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Nurses and midwives (per 1,000 people). Nurses and midwives include professional nurses, professional midwives, auxiliary nurses, auxiliary midwives, enrolled nurses, enrolled midwives and other associated personnel, such as dental nurses and primary care nurses.
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# | COUNTRY | AMOUNT | DATE | GRAPH | HISTORY |
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1 | Finland | 23.96 | 2010 | ||
2 | Belgium | 22.21 | 2010 | ||
3 | Switzerland | 17.48 | 2010 | ||
4 | Monaco | 17.22 | 2011 | ||
5 | Luxembourg | 17.09 | 2011 | ||
6 | Denmark | 16.09 | 2010 | ||
7 | Iceland | 15.88 | 2010 | ||
8 | Ireland | 15.67 | 2010 | ||
9 | Norway | 15.41 | 2010 | ||
10 | Netherlands | 15.14 | 2007 | ||
11 | Sweden | 11.86 | 2010 | ||
12 | Germany | 11.38 | 2010 | ||
13 | New Zealand | 10.87 | 2010 | ||
14 | Uzbekistan | 10.68 | 2010 | ||
15 | Belarus | 10.53 | 2011 | ||
16 | Canada | 10.05 | 2006 | ||
17 | United States | 9.81 | 2010 | ||
18 | Australia | 9.59 | 2010 | ||
19 | United Kingdom | 9.47 | 2011 | ||
20 | France | 9.3 | 2011 | ||
21 | Cuba | 9.05 | 2010 | ||
22 | Czech Republic | 8.79 | 2010 | ||
High income OECD countries average (profile) | 8.77 | 2010 | |||
23 | Slovenia | 8.61 | 2010 | ||
24 | Russia | 8.52 | 2010 | ||
25 | San Marino | 8.32 | 2011 | ||
26 | Kazakhstan | 8.28 | 2010 | ||
Cold countries average (profile) | 8.24 | 2010 | |||
27 | Austria | 7.96 | 2010 | ||
28 | Seychelles | 7.92 | 2004 | ||
European Union average (profile) | 7.63 | 2010 | |||
Europe average (profile) | 7.57 | 2010 | |||
29 | Qatar | 7.37 | 2010 | ||
Eurozone average (profile) | 7.33 | 2010 | |||
Former Soviet republics average (profile) | 7.07 | 2010 | |||
30 | Lithuania | 7.06 | 2010 | ||
31 | Malta | 7.06 | 2011 | ||
32 | Brunei | 7.02 | 2010 | ||
33 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 7 | 2001 | ||
34 | Azerbaijan | 6.84 | 2011 | ||
NATO countries average (profile) | 6.84 | 2010 | |||
35 | Libya | 6.8 | 2010 | ||
36 | Estonia | 6.56 | 2010 | ||
37 | Moldova | 6.5 | 2011 | ||
38 | Brazil | 6.42 | 2010 | ||
39 | Hungary | 6.42 | 2010 | ||
40 | Ukraine | 6.41 | 2011 | ||
41 | Singapore | 6.39 | 2010 | ||
42 | European Union | 6.37 | 2009 | ||
Eastern Europe average (profile) | 6.19 | 2010 | |||
Group of 7 countries (G7) average (profile) | 6.01 | 2010 | |||
43 | Philippines | 6 | 2004 | ||
44 | Suriname | 5.88 | 2004 | ||
45 | Kyrgyzstan | 5.82 | 2011 | ||
46 | Tuvalu | 5.82 | 2010 | ||
47 | Palau | 5.71 | 2010 | ||
48 | Dominica | 5.62 | 2001 | ||
49 | Uruguay | 5.55 | 2010 | ||
50 | Croatia | 5.52 | 2010 | ||
51 | Montenegro | 5.5 | 2010 | ||
52 | Romania | 5.46 | 2010 | ||
53 | Poland | 5.39 | 2010 | ||
54 | Portugal | 5.33 | 2010 | ||
55 | South Korea | 5.29 | 2010 | ||
Potential Future EU Members average (profile) | 5.18 | 2010 | |||
56 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 5.17 | 2010 | ||
57 | Spain | 5.11 | 2010 | ||
58 | Gabon | 5.02 | 2004 | ||
59 | Israel | 4.97 | 2011 | ||
60 | Armenia | 4.92 | 2011 | ||
61 | Latvia | 4.86 | 2010 | ||
62 | Barbados | 4.86 | 2010 | ||
63 | Bulgaria | 4.71 | 2010 | ||
64 | Andorra | 4.57 | 2010 | ||
65 | Kuwait | 4.55 | 2010 | ||
66 | Serbia | 4.55 | 2010 | ||
67 | Oman | 4.49 | 2010 | ||
68 | Tajikistan | 4.48 | 2011 | ||
69 | Cyprus | 4.45 | 2010 | ||
70 | Maldives | 4.45 | 2010 | ||
71 | Turkmenistan | 4.42 | 2010 | ||
72 | Japan | 4.14 | 2010 | ||
73 | The Bahamas | 4.14 | 2008 | ||
74 | North Korea | 4.12 | 2003 | ||
75 | United Arab Emirates | 4.09 | 2010 | ||
76 | South Africa | 4.08 | 2004 | ||
77 | Guatemala | 4.05 | 1999 | ||
78 | Jordan | 4.05 | 2010 | ||
79 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 4.03 | 2001 | ||
80 | Mexico | 3.98 | 2004 | ||
81 | Albania | 3.9 | 2010 | ||
82 | Tonga | 3.88 | 2010 | ||
83 | Bahrain | 3.86 | 2010 | ||
84 | Grenada | 3.83 | 2006 | ||
85 | Mauritius | 3.73 | 2004 | ||
86 | Kiribati | 3.71 | 2010 | ||
East Asia and Pacific average (profile) | 3.59 | 2010 | |||
South and Central Asia average (profile) | 3.57 | 2010 | |||
87 | Trinidad and Tobago | 3.56 | 2010 | ||
88 | Egypt | 3.52 | 2010 | ||
89 | Mongolia | 3.5 | 2010 | ||
OPEC countries average (profile) | 3.47 | 2010 | |||
90 | Federated States of Micronesia | 3.32 | 2010 | ||
Middle Eastern and North Africa average (profile) | 3.32 | 2010 | |||
91 | Antigua and Barbuda | 3.28 | 1999 | ||
92 | Tunisia | 3.28 | 2010 | ||
93 | Malaysia | 3.28 | 2010 | ||
Religious countries average (profile) | 3.15 | 2010 | |||
Muslim countries average (profile) | 2.86 | 2010 | |||
94 | Botswana | 2.84 | 2010 | ||
95 | Namibia | 2.77 | 2010 | ||
96 | Panama | 2.77 | 2000 | ||
97 | Turkey | 2.4 | 2011 | ||
98 | Fiji | 2.24 | 2010 | ||
99 | Lebanon | 2.23 | 2010 | ||
100 | East Timor | 2.19 | 2004 | ||
101 | Saint Lucia | 2.16 | 2002 | ||
102 | Bolivia | 2.13 | 2001 | ||
103 | Saudi Arabia | 2.1 | 2010 | ||
104 | Solomon Islands | 2.05 | 2010 | ||
105 | Ecuador | 1.98 | 2010 | ||
106 | Belize | 1.96 | 2010 | ||
107 | Algeria | 1.95 | 2010 | ||
108 | Sri Lanka | 1.93 | 2010 | ||
109 | Sao Tome and Principe | 1.87 | 2004 | ||
110 | Syria | 1.86 | 2010 | ||
111 | Samoa | 1.85 | 2010 | ||
112 | Dominican Republic | 1.84 | 2000 | ||
113 | Paraguay | 1.79 | 2002 | ||
114 | Marshall Islands | 1.74 | 2010 | ||
115 | Vanuatu | 1.7 | 2010 | ||
=116 | China | 1.66 | 2011 | ||
=116 | Angola | 1.66 | 2009 | ||
118 | Nigeria | 1.6 | 2010 | ||
119 | Swaziland | 1.6 | 2009 | ||
120 | Thailand | 1.52 | 2004 | ||
121 | Iran | 1.41 | 2010 | ||
122 | Indonesia | 1.38 | 2012 | ||
123 | Iraq | 1.38 | 2010 | ||
Sub-Saharan Africa average (profile) | 1.32 | 2004 | |||
124 | Uganda | 1.31 | 2010 | ||
125 | Peru | 1.27 | 2010 | ||
126 | Zimbabwe | 1.25 | 2009 | ||
127 | Venezuela | 1.13 | 2001 | ||
128 | Jamaica | 1.09 | 2008 | ||
129 | Honduras | 1.08 | 2005 | ||
130 | Nicaragua | 1.07 | 2003 | ||
131 | Ghana | 1.05 | 2010 | ||
132 | Vietnam | 1.01 | 2010 | ||
133 | India | 0.996 | 2010 | ||
134 | Laos | 0.966 | 2010 | ||
135 | Costa Rica | 0.93 | 2000 | ||
136 | Morocco | 0.89 | 2010 | ||
137 | Cambodia | 0.88 | 2010 | ||
138 | Burma | 0.856 | 2010 | ||
139 | Sudan | 0.84 | 2010 | ||
140 | Republic of the Congo | 0.824 | 2010 | ||
141 | Djibouti | 0.8 | 2010 | ||
142 | Kenya | 0.792 | 2011 | ||
143 | Zambia | 0.784 | 2010 | ||
144 | Benin | 0.771 | 2010 | ||
145 | Comoros | 0.744 | 2004 | ||
146 | Rwanda | 0.689 | 2010 | ||
147 | Yemen | 0.677 | 2010 | ||
148 | Mauritania | 0.672 | 2010 | ||
149 | Lesotho | 0.623 | 2003 | ||
150 | Colombia | 0.616 | 2010 | ||
151 | Republic of Macedonia | 0.612 | 2010 | ||
152 | Eritrea | 0.583 | 2004 | ||
153 | The Gambia | 0.568 | 2010 | ||
154 | Burkina Faso | 0.565 | 2010 | ||
155 | Pakistan | 0.557 | 2010 | ||
156 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.551 | 2010 | ||
157 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.535 | 2004 | ||
158 | Guyana | 0.531 | 2010 | ||
159 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 0.529 | 2004 | ||
160 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.483 | 2010 | ||
161 | Argentina | 0.481 | 2004 | ||
162 | Nepal | 0.46 | 2004 | ||
163 | Papua New Guinea | 0.457 | 2010 | ||
164 | Cape Verde | 0.453 | 2010 | ||
165 | Cameroon | 0.438 | 2009 | ||
166 | Mali | 0.43 | 2010 | ||
South Asia average (profile) | 0.428 | 2010 | |||
167 | Senegal | 0.42 | 2010 | ||
168 | El Salvador | 0.405 | 2010 | ||
169 | Mozambique | 0.341 | 2010 | ||
170 | Slovakia | 0.328 | 2010 | ||
171 | Madagascar | 0.316 | 2004 | ||
172 | Italy | 0.29 | 2010 | ||
173 | Malawi | 0.283 | 2010 | ||
=174 | Togo | 0.274 | 2010 | ||
=174 | Liberia | 0.274 | 2010 | ||
176 | Central African Republic | 0.257 | 2009 | ||
177 | Tanzania | 0.242 | 2010 | ||
178 | Bhutan | 0.241 | 2010 | ||
179 | Ethiopia | 0.236 | 2010 | ||
180 | Greece | 0.235 | 2010 | ||
181 | Bangladesh | 0.218 | 2011 | ||
182 | Burundi | 0.191 | 2004 | ||
183 | Chad | 0.188 | 2006 | ||
184 | Sierra Leone | 0.166 | 2010 | ||
185 | Georgia | 0.153 | 2011 | ||
186 | Chile | 0.144 | 2010 | ||
187 | Niger | 0.137 | 2010 | ||
188 | Somalia | 0.114 | 2010 | ||
189 | Haiti | 0.107 | 1998 | ||
190 | Afghanistan | 0.073 | 2010 | ||
191 | Guinea | 0.043 | 2010 |
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Interesting observations about Health > Nurses and midwives > Per 1,000 people
- 100 of the top 189 countries by nurses and midwives > per 1,000 people are Hot countries.
- Finland has had the highest nurses and midwives > per 1,000 people since 2009.
- Guinea has ranked last for nurses and midwives > per 1,000 people since 2005.
- Belgium has ranked in the top 2 for nurses and midwives > per 1,000 people since 2004.
- Switzerland has ranked in the top 3 for nurses and midwives > per 1,000 people since 2000.
- San Marino has ranked in the top 6 for nurses and midwives > per 1,000 people since 1990.
- Iceland has ranked in the top 5 for nurses and midwives > per 1,000 people since 2004.
- Dominica has ranked in the top 4 for nurses and midwives > per 1,000 people since 1997.
- All of the bottom 2 countries by nurses and midwives > per 1,000 people are Muslim.
- Denmark has ranked in the top 5 for nurses and midwives > per 1,000 people since 2007.