Countries with the Most Nurses per 1,000 People 2022
Source:
World Bank
Key Findings
🏆
Switzerland leads in Nurses and midwives (per 1,000 people) with 18.76 in 2022.
📊
Average Nurses and midwives (per 1,000 people) in 2022: 12.12 · median: 11.77.
↔️
Gap in 2022: Switzerland is 2.2× larger than San Marino.
About This Dataset
Countries with the Most Nurses per 1,000 People 2022
The 20 countries with the most nurses and midwives per 1,000 people in 2022. Switzerland leads with 18.76 per 1,000, ahead of Norway at 16.09 and Iceland at 15.64. Only 126 countries reported this figure for 2022, because it comes from national health workforce surveys rather than an annual return.
Analysis
The median reporting country has 4.05 nurses and midwives per 1,000 people, against 18.76 in Switzerland. The lowest of the 126 reporting is Djibouti at 0.19.
Data Insights
Numbers, trends & sources behind this chart
Methodology & source
- Data source
- World Bank
- Coverage
- 20 entities · 2022 · 20 observations
- Measure
- Nurses and midwives (per 1,000 people)
- Last updated
- 31 August 2026
- Compiled by
- The ANYSTAT team, from the source above
How the figures are calculated
- Values use the measure and unit named on this page. Consult the dataset description and cited source for coverage, definitions and any unit conversions. Displayed values may be rounded for readability.
- Entities are ranked highest-first on their value in 2022.
Data Sources & References
All external sources cited in this dataset
Was this chart useful?
⚑ Spotted an error in this data? Report it
How these countries rank across all our charts
Each country's page lists its position in every ranking on ANYSTAT.
Cite this chart
Using this chart in an article, report, class or website? Please cite it and link to this page.
Related Charts
More statistics on similar topics