Nurses and midwives, total in the G7 in 2023 — 6,709,676 people. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 8.6%.
2000–2023 · people
| Year | people | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 6.71M | −1.93M | −22.37% |
| 2022 | 8.64M | +1.09M | +14.36% |
| 2021 | 7.56M | −1.33M | −14.96% |
| 2020 | 8.89M | +1.52M | +20.63% |
| 2019 | 7.37M | −957,148 | −11.5% |
| 2018 | 8.33M | +1.66M | +24.96% |
| 2017 | 6.66M | −1.36M | −16.95% |
| 2016 | 8.02M | +1.65M | +25.85% |
| 2015 | 6.37M | −1.32M | −17.18% |
| 2014 | 7.7M | +1.54M | +25.02% |
| 2013 | 6.16M | −1.32M | −17.68% |
| 2012 | 7.48M | +1.44M | +23.75% |
| 2011 | 6.04M | −1.24M | −17.01% |
| 2010 | 7.28M | +1.42M | +24.12% |
| 2009 | 5.87M | −1.17M | −16.68% |
| 2008 | 7.04M | +1.38M | +24.45% |
| 2007 | 5.66M | −1.12M | −16.54% |
| 2006 | 6.78M | +1.29M | +23.43% |
| 2005 | 5.49M | −1.04M | −15.92% |
| 2004 | 6.53M | +1.26M | +23.93% |
| 2003 | 5.27M | −1.1M | −17.26% |
| 2002 | 6.37M | +1.16M | +22.38% |
| 2001 | 5.21M | −974,798 | −15.77% |
| 2000 | 6.18M | — | — |
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.