Nurses and midwives, total in Mercosur in 2023 — 1,482,940 people. Since 2013, the indicator has fallen by 14.9%.
2013–2023 · people
| Year | people | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1.48M | +1.09M | +272.9% |
| 2022 | 397,676 | −1.19M | −74.99% |
| 2021 | 1.59M | +1.25M | +373.43% |
| 2020 | 335,880 | −884,094 | −72.47% |
| 2019 | 1.22M | −1.21M | −49.75% |
| 2018 | 2.43M | +118,918 | +5.15% |
| 2017 | 2.31M | +112,086 | +5.1% |
| 2016 | 2.2M | +76,121 | +3.59% |
| 2015 | 2.12M | +104,798 | +5.2% |
| 2014 | 2.02M | +273,459 | +15.69% |
| 2013 | 1.74M | — | — |
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.