Nurses and midwives, total — all countries

Nurses and midwives, total — Nauru

Nurses and midwives, total in Nauru in 2018 — 84 people. Ranked 172 in the world out of 174. Since 1995, the indicator has risen by 40%.

2018 84 people +20% vs 2015
World rank 172of 174
Period maximum 84 people2018
Period minimum 60 people1995

Trend over time

1995–2018 · people

Nurses and midwives, total — Nauru, 1995–2018607080901995199820012004200720102013201620181995: 60 people2004: 63 people2008: 69 people2011: 70 people2015: 70 people2018: 84 people
Change over the period: +24 (+40%) Average annual rate: 1.47 %

Comparison, 2018

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

Nauru 84 people
World computed 27.43M people
East Asia & Pacific computed 8.17M people
Micronesia (subregion) computed 1,082 people
High-income countries computed 12.85M people
Nurses and midwives, total — Nauru, by year Nauru All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2018 84
2015 70
2011 70
2008 69
2004 63
1995 60

Micronesia, 2018

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

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.