Nurses and midwives, total in South Sudan in 2024 — 8,435 people. Ranked 51 in the world out of 75. Since 2018, the indicator has risen by 126.4%.
2018–2024 · people
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: South Sudan
| Year | people | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 8,435 | — | — |
| 2022 | 7,618 | — | — |
| 2020 | 7,550 | +1,456 | +23.89% |
| 2019 | 6,094 | +2,368 | +63.55% |
| 2018 | 3,726 | — | — |
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.
