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Countries by Nurses per 1000 (2022)

Nurses per 1000 in 2022: highest in Switzerland (18.76), lowest in Djibouti (0.194), median 4.037 across the 126 countries in this dataset, according to World Bank.

Browse Nurses per 1000 across 241 countries and regions. Select a country to view an interactive chart with historical data, cross-country comparison, and trend analysis. All data sourced from World Bank.

241 countries and regionsSource: World Bank
Data updated:Last checked:Frequency:AnnualCoverage:1990–2023

Highest Nurses per 1000, 2022

  1. 1.Switzerland18.76
  2. 2.Norway16.09
  3. 3.Iceland15.64
  4. 4.Ireland14.09
  5. 5.Luxembourg13.71
  6. 6.Australia13.45
  7. 7.United States13.38
  8. 8.Japan12.98
  9. 9.Germany12.25
  10. 10.New Zealand11.86

Lowest Nurses per 1000, 2022

  1. 117.Togo0.494
  2. 118.Tanzania0.494
  3. 119.Senegal0.427
  4. 120.Guinea0.421
  5. 121.Mali0.416
  6. 122.Madagascar0.281
  7. 123.Niger0.213
  8. 124.Chad0.208
  9. 125.Myanmar0.205
  10. 126.Djibouti0.194

All 126 ranked countries, 2022— select a country to view interactive chart

Click any country to open an interactive chart with historical Nurses per 1000 trends. You can compare multiple countries, switch time ranges, and download chart images for reports and presentations.

SwitzerlandRank 1 of 126NorwayRank 2 of 126IcelandRank 3 of 126IrelandRank 4 of 126LuxembourgRank 5 of 126AustraliaRank 6 of 126United StatesRank 7 of 126JapanRank 8 of 126GermanyRank 9 of 126New ZealandRank 10 of 126NetherlandsRank 11 of 126AustriaRank 12 of 126BelarusRank 13 of 126SloveniaRank 14 of 126CanadaRank 15 of 126Czech RepublicRank 16 of 126ParaguayRank 17 of 126South KoreaRank 18 of 126United KingdomRank 19 of 126San MarinoRank 20 of 126MaltaRank 21 of 126RomaniaRank 22 of 126CroatiaRank 23 of 126PortugalRank 24 of 126LithuaniaRank 25 of 126UruguayRank 26 of 126SeychellesRank 27 of 126RussiaRank 28 of 126EstoniaRank 29 of 126ItalyRank 30 of 126Bosnia and HerzegovinaRank 31 of 126KazakhstanRank 32 of 126SerbiaRank 33 of 126SingaporeRank 34 of 126TajikistanRank 35 of 126SpainRank 36 of 126MoldovaRank 37 of 126South AfricaRank 38 of 126PolandRank 39 of 126PalauRank 40 of 126Saudi ArabiaRank 41 of 126United Arab EmiratesRank 42 of 126MontenegroRank 43 of 126SlovakiaRank 44 of 126GeorgiaRank 45 of 126IsraelRank 46 of 126HungaryRank 47 of 126AzerbaijanRank 48 of 126North MacedoniaRank 49 of 126NamibiaRank 50 of 126ChileRank 51 of 126ArgentinaRank 52 of 126ArmeniaRank 53 of 126BulgariaRank 54 of 126AndorraRank 55 of 126OmanRank 56 of 126GhanaRank 57 of 126LatviaRank 58 of 126EswatiniRank 59 of 126BarbadosRank 60 of 126IndonesiaRank 61 of 126GreeceRank 62 of 126MauritiusRank 63 of 126MalaysiaRank 64 of 126CyprusRank 65 of 126Kyrgyz RepublicRank 66 of 126ChinaRank 67 of 126TurkmenistanRank 68 of 126TurkeyRank 69 of 126PanamaRank 70 of 126BotswanaRank 71 of 126JordanRank 72 of 126Costa RicaRank 73 of 126ZimbabweRank 74 of 126MexicoRank 75 of 126ZambiaRank 76 of 126PeruRank 77 of 126IraqRank 78 of 126AlgeriaRank 79 of 126GabonRank 80 of 126BelizeRank 81 of 126UgandaRank 82 of 126El SalvadorRank 83 of 126Sao Tome and PrincipeRank 84 of 126Dominican RepublicRank 85 of 126BhutanRank 86 of 126KenyaRank 87 of 126AngolaRank 88 of 126Cabo VerdeRank 89 of 126LesothoRank 90 of 126JamaicaRank 91 of 126NigeriaRank 92 of 126ComorosRank 93 of 126MauritaniaRank 94 of 126EritreaRank 95 of 126Equatorial GuineaRank 96 of 126EthiopiaRank 97 of 126DR CongoRank 98 of 126Sierra LeoneRank 99 of 126Republic of the CongoRank 100 of 126RwandaRank 101 of 126Burkina FasoRank 102 of 126LiberiaRank 103 of 126Guinea-BissauRank 104 of 126MozambiqueRank 105 of 126BurundiRank 106 of 126HaitiRank 107 of 126South SudanRank 108 of 126Cote d'IvoireRank 109 of 126The GambiaRank 110 of 126YemenRank 111 of 126CameroonRank 112 of 126BangladeshRank 113 of 126BeninRank 114 of 126MalawiRank 115 of 126Central African RepublicRank 116 of 126TogoRank 117 of 126TanzaniaRank 118 of 126SenegalRank 119 of 126GuineaRank 120 of 126MaliRank 121 of 126MadagascarRank 122 of 126NigerRank 123 of 126ChadRank 124 of 126MyanmarRank 125 of 126DjiboutiRank 126 of 126

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Nurses per 1000 Data Coverage

This page lists 241 countries with available Nurses per 1000 data. Data sourced from World Bank. Visit each country's page for interactive charts.