Nurses Midwives by Country

Nurses Midwives by country, shown on a world map with full country rankings. Data covers 161 countries for 2023, sourced from World Bank Open Data. See also Healthcare Expenditure and Hospital Beds.

HighestSwitzerland18.8

LowestChad0.17

Average4.8161 countries

Year2023latest available

💡 Nurse and midwife density forms the backbone of primary care delivery.

Top 10 countries

Switzerland18.8

Norway16.5

Iceland15.9

Ireland14.8

Finland14

Luxembourg13.7

Australia13.5

United States13.4

Japan13

Belgium12.9

Nurses Midwives: full country ranking (2023)

#	Country	Nurses Midwives
1	Switzerland	18.8
2	Norway	16.5
3	Iceland	15.9
4	Ireland	14.8
5	Finland	14
6	Luxembourg	13.7
7	Australia	13.5
8	United States	13.4
9	Japan	13
10	Belgium	12.9
11	New Zealand	12.3
12	Germany	12.3
13	Denmark	12.2
14	Netherlands	11.7
15	Sweden	11.7
16	Austria	11.3
17	Canada	11.3
18	Belarus	10.8
19	Slovenia	10.6
20	United Kingdom	9.5
21	Czechia	9.5
22	San Marino	9.4
23	France	9.4
24	Paraguay	9.4
25	Korea, Rep.	9.1
26	Qatar	8.5
27	Romania	8.3
28	Malta	8.2
29	Portugal	8
30	Croatia	8
31	Lithuania	7.8
32	Uruguay	7.4
33	Seychelles	7.3
34	Russian Federation	7
35	Italy	6.8
36	Bosnia and Herzegovina	6.7
37	Serbia	6.7
38	Estonia	6.7
39	Brunei Darussalam	6.6
40	Palau	6.6
41	St. Kitts and Nevis	6.6
42	Singapore	6.6
43	Saudi Arabia	6.6
44	Kazakhstan	6.5
45	Tajikistan	6.5
46	Spain	6.4
47	South Africa	6.4
48	Poland	6.3
49	Moldova	6.3
50	United Arab Emirates	6.2
51	Montenegro	6.1
52	Ukraine	6.1
53	Slovak Republic	6
54	Georgia	6
55	Israel	5.9
56	Hungary	5.7
57	Azerbaijan	5.6
58	North Macedonia	5.5
59	Brazil	5.5
60	Chile	5.5
61	Namibia	5.4
62	St. Lucia	5.3
63	Philippines	4.8
64	Argentina	4.7
65	Armenia	4.7
66	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	4.7
67	Andorra	4.7
68	Oman	4.7
69	Grenada	4.6
70	Latvia	4.4
71	Eswatini	4.3
72	Bahamas, The	4.2
73	Bulgaria	4.2
74	Tonga	4.2
75	Greece	4.1
76	Ghana	4.1
77	Trinidad and Tobago	4.1
78	Nepal	4.1
79	Kyrgyz Republic	4.1
80	Malaysia	4.1
81	Mauritius	4
82	Guyana	3.9
83	Cyprus	3.9
84	Barbados	3.7
85	China	3.7
86	Thailand	3.6
87	Turkmenistan	3.5
88	Turkiye	3.5
89	Panama	3.3
90	Jordan	3.3
91	Indonesia	3.2
92	Costa Rica	3.1
93	Zimbabwe	3.1
94	Mexico	3
95	Botswana	3
96	Zambia	2.9
97	Iran, Islamic Rep.	2.9
98	Peru	2.7
99	Iraq	2.6
100	Algeria	2.5
101	Gabon	2.4
102	Guatemala	2.3
103	Kenya	2.3
104	Uganda	2.3
105	Sri Lanka	2.3
106	El Salvador	2.2
107	Sao Tome and Principe	2.2
108	Tunisia	2.2
109	Belize	2.1
110	Dominican Republic	2.1
111	Bhutan	2.1
112	Solomon Islands	2
113	Angola	1.9
114	Cabo Verde	1.8
115	Syrian Arab Republic	1.8
116	Lesotho	1.8
117	Suriname	1.7
118	Nigeria	1.6
119	Comoros	1.6
120	Bolivia	1.6
121	Jamaica	1.6
122	Mauritania	1.6
123	Eritrea	1.5
124	Colombia	1.5
125	Equatorial Guinea	1.4
126	Ethiopia	1.2
127	Congo, Dem. Rep.	1.2
128	Sierra Leone	1.2
129	Congo, Rep.	1.1
130	Rwanda	1.1
131	Central African Republic	1.1
132	Lao PDR	1
133	Liberia	1
134	Guinea-Bissau	0.99
135	Burkina Faso	0.95
136	Mozambique	0.93
137	Morocco	0.87
138	Burundi	0.79
139	Cote d'Ivoire	0.79
140	Honduras	0.74
141	Haiti	0.73
142	Tanzania	0.69
143	South Sudan	0.69
144	Bangladesh	0.66
145	Cameroon	0.66
146	Gambia, The	0.66
147	Benin	0.61
148	Afghanistan	0.55
149	Yemen, Rep.	0.54
150	Pakistan	0.52
151	Papua New Guinea	0.51
152	Malawi	0.51
153	Togo	0.49
154	Senegal	0.42
155	Guinea	0.42
156	Niger	0.42
157	Madagascar	0.28
158	Mali	0.27
159	Myanmar	0.21
160	Djibouti	0.19
161	Chad	0.17

Source: World Bank Open Data. Latest available year: 2023. Values shown are the most recent reported figure per country.

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