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Nurses per 1,000 people, 2019 - Country rankings:

The average for 2019 based on 29 countries was 8.18 nurses per 1,000 people.The highest value was in Switzerland: 17.96 nurses per 1,000 people and the lowest value was in South Africa: 1.1 nurses per 1,000 people. The indicator is available from 1978 to 2021. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

Measure: nurses per 1,000 people; Source: OECD
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Countries Nurses per 1,000 people, 2019 Global rank Available data
Switzerland 17.96 1 2000 - 2020
Norway 17.88 2 2002 - 2021
Iceland 15.36 3 1980 - 2020
Australia 12.22 4 1980 - 2020
Germany 11.79 5 2000 - 2020
Sweden 10.85 6 1995 - 2019
Netherlands 10.77 7 2002 - 2020
Austria 10.37 8 1985 - 2020
Slovenia 10.28 9 2000 - 2020
New Zealand 10.24 10 2005 - 2021
Denmark 10.13 11 1992 - 2019
Canada 9.98 12 2003 - 2020
Czechia 8.56 13 1980 - 2020
Russia 8.48 14 1985 - 2019
UK 8.2 15 2000 - 2021
South Korea 7.93 16 1997 - 2020
Lithuania 7.74 17 1991 - 2020
Hungary 6.62 18 1990 - 2021
Estonia 6.24 19 1980 - 2020
Italy 6.16 20 2003 - 2021
Spain 5.89 21 1980 - 2020
Israel 5.01 22 1996 - 2020
Latvia 4.39 23 1989 - 2020
Greece 3.38 24 1999 - 2019
China 3.1 25 1978 - 2020
Mexico 2.85 26 1990 - 2020
India 2.39 27 1999 - 2019
Brazil 1.27 28 1990 - 2021
South Africa 1.1 29 1998 - 2020

Economic outlook around the world

Definition: Number of professional and associate professional nurses per 1,000 residents of the country.
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