Nurses and midwives, total in Niue in 2024 — 15 people. Ranked 75 in the world out of 75. Since 1996, the indicator has risen by 15.4%.
1996–2024 · people
| Year | people | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 15 | +1 | +7.14% |
| 2023 | 14 | −3 | −17.65% |
| 2022 | 17 | +0 | +0% |
| 2021 | 17 | — | — |
| 2018 | 20 | — | — |
| 2008 | 16 | — | — |
| 2006 | 15 | — | — |
| 2004 | 22 | +5 | +29.41% |
| 2003 | 17 | — | — |
| 1996 | 13 | — | — |
The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages
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.
