Health
Nurses / 1,000
SH.MED.NUMW.P3
Annual series published by the World Bank, compared across Italy, Spain, Netherlands, United States, China, Iraq, Bosnia, North Macedonia. The chart carries the trajectory, the table carries the year by year figures, and the definition at the foot of the page is the World Bank's own, quoted as it stands.
- Latest value, Italy
- 6.762022
- Period covered
- 2000 - 202223 annual values
- Highest of the compared countries
- 13.38United States, 2022
- Lowest of the compared countries
- 2.65Iraq, 2022
8 countries compared, that is the maximum. Remove one to add another.
Latest known valuesorted by value
United States13.382022
Netherlands11.672022
Italy6.762022
Bosnia6.732022
Spain6.412022
North Macedonia5.522022
China3.672022
Iraq2.652022
Year by year values
Click the Year header to reverse the order. An empty cell means the World Bank publishes nothing for that country that year.
| Italy | Spain | Netherlands | United States | China | Iraq | Bosnia | North Macedonia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 6.76 | 6.41 | 11.67 | 13.38 | 3.67 | 2.65 | 6.73 | 5.52 |
| 2021 | 6.43 | 6.5 | 11.53 | 13.03 | 3.52 | 2.46 | 6.64 | |
| 2020 | 6.52 | 6.25 | 11.21 | 12.34 | 3.3 | 2.28 | 6.4 | 5.45 |
| 2019 | 6.4 | 6.04 | 10.89 | 13.02 | 3.12 | 2.31 | 6.43 | 5.45 |
| 2018 | 6.04 | 6.01 | 11.28 | 11.59 | 2.89 | 1.95 | 5.94 | 5.28 |
| 2017 | 6.09 | 5.9 | 11.06 | 11.55 | 2.69 | 1.73 | 5.75 | 5.08 |
| 2016 | 5.85 | 5.67 | 10.79 | 11.46 | 2.5 | 1.63 | 5.65 | 5.04 |
| 2015 | 5.72 | 5.44 | 10.64 | 11.17 | 2.32 | 1.58 | 6.02 | 4.82 |
| 2014 | 5.54 | 5.31 | 10.44 | 11.06 | 2.16 | 1.81 | 5.99 | 4.7 |
| 2013 | 5.29 | 5.29 | 12.32 | 11 | 2.02 | 1.96 | 5.79 | 4.34 |
| 2012 | 5.33 | 5.39 | 12.19 | 11.03 | 1.82 | 5.79 | 4.25 | |
| 2011 | 5.41 | 5.36 | 11.96 | 11 | 1.65 | 5.49 | 4.26 | |
| 2010 | 5.44 | 5.28 | 11.81 | 10.88 | 1.52 | 5.33 | 4.23 | |
| 2009 | 5.47 | 5.08 | 11.71 | 10.75 | 1.38 | 5.11 | 4.11 | |
| 2008 | 5.47 | 4.95 | 8.48 | 10.73 | 1.26 | 4.94 | 4 | |
| 2007 | 5.48 | 4.73 | 8.37 | 10.56 | 1.18 | 1.05 | 4.71 | 3.71 |
| 2006 | 5.35 | 4.58 | 8.27 | 10.5 | 1.08 | 4.58 | 3.42 | |
| 2005 | 5.19 | 4.49 | 8.26 | 10.41 | 1.03 | 1.32 | 4.48 | 3.36 |
| 2004 | 5.33 | 4.43 | 8.19 | 10.3 | 1.01 | 4.37 | 3.48 | |
| 2003 | 5.45 | 4.41 | 8.05 | 10.1 | 0.98 | 4.35 | 3.48 | |
| 2002 | 5.82 | 4.2 | 7.88 | 10.21 | 0.97 | 4.01 | 3.68 | |
| 2001 | 5.76 | 4 | 10.61 | 10.21 | 1.01 | 3.95 | 3.54 | |
| 2000 | 5.71 | 3.66 | 10.31 | 10.19 | 1 | 4.03 | 3.52 | |
| 1999 | 3.5 | 10.17 | 10.38 | 0.99 | 4.09 | |||
| 1998 | 3.45 | 11.22 | 0.97 | |||||
| 1997 | 3.46 | 11.12 | 0.97 | |||||
| 1996 | 3.39 | 11.24 | 0.95 | |||||
| 1995 | 4.3 | 7.89 | 0.92 | |||||
| 1994 | 4.21 | 11.14 | ||||||
| 1993 | 4.23 | 10.9 | ||||||
| 1992 | 4.18 | 10.74 | ||||||
| 1991 | 4.11 | 10.68 | 4.92 | |||||
| 1990 | 2.83 | 10.39 | 0.85 | 5.06 |
World Bank definition
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.
Text published by the World Bank for indicator SH.MED.NUMW.P3, reproduced unchanged.
The same indicator across Europe & Central Asia
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