Nurses and midwives, total — all countries

Nurses and midwives, total — Saint Lucia

Nurses and midwives, total in Saint Lucia in 2023 — 958 people. Ranked 113 in the world out of 124. Since 1999, the indicator has risen by 189.4%.

2023 958 people +67.78% vs 2017
World rank 113of 124
Period maximum 958 people2023
Period minimum 326 people2005

Trend over time

1999–2023 · people

Nurses and midwives, total — Saint Lucia, 1999–202302505007501,0001999200220052008201120142017202020231999: 331 people2001: 371 people2003: 495 people2004: 375 people2005: 326 people2017: 571 people2023: 958 people
Change over the period: +627 (+189.43%) Average annual rate: 4.53 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Saint Lucia 958 people
Upper-middle-income countries computed 10.15M people
Nurses and midwives, total — Saint Lucia, by year Saint Lucia All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2023 958
2017 571
2005 326 −49 −13.07%
2004 375 −120 −24.24%
2003 495
2001 371
1999 331

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.