Nurses and midwives, total — all countries

Nurses and midwives, total — Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Nurses and midwives, total in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines in 2023 — 812 people. Ranked 117 in the world out of 124. Since 1997, the indicator has risen by 194.2%.

2023 812 people −1.69% vs 2022
World rank 117of 124
Period maximum 1,037 people2015
Period minimum 276 people1997

Trend over time

1997–2023 · people

Nurses and midwives, total — Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, 1997–202305001,0001,50019972000200320062009201220152018202120231997: 276 people2000: 447 people2001: 476 people2004: 504 people2013: 980 people2014: 984 people2015: 1,037 people2016: 921 people2017: 693 people2018: 773 people2020: 431 people2021: 817 people2022: 826 people2023: 812 people
Change over the period: +536 (+194.2%) Average annual rate: 4.24 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 812 people
Upper-middle-income countries computed 10.15M people
Nurses and midwives, total — Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, by year Saint Vincent and the Grenadines All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2023 812 −14 −1.69%
2022 826 +9 +1.1%
2021 817 +386 +89.56%
2020 431
2018 773 +80 +11.54%
2017 693 −228 −24.76%
2016 921 −116 −11.19%
2015 1,037 +53 +5.39%
2014 984 +4 +0.41%
2013 980
2004 504
2001 476 +29 +6.49%
2000 447
1997 276

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.