Nurses and midwives, total in Middle East & North Africa in 2019 — 797,254 people. Since 2004, the indicator has risen by 75.6%.
2004–2019 · people
| Year | people | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 797,254 | −191,719 | −19.39% |
| 2018 | 988,973 | −146,082 | −12.87% |
| 2017 | 1.14M | +362,120 | +46.85% |
| 2016 | 772,935 | −45,353 | −5.54% |
| 2015 | 818,288 | −56,204 | −6.43% |
| 2014 | 874,492 | +309,077 | +54.66% |
| 2013 | 565,415 | — | — |
| 2010 | 350,965 | −26,847 | −7.11% |
| 2009 | 377,812 | — | — |
| 2004 | 453,913 | — | — |
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.