Nurses and midwives per 1,000 people — all countries

Nurses and midwives per 1,000 people — Cuba

Nurses and midwives per 1,000 people in Cuba in 2020 — 7.6 per 1,000. Ranked 29 in the world out of 129. Since 2002, the indicator has risen by 1.3%.

2020 7.6 per 1,000 −0.43% vs 2018
World rank 29of 129
Period maximum 9.12 per 1,0002010
Period minimum 7.5 per 1,0002002

Trend over time

2002–2020 · per 1,000 people

Nurses and midwives per 1,000 people — Cuba, 2002–20207.588.599.520022004200620082010201220142016201820202002: 7.5 per 1,0002007: 8.67 per 1,0002010: 9.12 per 1,0002012: 8.15 per 1,0002013: 8.09 per 1,0002014: 8.04 per 1,0002015: 7.98 per 1,0002016: 7.91 per 1,0002017: 7.79 per 1,0002018: 7.64 per 1,0002020: 7.6 per 1,000
Change over the period: +0.1 (+1.32%) Average annual rate: 0.07 %

Comparison, 2020

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

Cuba 7.6 per 1,000
Upper-middle-income countries computed 3.36 per 1,000
Nurses and midwives per 1,000 people — Cuba, by year Cuba All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2020 7.6
2018 7.64 −0.16 −2%
2017 7.79 −0.12 −1.45%
2016 7.91 −0.08 −0.94%
2015 7.98 −0.06 −0.77%
2014 8.04 −0.04 −0.53%
2013 8.09 −0.06 −0.79%
2012 8.15
2010 9.12
2007 8.67
2002 7.5

Caribbean, 2020

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.