Nurses and midwives per 1,000 people — all countries

Nurses and midwives per 1,000 people — India

Nurses and midwives per 1,000 people in India in 2020 — 1.72 per 1,000. Ranked 99 in the world out of 129. Since 1991, the indicator has risen by 353.8%.

2020 1.72 per 1,000 +1.18% vs 2018
World rank 99of 129
Period maximum 2.13 per 1,0002017
Period minimum 0.38 per 1,0001991

Trend over time

1991–2020 · per 1,000 people

Nurses and midwives per 1,000 people — India, 1991–20200123199119941997200020032006200920122015201820201991: 0.38 per 1,0001999: 0.71 per 1,0002000: 0.73 per 1,0002001: 0.75 per 1,0002003: 0.75 per 1,0002004: 1.21 per 1,0002005: 1.28 per 1,0002006: 0.78 per 1,0002007: 0.78 per 1,0002008: 0.8 per 1,0002009: 0.85 per 1,0002010: 0.86 per 1,0002011: 0.98 per 1,0002012: 1.1 per 1,0002013: 1.21 per 1,0002014: 1.36 per 1,0002015: 1.43 per 1,0002016: 1.47 per 1,0002017: 2.13 per 1,0002018: 1.7 per 1,0002020: 1.72 per 1,000
Change over the period: +1.34 (+353.83%) Average annual rate: 5.35 %

Comparison, 2020

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

India 1.72 per 1,000
South Asia computed 1.64 per 1,000
Southern Asia computed 1.64 per 1,000
Nurses and midwives per 1,000 people — India, by year India All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2020 1.72
2018 1.7 −0.43 −20.04%
2017 2.13 +0.65 +44.23%
2016 1.47 +0.04 +3%
2015 1.43 +0.08 +5.53%
2014 1.36 +0.15 +12.44%
2013 1.21 +0.11 +9.64%
2012 1.1 +0.12 +12.02%
2011 0.98 +0.12 +13.79%
2010 0.86 +0.01 +1.41%
2009 0.85 +0.05 +5.85%
2008 0.8 +0.02 +2.81%
2007 0.78 +0.01 +0.9%
2006 0.78 −0.51 −39.59%
2005 1.28 +0.08 +6.21%
2004 1.21 +0.46 +60.64%
2003 0.75
2001 0.75 +0.01 +1.91%
2000 0.73 +0.02 +3.38%
1999 0.71
1991 0.38

Southern Asia, 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.