Nurses (per 1,000 people) - Health Nutrition and Population Statistics



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Nurses are professional nurses, auxiliary nurses, enrolled nurses, and other nurses, such as dental nurses and primary care nurses.
Nurses (per 1,000 people) - Health Nutrition and Population Statistics (Most Recent Data)

Rank

Country

Value

1Ireland (2004)15.2
2Norway (2003)14.84
3Finland (2002)14.33
4Netherlands (2003)13.73
5Iceland (2003)13.63
6United Kingdom (1997)12.12
7Belarus (2003)11.63
8Switzerland (2000)10.75
9Denmark (2002)10.36
10Sweden (2002)10.24
11Canada (2003)9.95
12Uzbekistan (2003)9.82
13Germany (2003)9.72
14Czech Republic (2003)9.71
15Austria (2003)9.38
16United States (2000)9.37
17Luxembourg (2003)9.16
18Australia (2001)9.1
19Turkmenistan (2002)9.04
20Hungary (2003)8.85
21Estonia (2000)8.5
22New Zealand (2001)8.16
23Euro area (2003)8.08
24Russia (2003)8.05
25Seychelles (2004)7.93
26Japan (2002)7.79
27Spain (2003)7.68
28Lithuania (2003)7.62
29Ukraine (2003)7.62
30Cuba (2002)7.44
31European Union (2003)7.37
32France (2004)7.24
33Slovenia (2002)7.21
34Azerbaijan (2003)7.11
35Europe & Central Asia (all income levels) (2008)7.04
36Slovakia (2003)6.77
37Europe & Central Asia (developing only) (2003)6.37
38Israel (2003)6.26
39Kyrgyzstan (2003)6.14
40Moldova (2003)6.06
41Kazakhstan (2003)6.01
42Malta (2003)5.83
43Belgium (2003)5.83
44Italy (2003)5.44
45Latvia (2003)5.27
46Macedonia (2001)5.19
47Croatia (2003)5.05
48St. Kitts and Nevis (1997)5.02
49Qatar (2001)4.94
50Poland (2003)4.9
51Gabon (2004)4.64
52Tajikistan (2003)4.58
53Bahamas (1998)4.47
54Portugal (2003)4.36
55Armenia (2003)4.35
56Singapore (2001)4.24
57Swaziland (2004)4.24
58United Arab Emirates (2001)4.18
59Dominica (1997)4.17
60Bosnia and Herzegovina (2003)4.13
61South Africa (2004)4.08
62Guatemala (1999)4.05
63Bahrain (2004)4.04
64Kuwait (2001)3.91
65Romania (2003)3.89
66Greece (2000)3.86
67Brazil (2000)3.84
68Micronesia (2000)3.83
69Cyprus (2002)3.76
70Bulgaria (2003)3.75
71Barbados (1999)3.7
72Grenada (1997)3.7
73Albania (2003)3.62
74Libya (1997)3.6
75Mauritius (2004)3.6
76Oman (2004)3.5
77Georgia (2003)3.47
78Antigua and Barbuda (1999)3.28
79Mongolia (2002)3.21
80Tonga (2001)3.16
81Andorra (2003)3.11
82Namibia (2004)3.06
83Marshall Islands (2000)2.98
84Saudi Arabia (2004)2.97
85Jordan (2004)2.94
86Trinidad and Tobago (1997)2.87
87Thailand (2000)2.82
88Panama (2000)2.77
89Maldives (2004)2.7
90Brunei Darussalam (2000)2.67
91Botswana (2004)2.65
92Tuvalu (2002)2.64
93Tunisia (2004)2.58
94St. Vincent and the Grenadines (1997)2.38
95Kiribati (1998)2.36
96Vanuatu (1997)2.35
97Guyana (2000)2.29
98St. Lucia (1999)2.28
99Bolivia (2001)2.12
100Western Samoa (1999)2.02
101Algeria (2002)1.99
102Egypt (2004)1.98
103Fiji (1999)1.96
104Syria (2001)1.94
105Dominican Republic (2000)1.84
106Timor-Leste (2004)1.79
107South Korea (2003)1.75
108North Korea (2003)1.75
109Middle East & North Africa (all income levels) (2008)1.72
110Turkey (2003)1.7
111Paraguay (2002)1.69
112Philippines (2000)1.69
113Jamaica (2003)1.65
114Suriname (2000)1.62
115Cameroon (2004)1.6
116Ecuador (2000)1.57
117Zambia (2004)1.56
118Sao Tome and Principe (2004)1.55
119Arab World (2004)1.52
120Middle East & North Africa (developing only) (2004)1.44
121Palau (1998)1.44
122Malaysia (2000)1.35
123Angola (2004)1.31
124Honduras (2000)1.29
125Belize (2000)1.26
126Iraq (2004)1.25
127Sri Lanka (2004)1.2
128Iran (2004)1.19
129Kenya (2002)1.18
130Lebanon (2001)1.18
131Gambia (2003)1.13
132Nicaragua (2003)1.07
133China (2001)1.05
134Nigeria (2003)1.03
135East Asia & Pacific (developing only) (2001)1.02
136Costa Rica (2000)0.92
137Mexico (2000)0.9
138Sub-Saharan Africa (all income levels) (2008)0.89
139Cape Verde (2004)0.87
140Uruguay (2002)0.85
141Republic of the Congo (2004)0.84
142Argentina (1998)0.8
143India (2004)0.8
144Solomon Islands (1999)0.8
145El Salvador (2002)0.8
146Ghana (2004)0.74
147Morocco (2004)0.72
148Zimbabwe (2004)0.72
149Benin (2004)0.72
150Peru (1999)0.67
151South Asia (2004)0.67
152Venezuela (1997)0.66
153Yemen (2004)0.64
154Chile (2003)0.63
155Lesotho (2003)0.62
156Comoros (2004)0.61
157Cambodia (2000)0.61
158Malawi (2004)0.59
159Guinea-Bissau (2004)0.59
160Indonesia (2003)0.57
161Mauritania (2004)0.56
162Vietnam (2001)0.56
163Eritrea (2004)0.55
164Uganda (2004)0.55
165Colombia (2002)0.55
166Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) (2004)0.54
167Papua New Guinea (2000)0.53
168Democratic Republic of the Congo (2004)0.53
169Sudan (2004)0.51
170Guinea (2004)0.47
171Ivory Coast (2004)0.46
172Mali (2004)0.45
173Equatorial Guinea (2004)0.43
174Rwanda (2004)0.42
175Least developed countries: UN classification (2004)0.38
176Low income (2004)0.35
177Togo (2004)0.33
178Burkina Faso (2004)0.32
179Pakistan (2004)0.31
180Tanzania (2002)0.3
181Djibouti (2004)0.26
182Senegal (2004)0.25
183Chad (2004)0.24
184Sierra Leone (2004)0.23
185Central African Republic (2004)0.23
186Nepal (2004)0.22
187Afghanistan (2001)0.22
188Mozambique (2004)0.21
189Burma (2004)0.2
190Madagascar (2004)0.2
191Niger (2004)0.2
192Ethiopia (2003)0.2
193Somalia (1997)0.19
194Burundi (2004)0.19
195Liberia (2004)0.17
196Bhutan (2004)0.14
197Bangladesh (2004)0.14
198Haiti (1998)0.11
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