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Nurses and midwives by country

per 1,000 people · 79 countries ranked · 2023

Rank 1 = best (higher is better for this indicator).25 of 79
  1. 1NorwayWorld rank 1st of 79
    up +2.6 %
  2. 2IcelandWorld rank 2nd of 79
    up +1.4 %
  3. 3IrelandWorld rank 3rd of 79
    up +4.9 %
  4. 4LuxembourgWorld rank 4th of 79
    up +0.1 %
  5. 5New ZealandWorld rank 5th of 79
    up +3.7 %
  6. 6CanadaWorld rank 6th of 79
    up +10.3 %
  7. 7BelarusWorld rank 7th of 79
    up +0.8 %
  8. 8United KingdomWorld rank 8th of 79
    up +5.4 %
  9. 9San MarinoWorld rank 9th of 79
    up +8.7 %
  10. 11MaltaWorld rank 11th of 79
    down −1.2 %
  11. 12PortugalWorld rank 12th of 79
    up +2.0 %
  12. up +0.4 %
  13. 14EstoniaWorld rank 14th of 79
    down −4.4 %
  14. 15PalauWorld rank 15th of 79
    up +6.0 %
  15. up +5.2 %
  16. 18KazakhstanWorld rank 18th of 79
    down −3.3 %
  17. 19TajikistanWorld rank 19th of 79
    down −0.6 %
  18. 20MoldovaWorld rank 20th of 79
    down −1.3 %
  19. 21MontenegroWorld rank 21st of 79
    down −0.6 %
  20. 22UkraineWorld rank 22nd of 79
  21. 23GeorgiaWorld rank 23rd of 79
    up +1.1 %
  22. 24IsraelWorld rank 24th of 79
    up +1.3 %
  23. 25BrazilWorld rank 25th of 79

On the map

Nurses and midwives, 2023. Quantile classes; hatched = no data.

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Rank over time

Position in the world ranking by year, up to 5 countries. Rank 1 is at the top.

NorwayIcelandIreland
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Rank by year for Norway, Iceland, Ireland, 2000–2024.