Nurses and midwives per 1,000 people — all countries

Nurses and midwives per 1,000 people — Kuwait

Nurses and midwives per 1,000 people in Kuwait in 2020 — 4.55 per 1,000. Ranked 60 in the world out of 129. Since 2001, the indicator has fallen by 0.8%.

2020 4.55 per 1,000 −8.29% vs 2019
World rank 60of 129
Period maximum 7.18 per 1,0002017
Period minimum 4.17 per 1,0002006

Trend over time

2001–2020 · per 1,000 people

Nurses and midwives per 1,000 people — Kuwait, 2001–202045678200120032005200720092011201320152017201920202001: 4.58 per 1,0002006: 4.17 per 1,0002007: 4.32 per 1,0002008: 4.68 per 1,0002009: 4.85 per 1,0002010: 6.64 per 1,0002011: 6.57 per 1,0002012: 6.44 per 1,0002013: 6.24 per 1,0002014: 6.71 per 1,0002015: 7.15 per 1,0002016: 7.01 per 1,0002017: 7.18 per 1,0002018: 7.1 per 1,0002019: 4.96 per 1,0002020: 4.55 per 1,000
Change over the period: −0.04 (−0.76%) Average annual rate: -0.04 %

Comparison, 2020

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

Kuwait 4.55 per 1,000
Western Asia computed 3.37 per 1,000
Nurses and midwives per 1,000 people — Kuwait, by year Kuwait All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2020 4.55 −0.41 −8.29%
2019 4.96 −2.14 −30.15%
2018 7.1 −0.08 −1.11%
2017 7.18 +0.17 +2.4%
2016 7.01 −0.15 −2.05%
2015 7.15 +0.45 +6.66%
2014 6.71 +0.47 +7.5%
2013 6.24 −0.21 −3.18%
2012 6.44 −0.13 −1.98%
2011 6.57 −0.06 −0.95%
2010 6.64 +1.79 +36.87%
2009 4.85 +0.17 +3.52%
2008 4.68 +0.37 +8.45%
2007 4.32 +0.15 +3.6%
2006 4.17
2001 4.58

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.