Nurses and midwives per 1,000 people — all countries

Nurses and midwives per 1,000 people — El Salvador

Nurses and midwives per 1,000 people in El Salvador in 2022 — 2.18 per 1,000. Ranked 83 in the world out of 126. Since 1999, the indicator has risen by 222.6%.

2022 2.18 per 1,000 −18.08% vs 2021
World rank 83of 126
Period maximum 2.66 per 1,0002021
Period minimum 0.35 per 1,0002005

Trend over time

1999–2022 · per 1,000 people

Nurses and midwives per 1,000 people — El Salvador, 1999–202201231999200220052008201120142017202020221999: 0.68 per 1,0002002: 0.86 per 1,0002005: 0.35 per 1,0002007: 1.39 per 1,0002013: 1.81 per 1,0002014: 1.8 per 1,0002015: 1.8 per 1,0002016: 1.85 per 1,0002017: 1.92 per 1,0002018: 1.89 per 1,0002021: 2.66 per 1,0002022: 2.18 per 1,000
Change over the period: +1.5 (+222.58%) Average annual rate: 5.22 %

Comparison, 2022

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

El Salvador 2.18 per 1,000
World 3.93 per 1,000
Latin America & Caribbean 3.84 per 1,000
Central America computed 3 per 1,000
Nurses and midwives per 1,000 people — El Salvador, by year El Salvador All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2022 2.18 −0.48 −18.08%
2021 2.66
2018 1.89 −0.02 −1.1%
2017 1.92 +0.07 +3.57%
2016 1.85 +0.05 +2.84%
2015 1.8 +0 +0.06%
2014 1.8 −0.02 −0.83%
2013 1.81
2007 1.39
2005 0.35
2002 0.86
1999 0.68

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.