Nurses and midwives per 1,000 people in Palestine in 2018 — 1.95 per 1,000. Ranked 117 in the world out of 179. Since 2017, the indicator has fallen by 24.1%.
2017–2018 · per 1,000 people
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Palestine
| Year | per 1,000 | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 1.95 | −0.62 | −24.1% |
| 2017 | 2.57 | — | — |
The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages
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.
The number of physicians per 1,000 people.
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