Nurses and midwives, total in upper-middle-income countries in 2023 — 10,148,826 people. Since 2003, the indicator has risen by 222.1%.
2003–2023 · people
| Year | people | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 10.15M | +1.06M | +11.67% |
| 2022 | 9.09M | −769,684 | −7.81% |
| 2021 | 9.86M | +1.53M | +18.42% |
| 2020 | 8.32M | −416,823 | −4.77% |
| 2019 | 8.74M | −792,456 | −8.31% |
| 2018 | 9.53M | +910,641 | +10.56% |
| 2017 | 8.62M | +498,919 | +6.14% |
| 2016 | 8.12M | +481,026 | +6.29% |
| 2015 | 7.64M | +588,738 | +8.35% |
| 2014 | 7.05M | +616,284 | +9.57% |
| 2013 | 6.44M | +2.19M | +51.69% |
| 2012 | 4.24M | — | — |
| 2009 | 3.31M | — | — |
| 2007 | 2.99M | — | — |
| 2004 | 3.18M | +25,447 | +0.81% |
| 2003 | 3.15M | — | — |
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.