Nurses and midwives, total in South America in 2021 — 1,846,511 people. Since 2013, the indicator has fallen by 4.5%.
2013–2021 · people
| Year | people | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1.85M | — | — |
| 2019 | 1.48M | −1.28M | −46.44% |
| 2018 | 2.76M | +152,866 | +5.86% |
| 2017 | 2.61M | +184,776 | +7.62% |
| 2016 | 2.42M | +95,030 | +4.08% |
| 2015 | 2.33M | +112,783 | +5.09% |
| 2014 | 2.22M | +281,712 | +14.57% |
| 2013 | 1.93M | — | — |
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.