Nurses and midwives, total — all countries

Nurses and midwives, total — Mali

Nurses and midwives, total in Mali in 2024 — 8,436 people. Ranked 50 in the world out of 75. Since 2004, the indicator has risen by 1.2%.

2024 8,436 people +32.45% vs 2023
World rank 50of 75
Period maximum 9,589 people2022
Period minimum 2,366 people2007

Trend over time

2004–2024 · people

Nurses and midwives, total — Mali, 2004–202402,5005,0007,50010,000200420062008201020122014201620182020202220242004: 8,338 people2007: 2,366 people2009: 6,470 people2010: 6,715 people2011: 5,705 people2012: 6,027 people2016: 7,422 people2018: 8,409 people2022: 9,589 people2023: 6,369 people2024: 8,436 people
Change over the period: +98 (+1.18%) Average annual rate: 0.06 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Mali 8,436 people
Sub-Saharan Africa computed 1.35M people
Western Africa computed 501,528 people
Nurses and midwives, total — Mali, by year Mali All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2024 8,436 +2,067 +32.45%
2023 6,369 −3,220 −33.58%
2022 9,589
2018 8,409
2016 7,422
2012 6,027 +322 +5.64%
2011 5,705 −1,010 −15.04%
2010 6,715 +245 +3.79%
2009 6,470
2007 2,366
2004 8,338

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.