Nurses and midwives, total in the G20 in 2023 — 20,586,014 people. Since 1998, the indicator has risen by 173%.
1998–2023 · people
| Year | people | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 20.59M | −1.37M | −6.23% |
| 2022 | 21.95M | +258,444 | +1.19% |
| 2021 | 21.7M | +308,878 | +1.44% |
| 2020 | 21.39M | +4.26M | +24.85% |
| 2019 | 17.13M | −3.9M | −18.55% |
| 2018 | 21.03M | +1.94M | +10.14% |
| 2017 | 19.1M | −829,615 | −4.16% |
| 2016 | 19.93M | +2.14M | +12.03% |
| 2015 | 17.79M | −488,104 | −2.67% |
| 2014 | 18.27M | +4.94M | +37.08% |
| 2013 | 13.33M | −1.71M | −11.39% |
| 2012 | 15.04M | +2.11M | +16.35% |
| 2011 | 12.93M | −768,005 | −5.61% |
| 2010 | 13.7M | +1.84M | +15.53% |
| 2009 | 11.86M | −894,954 | −7.02% |
| 2008 | 12.75M | +1.7M | +15.41% |
| 2007 | 11.05M | −686,276 | −5.85% |
| 2006 | 11.74M | +1.22M | +11.61% |
| 2005 | 10.52M | −207,677 | −1.94% |
| 2004 | 10.72M | +1.16M | +12.12% |
| 2003 | 9.56M | −852,983 | −8.19% |
| 2002 | 10.42M | +1.22M | +13.23% |
| 2001 | 9.2M | −1.11M | −10.76% |
| 2000 | 10.31M | — | — |
| 1998 | 7.54M | — | — |
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.