Nurses and midwives, total in Europe & Central Asia in 2023 — 5,439,774 people. Since 1999, the indicator has risen by 45.6%.
1999–2023 · people
| Year | people | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 5.44M | −1.11M | −16.93% |
| 2022 | 6.55M | −563,443 | −7.92% |
| 2021 | 7.11M | −156,860 | −2.16% |
| 2020 | 7.27M | +187,711 | +2.65% |
| 2019 | 7.08M | +138,340 | +1.99% |
| 2018 | 6.94M | +68,987 | +1% |
| 2017 | 6.87M | +57,667 | +0.85% |
| 2016 | 6.82M | +76,523 | +1.14% |
| 2015 | 6.74M | −209,034 | −3.01% |
| 2014 | 6.95M | +168,173 | +2.48% |
| 2013 | 6.78M | −61,350 | −0.9% |
| 2012 | 6.84M | +131,378 | +1.96% |
| 2011 | 6.71M | +50,018 | +0.75% |
| 2010 | 6.66M | +53,636 | +0.81% |
| 2009 | 6.61M | −2,833 | −0.04% |
| 2008 | 6.61M | +64,168 | +0.98% |
| 2007 | 6.55M | +62,714 | +0.97% |
| 2006 | 6.48M | +80,259 | +1.25% |
| 2005 | 6.4M | +69,156 | +1.09% |
| 2004 | 6.33M | +168,275 | +2.73% |
| 2003 | 6.16M | +72,046 | +1.18% |
| 2002 | 6.09M | +313,590 | +5.43% |
| 2001 | 5.78M | −7,978 | −0.14% |
| 2000 | 5.79M | +2.05M | +54.94% |
| 1999 | 3.74M | — | — |
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.