Nurses and midwives per 1,000 people — all countries

Nurses and midwives per 1,000 people — Vanuatu

Nurses and midwives per 1,000 people in Vanuatu in 2019 — 1.46 per 1,000. Ranked 101 in the world out of 128. Since 1997, the indicator has fallen by 40.5%.

2019 1.46 per 1,000 −0.21% vs 2018
World rank 101of 128
Period maximum 2.45 per 1,0001997
Period minimum 1.46 per 1,0002019

Trend over time

1997–2019 · per 1,000 people

Nurses and midwives per 1,000 people — Vanuatu, 1997–20191.251.51.7522.252.5199720002003200620092012201520181997: 2.45 per 1,0002004: 1.75 per 1,0002007: 1.56 per 1,0002008: 1.68 per 1,0002012: 1.84 per 1,0002018: 1.46 per 1,0002019: 1.46 per 1,000
Change over the period: −0.99 (−40.47%) Average annual rate: -2.33 %

Comparison, 2019

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

Vanuatu 1.46 per 1,000
Melanesia computed 0.73 per 1,000
Nurses and midwives per 1,000 people — Vanuatu, by year Vanuatu All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2019 1.46 −0 −0.21%
2018 1.46
2012 1.84
2008 1.68 +0.12 +7.72%
2007 1.56
2004 1.75
1997 2.45

Melanesia, 2019

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.