Which country has the highest Nurses and Midwives?

Gabon has the highest Nurses and Midwives, at 223.2 per 10k, followed by Sweden (215.9 per 10k) and Monaco (208.3 per 10k).

Which country has the lowest Nurses and Midwives?

South Africa has the lowest Nurses and Midwives, at 1.13 per 10k.

What is the median Nurses and Midwives across countries?

The median is 36.22 per 10k across the 193 countries with data.

Where does this nurse vacancies by country data come from?

Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: Nursing and midwifery personnel - WHO.

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Nurse Vacancies by Country

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Gabon has the highest Nurses and Midwives (223.2 per 10k), followed by Sweden (215.9 per 10k) and Monaco (208.3 per 10k). South Africa has the lowest (1.13 per 10k).

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Median

36.22 per 10k

Middle half 14.49 per 10k – 66.56 per 10k

Average

48.7 per 10k

193 countries

Highest

223.2 per 10k

Gabon

Lowest

1.13 per 10k

South Africa

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193 countries · # = rank by Nurses and Midwives

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1	Gabon	223.2 per 10k	116,554	2,020
2	Sweden	215.9 per 10k	210,515	2,020
3	Monaco	208.3 per 10k	732	2,014
4	Belgium	205.3 per 10k	223,645	2,021
5	North Macedonia	188.9 per 10k	99,065	2,021
6	Switzerland	187.1 per 10k	158,714	2,020
7	Indonesia	163.4 per 10k	5,727	2,020
8	Italy	149.0 per 10k	64,072	2,021
9	Australia	148.2 per 10k	357,674	2,021
10	Marshall Islands	144.0 per 10k	7,007	2,020
11	United States	124.7 per 10k	4,188,638	2,020
12	Jordan	124.5 per 10k	1,526,740	2,020
13	Greece	123.5 per 10k	1,003,000	2,020
14	Gambia	122.2 per 10k	764,260	2,020
15	Madagascar	120.9 per 10k	6,992	2,017
16	Uruguay	115.5 per 10k	38,807	2,021
17	New Zealand	114.4 per 10k	55,802	2,021
18	Netherlands	113.3 per 10k	193,206	2,020
19	Uzbekistan	112.7 per 10k	318,196	2,014
20	Ethiopia	111.8 per 10k	14,854	2,021
21	Austria	107.7 per 10k	93,477	2,020
22	Belarus	107.1 per 10k	98,875	2,015
23	Dominica	105.4 per 10k	58,910	2,019
24	Solomon Islands	105.4 per 10k	22,002	2,020
25	Niue	105.3 per 10k	20	2,018
26	Central African Republic	102.7 per 10k	391,847	2,021
27	Luxembourg	96.63 per 10k	25,736	2,021
28	Antigua and Barbuda	95.77 per 10k	610	2,019
29	Sierra Leone	92.24 per 10k	951	2,018
30	Denmark	92.03 per 10k	92,664	2,020
31	United Arab Emirates	91.67 per 10k	584,385	2,021
32	Papua New Guinea	90.3 per 10k	55,316	2,021
33	Qatar	85.3 per 10k	433,993	2,020
34	Costa Rica	81.87 per 10k	110	2,019
35	Cuba	80.93 per 10k	34,184	2,016
36	Sao Tome and Principe	80.84 per 10k	253	2,014
37	Slovenia	78.5 per 10k	41,072	2,021
38	Cyprus	75.68 per 10k	85,732	2,018
39	Poland	75.6 per 10k	75,009	2,020
40	Russia	73.72 per 10k	141,821	2,017
41	Samoa	73.41 per 10k	773	2,018
42	Portugal	72.36 per 10k	19,712	2,018
43	Seychelles	71.91 per 10k	53,881	2,016
44	Kenya	71.86 per 10k	118,693	2,015
45	Nauru	70.59 per 10k	84	2,018
46	Philippines	67.62 per 10k	231,612	2,020
47	Lithuania	67.38 per 10k	41,934	2,017
48	Brunei	67.11 per 10k	2,613	2,021
49	Uganda	66.56 per 10k	284,207	2,014
50	India	66.04 per 10k	64,127	2,021
51	Jamaica	65.53 per 10k	370,887	2,021
52	Ecuador	65.11 per 10k	461	2,018
53	Palau	65 per 10k	115	2,020
54	Ukraine	63.57 per 10k	59,043	2,020
55	Spain	63.06 per 10k	289,100	2,020
56	Azerbaijan	62.78 per 10k	56,148	2,014
57	Rwanda	62.45 per 10k	860,869	2,020
58	Slovakia	61.82 per 10k	35,636	2,017
59	Romania	61.18 per 10k	18,314	2,020
60	Ghana	58.75 per 10k	21,667	2,021
61	Albania	58.31 per 10k	15,692	2,020
62	Guinea	57.47 per 10k	700	2,018
63	Laos	56.84 per 10k	33,518	2,019
64	Montenegro	56.76 per 10k	3,303	2,021
65	Ivory Coast	56.32 per 10k	47,700	2,021
66	Senegal	56.05 per 10k	196,795	2,021
66	Bosnia and Herzegovina	56.05 per 10k	19,057	2,018
68	Brazil	55.13 per 10k	1,181,537	2,021
69	Argentina	54.47 per 10k	241,197	2,020
70	Armenia	50.34 per 10k	13,262	2,015
71	Botswana	50.18 per 10k	8,500	2,018
72	South Korea	50.13 per 10k	287,458	2,018
73	Mali	48.97 per 10k	2,519	2,020
74	Peru	47.55 per 10k	475,995	2,021
75	Bulgaria	47.41 per 10k	30,589	2,018
76	Tanzania	47.12 per 10k	34,696	2,014
77	Czechia	46.28 per 10k	5,328	2,021
78	China	46.01 per 10k	73,684	2,021
79	Kyrgyzstan	45.87 per 10k	20,000	2,020
80	Saint Lucia	45.19 per 10k	216	2,015
81	Djibouti	44.34 per 10k	105,125	2,017
82	Oman	44.26 per 10k	18,894	2,020
83	Lebanon	44 per 10k	7,952	2,020
84	Bahamas	43.81 per 10k	1,761	2,018
85	Andorra	43.65 per 10k	296	2,015
86	Turkey	42.73 per 10k	23,090	2,014
87	Mauritania	42.39 per 10k	195	2,018
88	Mongolia	42.22 per 10k	12,344	2,018
89	Tonga	41.79 per 10k	443	2,021
90	Mexico	38.49 per 10k	4,986	2,018
91	France	38.37 per 10k	3,256	2,019
92	Suriname	38.03 per 10k	2,172	2,019
93	North Korea	37.4 per 10k	7,884	2,015
94	Trinidad and Tobago	37.35 per 10k	5,636	2,019
95	Guatemala	36.98 per 10k	36,251	2,019
96	Turkmenistan	36.94 per 10k	41	2,020
97	Kuwait	36.22 per 10k	443	2,018
98	Palestine	35.39 per 10k	13,760	2,020
99	Grenada	34.96 per 10k	95,789	2,020
100	Nepal	34.89 per 10k	68,316	2,021
101	Honduras	34.83 per 10k	2,437	2,020
102	Tajikistan	34.03 per 10k	227,292	2,020
103	Maldives	33.94 per 10k	111,324	2,019
104	Colombia	33.05 per 10k	4,708,717	2,020
105	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	32.22 per 10k	476	2,017
106	Kazakhstan	31.6 per 10k	30,109	2,019
107	Barbados	31.36 per 10k	877	2,018
108	Liberia	31.24 per 10k	6,866	2,018
109	Thailand	30.78 per 10k	219,473	2,019
110	Croatia	30.63 per 10k	15,784	2,021
111	San Marino	30.15 per 10k	570	2,020
112	Micronesia	29.56 per 10k	372,464	2,020
113	Georgia	26.8 per 10k	5,481	2,020
114	Eritrea	26.35 per 10k	16,640	2,021
115	Paraguay	26.13 per 10k	67,076	2,021
116	El Salvador	25.16 per 10k	42,811	2,018
117	Fiji	24.71 per 10k	2,917	2,020
118	Sri Lanka	24.39 per 10k	44,091	2,021
119	Tunisia	24.33 per 10k	28,739	2,017
120	Belize	23.48 per 10k	897	2,018
121	Bahrain	23.46 per 10k	3,307	2,016
122	Guinea-Bissau	23.08 per 10k	40,066	2,020
123	Israel	22.56 per 10k	89,990	2,020
124	Bhutan	22.1 per 10k	1,718	2,021
125	Moldova	21.99 per 10k	230	2,019
126	Saudi Arabia	21.53 per 10k	440	2,019
127	Somalia	21.44 per 10k	1,413	2,018
128	Zimbabwe	20.29 per 10k	22,499	2,020
129	Venezuela	20.01 per 10k	59,690	2,018
130	Namibia	19.89 per 10k	4,784	2,018
131	Ireland	19.84 per 10k	133,657	2,018
132	Norway	19.53 per 10k	8,286	2,018
133	Lesotho	19.29 per 10k	10,379	2,018
134	Libya	19.26 per 10k	9,415	2,018
135	Zambia	18.64 per 10k	32,542	2,021
136	Equatorial Guinea	18.27 per 10k	189,579	2,018
137	Timor-Leste	17.73 per 10k	1,627	2,020
138	Iran	17.28 per 10k	2,412,621	2,020
139	Tuvalu	16.86 per 10k	51,327	2,020
140	Nigeria	15.64 per 10k	201,735	2,021
141	Algeria	15.59 per 10k	56,411	2,018
142	Nicaragua	15.3 per 10k	9,912	2,017
143	Bolivia	15.26 per 10k	17,449	2,017
144	Vietnam	14.54 per 10k	106,654	2,016
145	Comoros	14.49 per 10k	74,626	2,021
146	Eswatini	14.43 per 10k	4,971	2,018
147	Egypt	14.4 per 10k	15,673	2,019
148	Syria	14.19 per 10k	26,908	2,016
149	Vanuatu	14 per 10k	353	2,019
150	Morocco	13.91 per 10k	45,326	2,017
151	Cameroon	12.36 per 10k	706	2,018
152	Kiribati	11.99 per 10k	59,901	2,018
153	Latvia	11.83 per 10k	6,981	2,020
154	Sudan	11.4 per 10k	47,882	2,018
155	Iraq	11.16 per 10k	244,690	2,021
156	Myanmar	11.03 per 10k	40,830	2,019
157	Haiti	10.53 per 10k	1,956	2,021
158	Canada	10.25 per 10k	9,483	2,019
159	Japan	9.84 per 10k	2,368	2,018
160	Mauritius	9.54 per 10k	3,403	2,018
161	Cook Islands	9.34 per 10k	5,081	2,018
162	Saint Kitts and Nevis	9.33 per 10k	10,409	2,019
163	Burkina Faso	8.99 per 10k	11,364	2,019
164	Germany	8.88 per 10k	1,740	2,020
165	Finland	7.7 per 10k	69,824	2,020
166	Burundi	7.58 per 10k	9,372	2,021
167	Yemen	7.27 per 10k	22,377	2,018
168	Iceland	7.13 per 10k	6,986	2,018
169	Malaysia	7 per 10k	13,564	2,020
170	Dominican Republic	6.62 per 10k	488	2,014
171	Cambodia	6.45 per 10k	11,259	2,019
172	Bangladesh	6.13 per 10k	77,091	2,021
173	Guyana	5.73 per 10k	7,195	2,018
174	Mozambique	5.68 per 10k	10,928	2,021
175	United Kingdom	5.5 per 10k	31,940	2,018
176	Panama	5.11 per 10k	5,087	2,021
177	Pakistan	4.69 per 10k	88,571	2,019
178	Afghanistan	4.52 per 10k	11,483	2,018
179	Malta	4.22 per 10k	5,174	2,018
180	Hungary	4.02 per 10k	4,227	2,018
181	Angola	4.01 per 10k	12,554	2,018
182	Togo	3.97 per 10k	1,946	2,021
183	South Sudan	3.58 per 10k	3,726	2,018
184	Serbia	3.57 per 10k	3,800	2,020
185	Malawi	2.92 per 10k	3,833	2,018
186	Benin	2.91 per 10k	2,670	2,019
187	Estonia	2.7 per 10k	406	2,018
188	Chad	2.35 per 10k	1,195	2,018
189	Niger	2.22 per 10k	4,107	2,018
190	Singapore	2.04 per 10k	1,040	2,020
191	Chile	1.98 per 10k	2,677	2,021
192	Cape Verde	1.93 per 10k	4,543	2,021
193	South Africa	1.13 per 10k	825	2,014

What correlates with Nurses and Midwives?

Pearson r against 1,408 other country metrics sharing at least 116 countries. Correlation is not causation.

Higher together

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Nursing and Midwifery PersonnelDoctors per Capita by Country
r = +0.37 · moderate · n = 193
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r = +0.37 · moderate · n = 145
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r = +0.37 · moderate · n = 190
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Melanoma Death Rate - MaleMale Skin Cancer Rates by Country
r = +0.36 · moderate · n = 193
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Melanoma New Case Rate - MaleMale Skin Cancer Rates by Country
r = +0.36 · moderate · n = 193
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r = +0.36 · moderate · n = 193
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Opposite directions

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r = −0.33 · moderate · n = 133
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r = −0.29 · weak · n = 176
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r = −0.29 · weak · n = 193
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Failed States IndexFailed States
r = −0.29 · weak · n = 176
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r = −0.29 · weak · n = 141
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Quick answers

Which country has the highest Nurses and Midwives?: Gabon has the highest Nurses and Midwives, at 223.2 per 10k, followed by Sweden (215.9 per 10k) and Monaco (208.3 per 10k).
Which country has the lowest Nurses and Midwives?: South Africa has the lowest Nurses and Midwives, at 1.13 per 10k.
What is the median Nurses and Midwives across countries?: The median is 36.22 per 10k across the 193 countries with data.
Where does this nurse vacancies by country data come from?: Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: Nursing and midwifery personnel - WHO.

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