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Nurses and midwives, total — all countries

Nurses and midwives, total — Kuwait

Nurses and midwives, total in Kuwait in 2022 — 30,795 people. Ranked 68 in the world out of 141. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 233.1%.

2022 30,795 people −5.19% vs 2021
World rank 68of 141
Period maximum 34,079 people2020
Period minimum 9,245 people2000

Trend over time

2000–2022 · people

Nurses and midwives, total — Kuwait, 2000–2022010,00020,00030,00040,000200020032006200920122015201820212000: 9,245 people2001: 9,501 people2002: 10,036 people2003: 10,201 people2004: 10,870 people2005: 10,740 people2006: 11,717 people2007: 13,162 people2008: 15,788 people2009: 17,307 people2010: 19,535 people2011: 20,596 people2012: 21,502 people2013: 21,883 people2014: 23,710 people2015: 27,430 people2016: 28,054 people2017: 29,808 people2018: 30,676 people2019: 30,712 people2020: 34,079 people2021: 32,480 people2022: 30,795 people
Change over the period: +21,550 (+233.1%) Average annual rate: 5.62 %

Comparison, 2022

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

Kuwait 30,795 people
Western Asia computed 982,551 people
Nurses and midwives, total — Kuwait, by year Kuwait All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2022 30,795 −1,685 −5.19%
2021 32,480 −1,599 −4.69%
2020 34,079 +3,367 +10.96%
2019 30,712 +36 +0.12%
2018 30,676 +868 +2.91%
2017 29,808 +1,754 +6.25%
2016 28,054 +624 +2.27%
2015 27,430 +3,720 +15.69%
2014 23,710 +1,827 +8.35%
2013 21,883 +381 +1.77%
2012 21,502 +906 +4.4%
2011 20,596 +1,061 +5.43%
2010 19,535 +2,228 +12.87%
2009 17,307 +1,519 +9.62%
2008 15,788 +2,626 +19.95%
2007 13,162 +1,445 +12.33%
2006 11,717 +977 +9.1%
2005 10,740 −130 −1.2%
2004 10,870 +669 +6.56%
2003 10,201 +165 +1.64%
2002 10,036 +535 +5.63%
2001 9,501 +256 +2.77%
2000 9,245 — —

Western Asia, 2022

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

TR Türkiye 303,197 SA Saudi Arabia 200,558 IQ Iraq 116,712 AE United Arab Emirates 63,366 AZ Azerbaijan 57,425 IL Israel 54,020 JO Jordan 34,788 SY Syria 32,221 KW Kuwait 30,795 YE Yemen 26,275 GE Georgia 22,391 OM Oman 22,045 AM Armenia 13,675 CY Cyprus 5,083
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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.

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