Nurses and midwives, total in Western Europe in 2023 — 1,530,456 people. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 21.2%.
2000–2023 · people
| Year | people | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1.53M | −129,125 | −7.78% |
| 2022 | 1.66M | −608,120 | −26.82% |
| 2021 | 2.27M | +6,574 | +0.29% |
| 2020 | 2.26M | +51,269 | +2.32% |
| 2019 | 2.21M | +68,754 | +3.21% |
| 2018 | 2.14M | +52,915 | +2.53% |
| 2017 | 2.09M | +37,094 | +1.81% |
| 2016 | 2.05M | +43,034 | +2.14% |
| 2015 | 2.01M | +35,374 | +1.79% |
| 2014 | 1.97M | +216,756 | +12.34% |
| 2013 | 1.76M | +25,575 | +1.48% |
| 2012 | 1.73M | +36,562 | +2.16% |
| 2011 | 1.69M | +32,744 | +1.97% |
| 2010 | 1.66M | +29,329 | +1.8% |
| 2009 | 1.63M | −97,623 | −5.65% |
| 2008 | 1.73M | +40,339 | +2.39% |
| 2007 | 1.69M | +25,753 | +1.55% |
| 2006 | 1.66M | +31,086 | +1.9% |
| 2005 | 1.63M | +35,588 | +2.23% |
| 2004 | 1.6M | +121,462 | +8.23% |
| 2003 | 1.48M | +37,615 | +2.62% |
| 2002 | 1.44M | +153,885 | +11.99% |
| 2001 | 1.28M | +20,671 | +1.64% |
| 2000 | 1.26M | — | — |
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.