5,336 (+63.9%) Average annual rate: 3.35 %

Comparison, 2022

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

El Salvador 13,686 people
Central America computed 445,804 people
Nurses and midwives, total — El Salvador, by year El Salvador All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2022 13,686 +1,375 +11.17%
2021 12,311
2018 11,778 −120 −1.01%
2017 11,898 +432 +3.77%
2016 11,466 +345 +3.1%
2015 11,121 +47 +0.42%
2014 11,074 −48 −0.43%
2013 11,122
2007 8,350

Central America, 2022

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

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.