Nurses and midwives per 1,000 people — all countries

Nurses and midwives per 1,000 people — Uganda

Nurses and midwives per 1,000 people in Uganda in 2022 — 2.27 per 1,000. Ranked 82 in the world out of 126. Since 2004, the indicator has risen by 224%.

2022 2.27 per 1,000 +34.5% vs 2020
World rank 82of 126
Period maximum 2.27 per 1,0002022
Period minimum 0.7 per 1,0002004

Trend over time

2004–2022 · per 1,000 people

Nurses and midwives per 1,000 people — Uganda, 2004–2022012320042006200820102012201420162018202020222004: 0.7 per 1,0002005: 1.35 per 1,0002012: 1.19 per 1,0002013: 1.33 per 1,0002014: 1.25 per 1,0002015: 1.59 per 1,0002016: 1.68 per 1,0002017: 1.51 per 1,0002018: 1.27 per 1,0002020: 1.68 per 1,0002022: 2.27 per 1,000
Change over the period: +1.57 (+224.03%) Average annual rate: 6.75 %

Comparison, 2022

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

Uganda 2.27 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 — Uganda, by year Uganda All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2022 2.27
2020 1.68
2018 1.27 −0.23 −15.42%
2017 1.51 −0.17 −10.2%
2016 1.68 +0.09 +5.74%
2015 1.59 +0.34 +27.11%
2014 1.25 −0.09 −6.52%
2013 1.33 +0.15 +12.2%
2012 1.19
2005 1.35 +0.65 +92.56%
2004 0.7

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.