Nurses and Midwives by Country

Ranking of 198 countries by Nurses and Midwives (per 1,000 people)

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Rank	Country	Continent	Nurses and Midwives	Year
1	Monaco	Europe	20.8	2014
2	Switzerland	Europe	18.8	2022
3	Norway	Europe	16.5	2023
4	Iceland	Europe	15.9	2023
5	Ireland	Europe	14.8	2023
6	Finland	Europe	14.0	2021
7	Luxembourg	Europe	13.7	2023
8	Australia	Oceania	13.4	2022
9	United States	North America	13.4	2022
10	Japan	Asia	13.0	2022
11	Belgium	Europe	12.9	2021
12	New Zealand	Oceania	12.3	2023
13	Germany	Europe	12.2	2022
14	Denmark	Europe	12.2	2021
15	Sweden	Europe	11.7	2021
16	Netherlands	Europe	11.7	2022
17	Guam	Oceania	11.6	2018
18	Austria	Europe	11.3	2022
19	Canada	North America	11.3	2023
20	Uzbekistan	Asia	11.1	2020
21	Belarus	Europe	10.8	2023
22	Slovenia	Europe	10.6	2022
23	Antigua and Barbuda	North America	9.7	2019
24	United Kingdom	Europe	9.5	2023
25	Czechia	Europe	9.5	2022
26	San Marino	Europe	9.4	2023
27	France	Europe	9.4	2021
28	Paraguay	South America	9.4	2022
29	British Virgin Islands	North America	9.1	2018
30	Korea, Rep.	Asia	9.1	2022
31	Qatar	Asia	8.5	2023
32	Romania	Europe	8.3	2022
33	Malta	Europe	8.2	2023
34	Hong Kong SAR, China	Asia	8.2	2018
35	Portugal	Europe	8.0	2023
36	Croatia	Europe	8.0	2022
37	Lithuania	Europe	7.8	2022
38	Cuba	North America	7.6	2020
39	Uruguay	South America	7.4	2022
40	Cayman Islands	North America	7.3	2018
41	Seychelles	Africa	7.3	2023
42	Nauru	Oceania	7.3	2018
43	Russian Federation	Europe	7.0	2022
44	Dominica	North America	6.8	2018
45	Italy	Europe	6.8	2022
46	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Europe	6.7	2022
47	Serbia	Europe	6.7	2022
48	Estonia	Europe	6.7	2023
49	Brunei Darussalam	Asia	6.6	2021
50	Palau	Oceania	6.6	2023
51	St. Kitts and Nevis	North America	6.6	2023
52	Singapore	Asia	6.6	2022
53	Saudi Arabia	Asia	6.6	2023
54	Kazakhstan	Asia	6.5	2023
55	Tajikistan	Asia	6.5	2023
56	Spain	Europe	6.4	2022
57	South Africa	Africa	6.4	2022
58	Libya	Africa	6.4	2017
59	Poland	Europe	6.3	2022
60	Moldova	Europe	6.3	2023
61	United Arab Emirates	Asia	6.2	2022
62	Montenegro	Europe	6.1	2023
63	Ukraine	Europe	6.1	2023
64	Slovak Republic	Europe	6.0	2022
65	Georgia	Asia	6.0	2023
66	Israel	Asia	5.9	2023
67	Albania	Europe	5.8	2020
68	Hungary	Europe	5.7	2022
69	Azerbaijan	Asia	5.6	2022
70	North Macedonia	Europe	5.5	2022
71	Brazil	South America	5.5	2023
72	Chile	South America	5.5	2023
73	Namibia	Africa	5.4	2022
74	St. Lucia	North America	5.3	2023
75	Maldives	Asia	5.0	2020
76	Philippines	Asia	4.8	2021
77	Argentina	South America	4.7	2023
78	Armenia	Asia	4.7	2022
79	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	North America	4.7	2023
80	Andorra	Europe	4.7	2023
81	Oman	Asia	4.7	2022
82	Grenada	North America	4.6	2023
83	Kuwait	Asia	4.5	2020
84	Korea, Dem. People's Rep.	Asia	4.4	2017
85	Latvia	Europe	4.4	2022
86	Marshall Islands	Oceania	4.3	2018
87	Eswatini	Africa	4.3	2023
88	Bahamas, The	North America	4.2	2023
89	Mongolia	Asia	4.2	2018
90	Bulgaria	Europe	4.2	2023
91	Tonga	Oceania	4.2	2021
92	Greece	Europe	4.1	2022
93	Ghana	Africa	4.1	2023
94	Trinidad and Tobago	North America	4.1	2023
95	Nepal	Asia	4.1	2023
96	Kyrgyz Republic	Asia	4.1	2023
97	Malaysia	Asia	4.1	2023
98	Mauritius	Africa	4.0	2022
99	Tuvalu	Oceania	3.9	2020
100	Guyana	South America	3.9	2023
101	Cyprus	Asia	3.9	2022
102	Fiji	Oceania	3.9	2019
103	Macao SAR, China	Asia	3.8	2018
104	China	Asia	3.7	2022
105	Barbados	North America	3.7	2023
106	Kiribati	Oceania	3.6	2018
107	Thailand	Asia	3.6	2023
108	Turkmenistan	Asia	3.5	2023
109	Turkiye	Asia	3.5	2022
110	Panama	North America	3.3	2022
111	Jordan	Asia	3.3	2023
112	Indonesia	Asia	3.2	2023
113	Costa Rica	North America	3.1	2022
114	Zimbabwe	Africa	3.1	2022
115	Samoa	Oceania	3.1	2020
116	Mexico	North America	3.0	2022
117	Botswana	Africa	3.0	2023
118	Zambia	Africa	2.9	2022
119	Iran, Islamic Rep.	Asia	2.9	2023
120	Peru	South America	2.7	2023
121	Bahrain	Asia	2.6	2020
122	Iraq	Asia	2.6	2022
123	Ecuador	South America	2.5	2018
124	Algeria	Africa	2.5	2022
125	Gabon	Africa	2.4	2022
126	Guatemala	North America	2.3	2023
127	Kenya	Africa	2.3	2023
128	Uganda	Africa	2.3	2022
129	Sri Lanka	Asia	2.3	2023
130	Micronesia, Fed. Sts.	Oceania	2.2	2019
131	El Salvador	North America	2.2	2022
132	Sao Tome and Principe	Africa	2.2	2022
133	Tunisia	Africa	2.2	2021
134	Belize	North America	2.1	2023
135	Dominican Republic	North America	2.1	2023
136	Bhutan	Asia	2.1	2022
137	Venezuela, RB	South America	2.0	2018
138	Solomon Islands	Oceania	2.0	2023
139	West Bank and Gaza	Asia	2.0	2018
140	Lebanon	Asia	1.9	2018
141	Angola	Africa	1.9	2022
142	Cabo Verde	Africa	1.8	2023
143	Egypt, Arab Rep.	Africa	1.8	2018
144	Syrian Arab Republic	Asia	1.8	2021
145	Lesotho	Africa	1.8	2022
146	Timor-Leste	Asia	1.7	2020
147	Suriname	South America	1.7	2023
148	India	Asia	1.7	2020
149	Nigeria	Africa	1.6	2022
150	Comoros	Africa	1.6	2022
151	Bolivia	South America	1.6	2021
152	Jamaica	North America	1.6	2023
153	Mauritania	Africa	1.6	2022
154	Nicaragua	North America	1.6	2017
155	Eritrea	Africa	1.5	2022
156	Colombia	South America	1.5	2023
157	Vanuatu	Oceania	1.5	2019
158	Viet Nam	Asia	1.4	2016
159	Equatorial Guinea	Africa	1.4	2022
160	Ethiopia	Africa	1.2	2022
161	Congo, Dem. Rep.	Africa	1.2	2022
162	Sierra Leone	Africa	1.2	2022
163	Congo, Rep.	Africa	1.1	2022
164	Rwanda	Africa	1.1	2022
165	Central African Republic	Africa	1.1	2023
166	Sudan	Africa	1.1	2018
167	Lao PDR	Asia	1.0	2023
168	Cambodia	Asia	1.0	2019
169	Liberia	Africa	1.0	2022
170	Guinea-Bissau	Africa	1.0	2022
171	Burkina Faso	Africa	0.9	2023
172	Mozambique	Africa	0.9	2022
173	Morocco	Africa	0.9	2023
174	Burundi	Africa	0.8	2023
175	Cote d'Ivoire	Africa	0.8	2023
176	Honduras	North America	0.7	2023
177	Haiti	North America	0.7	2022
178	Tanzania	Africa	0.7	2023
179	South Sudan	Africa	0.7	2022
180	Bangladesh	Asia	0.7	2023
181	Cameroon	Africa	0.7	2022
182	Gambia, The	Africa	0.7	2023
183	Benin	Africa	0.6	2023
184	Afghanistan	Asia	0.5	2023
185	Yemen, Rep.	Asia	0.5	2023
186	Pakistan	Asia	0.5	2021
187	Papua New Guinea	Oceania	0.5	2021
188	Malawi	Africa	0.5	2022
189	Togo	Africa	0.5	2022
190	Senegal	Africa	0.4	2023
191	Guinea	Africa	0.4	2022
192	Niger	Africa	0.4	2023
193	Madagascar	Africa	0.3	2022
194	Mali	Africa	0.3	2023
195	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	Africa	0.3	2014
196	Myanmar	Asia	0.2	2022
197	Djibouti	Africa	0.2	2022
198	Chad	Africa	0.2	2023

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