Nurses and midwives, total in NATO in 2023 — 8,610,444 people. Since 1998, the indicator has risen by 78.5%.
1998–2023 · people
| Year | people | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 8.61M | −653,417 | −7.05% |
| 2022 | 9.26M | −435,862 | −4.49% |
| 2021 | 9.7M | +241,588 | +2.55% |
| 2020 | 9.46M | +26,680 | +0.28% |
| 2019 | 9.43M | +626,955 | +7.12% |
| 2018 | 8.8M | +193,095 | +2.24% |
| 2017 | 8.61M | +139,731 | +1.65% |
| 2016 | 8.47M | +215,006 | +2.6% |
| 2015 | 8.26M | +130,801 | +1.61% |
| 2014 | 8.13M | +290,689 | +3.71% |
| 2013 | 7.84M | −35,479 | −0.45% |
| 2012 | 7.87M | +184,335 | +2.4% |
| 2011 | 7.69M | +111,368 | +1.47% |
| 2010 | 7.57M | +119,385 | +1.6% |
| 2009 | 7.46M | −16,014 | −0.21% |
| 2008 | 7.47M | +154,665 | +2.11% |
| 2007 | 7.32M | +111,278 | +1.54% |
| 2006 | 7.21M | +127,440 | +1.8% |
| 2005 | 7.08M | +141,674 | +2.04% |
| 2004 | 6.94M | +285,104 | +4.29% |
| 2003 | 6.65M | +11,907 | +0.18% |
| 2002 | 6.64M | +321,701 | +5.09% |
| 2001 | 6.32M | +48,117 | +0.77% |
| 2000 | 6.27M | +1.62M | +34.88% |
| 1999 | 4.65M | −176,093 | −3.65% |
| 1998 | 4.82M | — | — |
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.