Nurses and midwives per 1,000 people — all countries

Nurses and midwives per 1,000 people — Ecuador

Nurses and midwives per 1,000 people in Ecuador in 2018 — 2.51 per 1,000. Ranked 107 in the world out of 179. Since 1990, the indicator has risen by 60.9%.

2018 2.51 per 1,000 −11.3% vs 2017
World rank 107of 179
Period maximum 2.85 per 1,0002016
Period minimum 1.42 per 1,0001993

Trend over time

1990–2018 · per 1,000 people

Nurses and midwives per 1,000 people — Ecuador, 1990–201811.522.5319901993199619992002200520082011201420171990: 1.56 per 1,0001991: 1.63 per 1,0001992: 1.66 per 1,0001993: 1.42 per 1,0001994: 1.62 per 1,0001995: 1.59 per 1,0001996: 1.68 per 1,0001997: 1.7 per 1,0001998: 1.63 per 1,0001999: 1.65 per 1,0002000: 1.62 per 1,0002001: 1.58 per 1,0002002: 1.63 per 1,0002003: 1.52 per 1,0002009: 1.87 per 1,0002010: 1.65 per 1,0002011: 2.06 per 1,0002013: 1.93 per 1,0002014: 2.18 per 1,0002015: 2.5 per 1,0002016: 2.85 per 1,0002017: 2.83 per 1,0002018: 2.51 per 1,000
Change over the period: +0.95 (+60.86%) Average annual rate: 1.71 %

Comparison, 2018

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

Ecuador 2.51 per 1,000
World computed 3.7 per 1,000
Latin America & Caribbean computed 5.22 per 1,000
South America computed 6.5 per 1,000
Upper-middle-income countries computed 3.51 per 1,000
Nurses and midwives per 1,000 people — Ecuador, by year Ecuador All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2018 2.51 −0.32 −11.3%
2017 2.83 −0.02 −0.74%
2016 2.85 +0.35 +13.9%
2015 2.5 +0.32 +14.76%
2014 2.18 +0.25 +12.82%
2013 1.93
2011 2.06 +0.41 +24.94%
2010 1.65 −0.22 −11.8%
2009 1.87
2003 1.52 −0.11 −6.45%
2002 1.63 +0.04 +2.78%
2001 1.58 −0.04 −2.34%
2000 1.62 −0.03 −1.64%
1999 1.65 +0.02 +1.41%
1998 1.63 −0.07 −4.13%
1997 1.7 +0.01 +0.71%
1996 1.68 +0.1 +6.25%
1995 1.59 −0.03 −1.86%
1994 1.62 +0.2 +13.89%
1993 1.42 −0.24 −14.32%
1992 1.66 +0.03 +1.6%
1991 1.63 +0.07 +4.36%
1990 1.56

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.