Nurses and midwives per 1,000 people — all countries

Nurses and midwives per 1,000 people — Bhutan

Nurses and midwives per 1,000 people in Bhutan in 2022 — 2.05 per 1,000. Ranked 86 in the world out of 126. Since 2004, the indicator has risen by 159.1%.

2022 2.05 per 1,000 −7.4% vs 2021
World rank 86of 126
Period maximum 2.22 per 1,0002021
Period minimum 0.79 per 1,0002004

Trend over time

2004–2022 · per 1,000 people

Nurses and midwives per 1,000 people — Bhutan, 2004–20220.511.522.520042006200820102012201420162018202020222004: 0.79 per 1,0002007: 0.8 per 1,0002008: 0.97 per 1,0002012: 1.03 per 1,0002013: 1.1 per 1,0002014: 1.31 per 1,0002015: 1.45 per 1,0002016: 1.51 per 1,0002017: 1.62 per 1,0002018: 1.84 per 1,0002019: 1.83 per 1,0002020: 2.08 per 1,0002021: 2.22 per 1,0002022: 2.05 per 1,000
Change over the period: +1.26 (+159.09%) Average annual rate: 5.43 %

Comparison, 2022

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Bhutan

Bhutan 2.05 per 1,000
World 3.93 per 1,000
South Asia 1.66 per 1,000
Nurses and midwives per 1,000 people — Bhutan, by year Bhutan All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2022 2.05 −0.16 −7.4%
2021 2.22 +0.13 +6.44%
2020 2.08 +0.26 +14.08%
2019 1.83 −0.01 −0.76%
2018 1.84 +0.22 +13.8%
2017 1.62 +0.11 +7.02%
2016 1.51 +0.07 +4.5%
2015 1.45 +0.14 +10.73%
2014 1.31 +0.2 +18.42%
2013 1.1 +0.08 +7.41%
2012 1.03
2008 0.97 +0.17 +20.8%
2007 0.8
2004 0.79

Southern Asia, 2022

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

BT Bhutan 2.05 BD Bangladesh 0.62

About the indicator

The number of nursing and midwifery personnel per thousand people. WHO data through the World Bank database; coverage here is broader than in the direct WHO series — 245 territories. The indicator belongs to the set of health workforce indicators by which WHO assesses the ability of a system to secure universal coverage with services.

Important: Density says nothing about accessibility: personnel can be concentrated in large cities, and at the same average value provision in the countryside differs severalfold.

Source: Global Health Observatory (WHO), license CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO.