Nurses
Global Ranking
per 1000 peopleSource: IMF
Definition of Nurses
Number of professional and associate professional nurses per 1,000 residents of the country.
Current Rank | Country | Value | Latest Reading | Previous Rank | Previous Value |
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1 | Norway | 18.05 | 2020 | 1 | 17.88 |
2 | Switzerland | 17.96 | 2019 | 2 | 17.59 |
3 | Iceland | 15.73 | 2020 | 3 | 15.36 |
4 | Finland | 14.26 | 2014 | 4 | 14.18 |
5 | Germany | 13.95 | 2019 | 5 | 13.81 |
6 | Australia | 12.22 | 2019 | 6 | 11.92 |
7 ↑ | Japan | 11.76 | 2018 | 8 | 11.34 |
8 ↓ | Luxembourg | 11.72 | 2017 | 7 | 11.72 |
9 | Belgium | 11.07 | 2018 | 9 | 11.22 |
10 ↑ | Sweden | 10.85 | 2018 | 11 | 10.89 |
11 ↓ | Netherlands | 10.69 | 2019 | 10 | 11.16 |
12 | New Zealand | 10.59 | 2020 | 12 | 10.24 |
13 ↑ | Austria | 10.37 | 2019 | 22 | 6.87 |
14 | Slovenia | 10.28 | 2019 | 14 | 10.14 |
15 | Denmark | 10.1 | 2018 | 15 | 10.03 |
16 | Canada | 9.98 | 2019 | 16 | 9.95 |
17 | Czech Republic | 8.56 | 2019 | 17 | 8.52 |
18 | Russia | 8.48 | 2019 | 18 | 8.46 |
19 | United Kingdom | 8.45 | 2020 | 19 | 8.2 |
20 ↑ | South Korea | 7.94 | 2019 | 21 | 7.24 |
21 ↓ | Lithuania | 7.74 | 2019 | 20 | 7.78 |
22 ↓ | Brazil | 7.43 | 2019 | 13 | 10.17 |
23 | Hungary | 6.62 | 2019 | 23 | 6.62 |
24 | Estonia | 6.24 | 2019 | 24 | 6.29 |
25 | Italy | 6.07 | 2020 | 25 | 6.16 |
26 | Spain | 5.89 | 2019 | 26 | 5.87 |
27 | Poland | 5.1 | 2017 | 27 | 5.16 |
28 | Israel | 5.01 | 2019 | 28 | 5.03 |
29 | Latvia | 4.39 | 2019 | 29 | 4.35 |
30 | Greece | 3.38 | 2019 | 30 | 3.37 |
31 | China | 3.1 | 2019 | 31 | 2.87 |
32 ↓ | Mexico | 2.85 | 2019 | 31 | 2.87 |
33 | India | 2.39 | 2019 | 33 | 1.73 |
34 | Colombia | 1.33 | 2018 | 34 | 1.26 |
35 | South Africa | 1.1 | 2019 | 35 | 1.22 |
Number of professional and associate professional nurses per 1,000 residents of the country.