Nurses and midwives per 1,000 people — all countries

Nurses and midwives per 1,000 people — Panama

Nurses and midwives per 1,000 people in Panama in 2022 — 3.35 per 1,000. Ranked 70 in the world out of 126. Since 1990, the indicator has risen by 233.8%.

2022 3.35 per 1,000 −10.97% vs 2021
World rank 70of 126
Period maximum 3.76 per 1,0002021
Period minimum 0.97 per 1,0001992

Trend over time

1990–2022 · per 1,000 people

Nurses and midwives per 1,000 people — Panama, 1990–2022012341990199419982002200620102014201820221990: 1 per 1,0001991: 0.98 per 1,0001992: 0.97 per 1,0001993: 1.01 per 1,0001994: 1.03 per 1,0001995: 1.05 per 1,0001996: 1.08 per 1,0001997: 1.11 per 1,0001998: 1.1 per 1,0001999: 1.15 per 1,0002001: 1.85 per 1,0002002: 1.93 per 1,0002003: 2.21 per 1,0002004: 2 per 1,0002005: 2.02 per 1,0002006: 2.01 per 1,0002010: 1.23 per 1,0002011: 2.32 per 1,0002013: 2.94 per 1,0002014: 2.96 per 1,0002015: 2.77 per 1,0002016: 2.99 per 1,0002017: 3.09 per 1,0002018: 3.08 per 1,0002019: 3.21 per 1,0002020: 3.54 per 1,0002021: 3.76 per 1,0002022: 3.35 per 1,000
Change over the period: +2.34 (+233.83%) Average annual rate: 3.84 %

Comparison, 2022

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

Panama 3.35 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 — Panama, by year Panama All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2022 3.35 −0.41 −10.97%
2021 3.76 +0.22 +6.13%
2020 3.54 +0.33 +10.14%
2019 3.21 +0.13 +4.32%
2018 3.08 −0.01 −0.39%
2017 3.09 +0.1 +3.38%
2016 2.99 +0.22 +8.09%
2015 2.77 −0.19 −6.39%
2014 2.96 +0.02 +0.65%
2013 2.94
2011 2.32 +1.1 +89.32%
2010 1.23
2006 2.01 −0 −0.1%
2005 2.02 +0.01 +0.65%
2004 2 −0.21 −9.49%
2003 2.21 +0.28 +14.67%
2002 1.93 +0.08 +4.1%
2001 1.85
1999 1.15 +0.05 +4.45%
1998 1.1 −0.01 −0.99%
1997 1.11 +0.03 +2.58%
1996 1.08 +0.03 +3.24%
1995 1.05 +0.02 +1.84%
1994 1.03 +0.02 +1.88%
1993 1.01 +0.04 +4.44%
1992 0.97 −0.01 −1.12%
1991 0.98 −0.02 −2.2%
1990 1

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.