Nurses and midwives, total in the Euro area in 2023 — 2,524,514 people. Since 1998, the indicator has risen by 187.7%.
1998–2023 · people
| Year | people | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 2.52M | −130,337 | −4.91% |
| 2022 | 2.65M | −609,276 | −18.67% |
| 2021 | 3.26M | +28,226 | +0.87% |
| 2020 | 3.24M | +83,593 | +2.65% |
| 2019 | 3.15M | +106,091 | +3.48% |
| 2018 | 3.05M | +49,488 | +1.65% |
| 2017 | 3M | +77,977 | +2.67% |
| 2016 | 2.92M | +60,011 | +2.1% |
| 2015 | 2.86M | +50,078 | +1.78% |
| 2014 | 2.81M | +227,782 | +8.83% |
| 2013 | 2.58M | +14,683 | +0.57% |
| 2012 | 2.57M | +29,864 | +1.18% |
| 2011 | 2.54M | +33,336 | +1.33% |
| 2010 | 2.5M | +41,362 | +1.68% |
| 2009 | 2.46M | −91,703 | −3.59% |
| 2008 | 2.55M | +60,063 | +2.41% |
| 2007 | 2.49M | +56,306 | +2.31% |
| 2006 | 2.44M | +54,784 | +2.3% |
| 2005 | 2.38M | +38,710 | +1.65% |
| 2004 | 2.34M | +160,356 | +7.35% |
| 2003 | 2.18M | +27,014 | +1.25% |
| 2002 | 2.16M | +212,147 | +10.91% |
| 2001 | 1.94M | +503 | +0.03% |
| 2000 | 1.94M | +1.02M | +109.71% |
| 1999 | 926,741 | +49,174 | +5.6% |
| 1998 | 877,567 | — | — |
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.