Nurses and midwives, total in Southern Europe in 2023 — 956,480 people. Since 2002, the indicator has risen by 44%.
2002–2023 · people
| Year | people | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 956,480 | −30,220 | −3.06% |
| 2022 | 986,700 | +8,496 | +0.87% |
| 2021 | 978,204 | +19,834 | +2.07% |
| 2020 | 958,370 | +66,858 | +7.5% |
| 2019 | 891,512 | −2,714 | −0.3% |
| 2018 | 894,226 | +7,297 | +0.82% |
| 2017 | 886,929 | +18,378 | +2.12% |
| 2016 | 868,551 | +35,757 | +4.29% |
| 2015 | 832,794 | +16,785 | +2.06% |
| 2014 | 816,009 | +3,319 | +0.41% |
| 2013 | 812,690 | −6,107 | −0.75% |
| 2012 | 818,797 | −2,641 | −0.32% |
| 2011 | 821,438 | +8,751 | +1.08% |
| 2010 | 812,687 | +15,518 | +1.95% |
| 2009 | 797,169 | +26,721 | +3.47% |
| 2008 | 770,448 | +9,562 | +1.26% |
| 2007 | 760,886 | +25,850 | +3.52% |
| 2006 | 735,036 | +22,663 | +3.18% |
| 2005 | 712,373 | +4,680 | +0.66% |
| 2004 | 707,693 | +2,199 | +0.31% |
| 2003 | 705,494 | +41,045 | +6.18% |
| 2002 | 664,449 | — | — |
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.
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