South Korea: Nurses per 1,000 people, 1997 - 2019:
For that indicator, we provide data for South Korea from 1997 to 2019. The average value for South Korea during that period was 4.61 nurses per 1,000 people with a minimum of 2.74 nurses per 1,000 people in 1997 and a maximum of 7.94 nurses per 1,000 people in 2019.
The latest value from 2019 is 7.94 nurses per 1,000 people. For comparison, the world average in 2019 based on 27
countries is 8.31 nurses per 1,000 people.
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Definition: Number of professional and associate professional nurses per 1,000 residents of the country.
