Nurses and midwives, total — all countries

Nurses and midwives, total — Guinea

Nurses and midwives, total in Guinea in 2024 — 2,933 people. Ranked 64 in the world out of 75. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 22.9%.

2024 2,933 people −50.39% vs 2022
World rank 64of 75
Period maximum 7,195 people2018
Period minimum 2,933 people2024

Trend over time

2000–2024 · people

Nurses and midwives, total — Guinea, 2000–20242,0004,0006,0008,0002000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 3,805 people2004: 4,408 people2014: 6,289 people2015: 4,765 people2018: 7,195 people2022: 5,912 people2024: 2,933 people
Change over the period: −872 (−22.92%) Average annual rate: -1.08 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Guinea 2,933 people
Sub-Saharan Africa computed 1.35M people
Western Africa computed 501,528 people
Nurses and midwives, total — Guinea, by year Guinea All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2024 2,933
2022 5,912
2018 7,195
2015 4,765 −1,524 −24.23%
2014 6,289
2004 4,408
2000 3,805

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.