Nurses and midwives, total — all countries

Nurses and midwives, total — Fiji

Nurses and midwives, total in Fiji in 2023 — 1,968 people. Ranked 106 in the world out of 124. Since 1999, the indicator has risen by 24.9%.

2023 1,968 people −34% vs 2018
World rank 106of 124
Period maximum 2,982 people2018
Period minimum 1,576 people1999

Trend over time

1999–2023 · people

Nurses and midwives, total — Fiji, 1999–20231,5002,0002,5003,0001999200220052008201120142017202020231999: 1,576 people2003: 1,660 people2008: 1,784 people2009: 1,957 people2013: 2,513 people2015: 2,621 people2018: 2,982 people2023: 1,968 people
Change over the period: +392 (+24.87%) Average annual rate: 0.93 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Fiji 1,968 people
Melanesia computed 12,792 people
Upper-middle-income countries computed 10.15M people
Nurses and midwives, total — Fiji, by year Fiji All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2023 1,968
2018 2,982
2015 2,621
2013 2,513
2009 1,957 +173 +9.7%
2008 1,784
2003 1,660
1999 1,576

Melanesia, 2023

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.