Nurses and midwives per 1,000 people — all countries

Nurses and midwives per 1,000 people — Guatemala

Nurses and midwives per 1,000 people in Guatemala in 2023 — 2.27 per 1,000. Ranked 49 in the world out of 75. Since 2009, the indicator has risen by 159.5%.

2023 2.27 per 1,000 −1.52% vs 2020
World rank 49of 75
Period maximum 2.31 per 1,0002020
Period minimum 0.88 per 1,0002009

Trend over time

2009–2023 · per 1,000 people

Nurses and midwives per 1,000 people — Guatemala, 2009–20230.511.522.5200920112013201520172019202120232009: 0.88 per 1,0002014: 0.96 per 1,0002015: 0.98 per 1,0002016: 1.02 per 1,0002017: 1.23 per 1,0002018: 1.31 per 1,0002020: 2.31 per 1,0002023: 2.27 per 1,000
Change over the period: +1.4 (+159.47%) Average annual rate: 7.05 %
Nurses and midwives per 1,000 people — Guatemala, by year Guatemala All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2023 2.27
2020 2.31
2018 1.31 +0.09 +7%
2017 1.23 +0.2 +19.92%
2016 1.02 +0.04 +4.28%
2015 0.98 +0.02 +2.51%
2014 0.96
2009 0.88

Central America, 2023

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.