Nurses and midwives by country

• 13.45highest: Australia (2022)
• 0.21lowest: Myanmar (2022)
• 3.93world (2022)
• 54countries we cover with a value

In per 1,000 people. The latest year differs by country, so compare the year too.

Source: World Bank Open Data, Nurses and midwives (per 1,000 people). Retrieved 13 Nov 2026.

1. 1AustraliaAPAC · 202213.45
2. 2USNorth America · 202213.38
3. 3JapanAPAC · 202212.98
4. 4New ZealandAPAC · 202312.30
5. 5GermanyEurope · 202212.25
6. 6CanadaNorth America · 202311.26
7. 7UKEurope · 20239.55
8. 8FranceEurope · 20219.42
9. 9QatarMiddle East · 20238.49
10. 10Hong KongAPAC · 20188.18
11. 11RussiaEurope · 20227.04
12. 12ItalyEurope · 20226.76
13. 13SingaporeAPAC · 20226.56
14. 14Saudi ArabiaMiddle East · 20236.56
15. 15SpainEurope · 20226.41
16. 16South AfricaAfrica · 20226.39
17. 17UAEMiddle East · 20226.19
18. 18BrazilLatin America · 20235.50
19. 19PhilippinesAPAC · 20214.79
20. 20GhanaAfrica · 20234.11
21. 21NepalAPAC · 20234.09
22. 22MalaysiaAPAC · 20234.05
23. 23ChinaAPAC · 20223.67
24. 24ThailandAPAC · 20233.57
25. 25JordanMiddle East · 20233.33
26. 26IndonesiaAPAC · 20233.24
27. 27MexicoLatin America · 20223.03
28. 28ZambiaAfrica · 20222.94
29. 29IraqMiddle East · 20222.65
30. 30EcuadorLatin America · 20182.51
31. 31KenyaAfrica · 20232.27
32. 32UgandaAfrica · 20222.27
33. 33PalestineMiddle East · 20181.95
34. 34LebanonMiddle East · 20181.92
35. 35EgyptAfrica · 20181.79
36. 36SyriaMiddle East · 20211.76
37. 37IndiaAPAC · 20201.72
38. 38NigeriaAfrica · 20221.65
39. 39EthiopiaAfrica · 20221.22
40. 40DR CongoAfrica · 20221.17
41. 41SudanAfrica · 20181.08
42. 42Burkina FasoAfrica · 20230.95
43. 43MozambiqueAfrica · 20220.93
44. 44MoroccoAfrica · 20230.87
45. 45HaitiLatin America · 20220.73
46. 46TanzaniaAfrica · 20230.69
47. 47BangladeshAPAC · 20230.66
48. 48AfghanistanAPAC · 20230.55
49. 49YemenMiddle East · 20230.54
50. 50PakistanAPAC · 20210.52
51. 51MalawiAfrica · 20220.51
52. 52NigerAfrica · 20230.42
53. 53MaliAfrica · 20230.27
54. 54MyanmarAPAC · 20220.21

Source: World Bank Open Data, Nurses and midwives (per 1,000 people), latest year for each country. Retrieved 13 Nov 2026.

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