Nurses and midwives, total in Papua New Guinea in 2024 — 8,584 people. Ranked 47 in the world out of 75. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 202.1%.
2000–2024 · people
| Year | people | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 8,584 | −639 | −6.93% |
| 2023 | 9,223 | — | — |
| 2021 | 5,087 | — | — |
| 2019 | 3,975 | −698 | −14.94% |
| 2018 | 4,673 | — | — |
| 2010 | 3,643 | — | — |
| 2008 | 2,844 | — | — |
| 2000 | 2,841 | — | — |
The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages
Papua New Guinea
8,584
Solomon Islands
1,745
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.