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Nursing and midwifery personnel (per 10,000)

Name: Nursing and midwifery personnel (per 10,000) by country, 2024
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Nursing and midwifery personnel (per 10,000) league table
#	Country		Region	Income
1	Iceland	160.8	Europe & Central Asia	High income
2	Ireland	154	Europe & Central Asia	High income
3	Australia	144.3	East Asia & Pacific	High income
4	New Zealand	131.2	East Asia & Pacific	High income
5	United States	123.9	North America	High income
6	Canada	116.2	North America	High income
7	Belarus	107.6	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
8	Korea, Rep.	98	East Asia & Pacific	High income
9	San Marino	97	Europe & Central Asia	High income
10	Qatar	86.1	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
11	Kazakhstan	66.1	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
12	Brunei Darussalam	65	East Asia & Pacific	High income
13	Israel	62.1	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
14	Seychelles	62	Sub-Saharan Africa	High income
15	Montenegro	59.7	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
16	Brazil	58.3	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
17	Georgia	56.9	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
18	Philippines	52.9	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
19	Antigua and Barbuda	50.8	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
20	Andorra	49.5	Europe & Central Asia	High income
21	Guyana	48.4	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
22	Chile	47.2	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
23	Mongolia	47	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
24	Oman	45.9	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
25	Korea, Dem. People's Rep.	44.5	East Asia & Pacific	Low income
26	Ghana	41.7	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
27	Tuvalu	41.7	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
28	Nepal	41.6	South Asia	Lower middle income
29	South Africa	41.5	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
30	Malaysia	40.3	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
31	Kyrgyz Republic	40.3	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
32	Namibia	38	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
33	Turkmenistan	34.7	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
34	Lesotho	34	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
35	Jordan	33.4	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
36	Indonesia	33	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
37	Botswana	30.2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
38	India	27.2	South Asia	Lower middle income
39	Uganda	23.3	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
40	Solomon Islands	21.3	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
41	Jamaica	21	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
42	Suriname	18.4	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
43	Dominican Republic	17.6	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
44	Zambia	16.7	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
45	Colombia	15.7	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
46	Zimbabwe	14.7	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
47	Angola	13.9	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
48	Lao PDR	13.6	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
49	Congo, Rep.	13.4	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
50	Rwanda	12.8	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
51	Kenya	12.1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
52	Nigeria	11.5	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
53	Ethiopia	10.9	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
54	Cote d'Ivoire	9.9	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
55	Guinea-Bissau	9.3	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
56	Liberia	8.4	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
57	Burkina Faso	8.2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
58	Papua New Guinea	8.1	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
59	Mozambique	7.6	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
60	Morocco	7.2	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
61	South Sudan	7.1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
62	Benin	6.1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
63	Malawi	5.8	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
64	Pakistan	5.2	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
65	Central African Republic	4.4	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
66	Senegal	4.3	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
67	Togo	4.1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
68	Chad	3.6	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
69	Mali	3.5	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
70	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	3.2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
71	Madagascar	2.7	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
72	Tanzania	2.6	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
73	Guinea	2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income

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