Nurses and midwives, total — all countries

Nurses and midwives, total — Mauritania

Nurses and midwives, total in Mauritania in 2022 — 7,844 people. Ranked 106 in the world out of 141. Since 2004, the indicator has risen by 314.4%.

2022 7,844 people +5.89% vs 2021
World rank 106of 141
Period maximum 7,844 people2022
Period minimum 1,893 people2004

Trend over time

2004–2022 · people

Nurses and midwives, total — Mauritania, 2004–202202,0004,0006,0008,00020042006200820102012201420162018202020222004: 1,893 people2009: 2,303 people2010: 2,803 people2014: 3,846 people2015: 4,137 people2017: 4,571 people2018: 4,737 people2019: 5,301 people2020: 5,317 people2021: 7,408 people2022: 7,844 people
Change over the period: +5,951 (+314.37%) Average annual rate: 8.22 %

Comparison, 2022

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

Mauritania 7,844 people
Sub-Saharan Africa computed 1.67M people
Western Africa computed 629,846 people
Nurses and midwives, total — Mauritania, by year Mauritania All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2022 7,844 +436 +5.89%
2021 7,408 +2,091 +39.33%
2020 5,317 +16 +0.3%
2019 5,301 +564 +11.91%
2018 4,737 +166 +3.63%
2017 4,571
2015 4,137 +291 +7.57%
2014 3,846
2010 2,803 +500 +21.71%
2009 2,303
2004 1,893

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.