Nurses and midwives per 1,000 people — all countries

Nurses and midwives per 1,000 people — South Sudan

Nurses and midwives per 1,000 people in South Sudan in 2022 — 0.69 per 1,000. Ranked 108 in the world out of 126. Since 2018, the indicator has risen by 87.8%.

2022 0.69 per 1,000 −2.12% vs 2020
World rank 108of 126
Period maximum 0.71 per 1,0002020
Period minimum 0.37 per 1,0002018

Trend over time

2018–2022 · per 1,000 people

Nurses and midwives per 1,000 people — South Sudan, 2018–20220.30.40.50.60.70.8201820192020202120222018: 0.37 per 1,0002019: 0.59 per 1,0002020: 0.71 per 1,0002022: 0.69 per 1,000
Change over the period: +0.32 (+87.77%) Average annual rate: 17.06 %

Comparison, 2022

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

South Sudan 0.69 per 1,000
World 3.93 per 1,000
Sub-Saharan Africa 1.62 per 1,000
Eastern Africa computed 1.33 per 1,000
Low-income countries computed 1 per 1,000
Nurses and midwives per 1,000 people — South Sudan, by year South Sudan All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2022 0.69
2020 0.71 +0.12 +20.68%
2019 0.59 +0.22 +58.97%
2018 0.37

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.