Nurses and midwives, total in South-Eastern Asia in 2023 — 1,363,659 people. Since 2004, the indicator has risen by 152.3%.
2004–2023 · people
| Year | people | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1.36M | — | — |
| 2021 | 2.04M | +57,256 | +2.89% |
| 2020 | 1.98M | −1,636 | −0.08% |
| 2019 | 1.98M | +208,377 | +11.73% |
| 2018 | 1.78M | +424,454 | +31.4% |
| 2017 | 1.35M | +1,215 | +0.09% |
| 2016 | 1.35M | +56,970 | +4.4% |
| 2015 | 1.29M | +89,320 | +7.42% |
| 2014 | 1.2M | +295,152 | +32.47% |
| 2013 | 908,995 | +26,317 | +2.98% |
| 2012 | 882,678 | +326,919 | +58.82% |
| 2011 | 555,759 | −130,691 | −19.04% |
| 2010 | 686,450 | −211,518 | −23.56% |
| 2009 | 897,968 | +85,493 | +10.52% |
| 2008 | 812,475 | +82,356 | +11.28% |
| 2007 | 730,119 | +38,226 | +5.52% |
| 2006 | 691,893 | +127,062 | +22.5% |
| 2005 | 564,831 | +24,356 | +4.51% |
| 2004 | 540,475 | — | — |
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.