Nurses and midwives, total in the European Union in 2023 — 3,150,771 people. Since 1995, the indicator has risen by 218.4%.
1995–2023 · people
| Year | people | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 3.15M | −248,307 | −7.31% |
| 2022 | 3.4M | −600,309 | −15.01% |
| 2021 | 4M | +42,036 | +1.06% |
| 2020 | 3.96M | +83,588 | +2.16% |
| 2019 | 3.87M | +139,033 | +3.72% |
| 2018 | 3.73M | +55,856 | +1.52% |
| 2017 | 3.68M | +79,221 | +2.2% |
| 2016 | 3.6M | +63,406 | +1.79% |
| 2015 | 3.54M | +55,726 | +1.6% |
| 2014 | 3.48M | +228,819 | +7.04% |
| 2013 | 3.25M | −77,408 | −2.33% |
| 2012 | 3.33M | +131,955 | +4.13% |
| 2011 | 3.2M | +35,743 | +1.13% |
| 2010 | 3.16M | +34,850 | +1.11% |
| 2009 | 3.13M | −81,607 | −2.54% |
| 2008 | 3.21M | +63,188 | +2.01% |
| 2007 | 3.14M | +58,398 | +1.89% |
| 2006 | 3.09M | +62,173 | +2.06% |
| 2005 | 3.02M | +50,503 | +1.7% |
| 2004 | 2.97M | +173,166 | +6.18% |
| 2003 | 2.8M | +19,824 | +0.71% |
| 2002 | 2.78M | +220,731 | +8.62% |
| 2001 | 2.56M | +4,940 | +0.19% |
| 2000 | 2.56M | +1.13M | +79.33% |
| 1999 | 1.42M | +31,680 | +2.27% |
| 1998 | 1.39M | +420,219 | +43.19% |
| 1997 | 972,998 | +7,647 | +0.79% |
| 1996 | 965,351 | −24,222 | −2.45% |
| 1995 | 989,573 | — | — |
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.