Nurses and midwives per 1,000 people — all countries

Nurses and midwives per 1,000 people — Costa Rica

Nurses and midwives per 1,000 people in Costa Rica in 2022 — 3.07 per 1,000. Ranked 73 in the world out of 126. Since 1990, the indicator has risen by 252.6%.

2022 3.07 per 1,000 −0.81% vs 2021
World rank 73of 126
Period maximum 3.12 per 1,0002017
Period minimum 0.87 per 1,0001991

Trend over time

1990–2022 · per 1,000 people

Nurses and midwives per 1,000 people — Costa Rica, 1990–2022012341990199419982002200620102014201820221990: 0.87 per 1,0001991: 0.87 per 1,0001992: 0.89 per 1,0001993: 0.9 per 1,0001994: 0.9 per 1,0001995: 0.91 per 1,0001996: 0.94 per 1,0001997: 0.97 per 1,0001998: 1.04 per 1,0001999: 1.08 per 1,0002000: 1.18 per 1,0002001: 1.27 per 1,0002002: 1.3 per 1,0002003: 1.38 per 1,0002004: 1.44 per 1,0002005: 1.46 per 1,0002006: 1.53 per 1,0002007: 1.59 per 1,0002008: 1.67 per 1,0002009: 1.77 per 1,0002010: 1.87 per 1,0002011: 1.93 per 1,0002012: 2.04 per 1,0002013: 2.18 per 1,0002014: 2.41 per 1,0002015: 2.42 per 1,0002016: 2.59 per 1,0002017: 3.12 per 1,0002018: 2.85 per 1,0002019: 2.91 per 1,0002020: 3.06 per 1,0002021: 3.1 per 1,0002022: 3.07 per 1,000
Change over the period: +2.2 (+252.58%) Average annual rate: 4.02 %

Comparison, 2022

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

Costa Rica 3.07 per 1,000
World 3.93 per 1,000
Latin America & Caribbean 3.84 per 1,000
Central America computed 3 per 1,000
Upper-middle-income countries computed 3.82 per 1,000
Nurses and midwives per 1,000 people — Costa Rica, by year Costa Rica All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2022 3.07 −0.02 −0.81%
2021 3.1 +0.03 +1.04%
2020 3.06 +0.15 +5.22%
2019 2.91 +0.06 +2.07%
2018 2.85 −0.27 −8.67%
2017 3.12 +0.53 +20.52%
2016 2.59 +0.17 +7.02%
2015 2.42 +0.01 +0.58%
2014 2.41 +0.23 +10.51%
2013 2.18 +0.14 +6.71%
2012 2.04 +0.11 +5.64%
2011 1.93 +0.06 +3.26%
2010 1.87 +0.1 +5.7%
2009 1.77 +0.1 +5.98%
2008 1.67 +0.08 +5.23%
2007 1.59 +0.06 +4.13%
2006 1.53 +0.06 +4.24%
2005 1.46 +0.03 +1.81%
2004 1.44 +0.06 +4.06%
2003 1.38 +0.08 +6.15%
2002 1.3 +0.03 +2.12%
2001 1.27 +0.09 +7.6%
2000 1.18 +0.1 +9.53%
1999 1.08 +0.04 +3.64%
1998 1.04 +0.07 +7.64%
1997 0.97 +0.03 +3.3%
1996 0.94 +0.03 +3.08%
1995 0.91 +0.01 +0.66%
1994 0.9 +0.01 +0.78%
1993 0.9 +0.01 +1.13%
1992 0.89 +0.02 +2.07%
1991 0.87 −0 −0.23%
1990 0.87

Central America, 2022

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

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.