Though World physicians fluctuated substantially in recent years, it tended to increase through 1990 - 2019 period ending at 1.7 per 1,000 people in 2019.
The description is composed by our digital data assistant.| Nursing and midwifery personnel | 3.75 per 1,000 people in 2019 | WB |
| Macro Region |
| Africa | 54 timeseries | |
| Asia | 21 timeseries | |
| Central America and the Caribbean | 21 timeseries | |
| Europe | 42 timeseries | |
| Middle East | 16 timeseries | |
| North America | 3.44 per 1,000 people in 2019 | WB |
| Oceania | 14 timeseries | |
| South America | 12 timeseries | |
| Southeast Asia | 13 timeseries |
| Country (per 1,000 people) |
| Cuba | 8.43 in 2018 | WB |
| Monaco | 7.76 in 2014 | WB |
| Sweden | 7.06 in 2020 | WB |
| Greece | 6.31 in 2020 | WB |
| Belgium | 6.26 in 2021 | WB |
| Uruguay | 6.2 in 2021 | WB |
| San Marino | 6.02 in 2014 | WB |
| Portugal | 5.62 in 2020 | WB |
| Malta | 5.49 in 2021 | WB |
| Czech Republic | 5.47 in 2021 | WB |
| Austria | 5.46 in 2021 | WB |
| Georgia | 5.41 in 2021 | WB |
| Cyprus | 5.38 in 2021 | WB |
| Norway | 5.17 in 2021 | WB |
| Lithuania | 4.95 in 2021 | WB |
| Slovakia | 4.63 in 2021 | WB |
| Spain | 4.58 in 2020 | WB |
| Armenia | 4.55 in 2017 | WB |
| Germany | 4.52 in 2021 | WB |
| Switzerland | 4.44 in 2021 | WB |
| Belarus | 4.43 in 2019 | WB |
| Finland | 4.33 in 2020 | WB |
| Denmark | 4.26 in 2019 | WB |
| Bulgaria | 4.17 in 2018 | WB |
| Italy | 4.13 in 2021 | WB |
| Australia | 4.1 in 2020 | WB |
| Ireland | 4.06 in 2021 | WB |
| Republic of Moldova | 4.06 in 2020 | WB |
| Kazakhstan | 4.03 in 2020 | WB |
| Argentina | 3.9 in 2020 | WB |
| Iceland | 3.89 in 2019 | WB |
| Estonia | 3.86 in 2020 | WB |
| Mongolia | 3.86 in 2018 | WB |
| Netherlands | 3.84 in 2020 | WB |
| Russian Federation | 3.83 in 2020 | WB |
| Poland | 3.71 in 2020 | WB |
| Serbia | 3.68 in 2016 | WB |
| Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 3.67 in 2017 | WB |
| Israel | 3.65 in 2021 | WB |
| Andorra | 3.63 in 2015 | WB |
| United States of America | 3.56 in 2020 | WB |
| New Zealand | 3.52 in 2021 | WB |
| Croatia | 3.47 in 2019 | WB |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 3.41 in 2021 | WB |
| Latvia | 3.35 in 2020 | WB |
| France | 3.32 in 2020 | WB |
| Hungary | 3.29 in 2021 | WB |
| Slovenia | 3.28 in 2020 | WB |
| Paraguay | 3.24 in 2021 | WB |
| United Kingdom | 3.17 in 2021 | WB |
| Azerbaijan | 3.11 in 2019 | WB |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 3.03 in 2018 | WB |
| Ukraine | 2.99 in 2014 | WB |
| Luxembourg | 2.99 in 2017 | WB |
| Romania | 2.97 in 2017 | WB |
| Chile | 2.97 in 2021 | WB |
| El Salvador | 2.91 in 2021 | WB |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 2.9 in 2017 | WB |
| United Arab Emirates | 2.88 in 2020 | WB |
| North Macedonia | 2.83 in 2015 | WB |
| Saudi Arabia | 2.79 in 2021 | WB |
| Costa Rica | 2.77 in 2021 | WB |
| Montenegro | 2.77 in 2021 | WB |
| Mauritius | 2.66 in 2020 | WB |
| Lebanon | 2.62 in 2019 | WB |
| Japan | 2.61 in 2020 | WB |
| Barbados | 2.55 in 2017 | WB |
| Jordan | 2.51 in 2019 | WB |
| Republic of Korea | 2.51 in 2020 | WB |
| Qatar | 2.5 in 2018 | WB |
| Canada | 2.46 in 2021 | WB |
| Mexico | 2.44 in 2020 | WB |
| Singapore | 2.43 in 2019 | WB |
| China | 2.39 in 2020 | WB |
| Uzbekistan | 2.37 in 2014 | WB |
| Colombia | 2.36 in 2021 | WB |
| Kuwait | 2.29 in 2020 | WB |
| Ecuador | 2.23 in 2017 | WB |
| Malaysia | 2.23 in 2020 | WB |
| Kyrgyzstan | 2.17 in 2019 | WB |
| Palestine | 2.17 in 2018 | WB |
| Maldives | 2.16 in 2019 | WB |
| Libya | 2.16 in 2017 | WB |
| Turkmenistan | 2.15 in 2014 | WB |
| Brazil | 2.14 in 2021 | WB |
| Seychelles | 2.11 in 2019 | WB |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2.1 in 2015 | WB |
| Turkey | 2.04 in 2020 | WB |
| Oman | 1.99 in 2020 | WB |
| Brunei Darussalam | 1.91 in 2021 | WB |
| Albania | 1.88 in 2020 | WB |
| Bahamas | 1.86 in 2017 | WB |
| Palau | 1.78 in 2020 | WB |
| Puerto Rico | 1.75 in 1995 | WB |
| Algeria | 1.73 in 2018 | WB |
| Tajikistan | 1.71 in 2014 | WB |
| Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 1.66 in 2017 | WB |
| Peru | 1.65 in 2021 | WB |
| Panama | 1.63 in 2020 | WB |
| Macau | 1.56 in 1987 | WB |
| Iran | 1.51 in 2018 | WB |
| Dominican Republic | 1.43 in 2019 | WB |
| Guyana | 1.41 in 2020 | WB |
| Hong Kong | 1.32 in 1995 | WB |
| Grenada | 1.31 in 2018 | WB |
| Guatemala | 1.28 in 2020 | WB |
| Tunisia | 1.26 in 2017 | WB |
| Tuvalu | 1.26 in 2020 | WB |
| Nauru | 1.25 in 2015 | WB |
| Sri Lanka | 1.19 in 2021 | WB |
| Syrian Arab Republic | 1.19 in 2016 | WB |
| Dominica | 1.12 in 2018 | WB |
| Pakistan | 1.08 in 2019 | WB |
| Belize | 1.08 in 2018 | WB |
| Tonga | 1.01 in 2021 | WB |
| Bolivia | 1.01 in 2017 | WB |
| Micronesia (Federated States of) | 0.96 in 2020 | WB |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.94 in 2012 | WB |
| Thailand | 0.93 in 2020 | WB |
| Iraq | 0.91 in 2020 | WB |
| Nepal | 0.87 in 2021 | WB |
| Bahrain | 0.84 in 2016 | WB |
| Viet Nam | 0.83 in 2016 | WB |
| Fiji | 0.81 in 2015 | WB |
| South Africa | 0.81 in 2021 | WB |
| Suriname | 0.8 in 2018 | WB |
| Cabo Verde | 0.79 in 2018 | WB |
| Philippines | 0.79 in 2021 | WB |
| Timor-Leste | 0.77 in 2020 | WB |
| Myanmar | 0.75 in 2019 | WB |
| Morocco | 0.73 in 2017 | WB |
| India | 0.73 in 2020 | WB |
| Egypt | 0.71 in 2019 | WB |
| Indonesia | 0.7 in 2021 | WB |
| Bangladesh | 0.67 in 2021 | WB |
| Nicaragua | 0.66 in 2018 | WB |
| Saint Lucia | 0.66 in 2017 | WB |
| Namibia | 0.6 in 2018 | WB |
| Gabon | 0.59 in 2020 | WB |
| Bhutan | 0.56 in 2021 | WB |
| Samoa | 0.55 in 2020 | WB |
| Jamaica | 0.55 in 2018 | WB |
| Honduras | 0.49 in 2020 | WB |
| Sao Tome and Principe | 0.49 in 2019 | WB |
| Marshall Islands | 0.46 in 2012 | WB |
| Lesotho | 0.45 in 2018 | WB |
| Nigeria | 0.4 in 2021 | WB |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | 0.36 in 2018 | WB |
| Equatorial Guinea | 0.35 in 2017 | WB |
| Botswana | 0.35 in 2018 | WB |
| Lao People’s Democratic Republic | 0.33 in 2021 | WB |
| Zambia | 0.3 in 2021 | WB |
| Yemen | 0.29 in 2014 | WB |
| Comoros | 0.28 in 2018 | WB |
| Sudan | 0.26 in 2017 | WB |
| Afghanistan | 0.25 in 2020 | WB |
| Haiti | 0.24 in 2018 | WB |
| Kenya | 0.23 in 2021 | WB |
| Guinea | 0.22 in 2018 | WB |
| Guinea Bissau | 0.22 in 2021 | WB |
| Cambodia | 0.21 in 2019 | WB |
| Angola | 0.21 in 2018 | WB |
| Djibouti | 0.2 in 2014 | WB |
| Madagascar | 0.2 in 2018 | WB |
| Kiribati | 0.19 in 2013 | WB |
| Mauritania | 0.19 in 2018 | WB |
| Solomon Islands | 0.19 in 2016 | WB |
| Zimbabwe | 0.19 in 2020 | WB |
| Ghana | 0.16 in 2020 | WB |
| Côte d'Ivoire | 0.16 in 2019 | WB |
| Uganda | 0.16 in 2020 | WB |
| Vanuatu | 0.16 in 2019 | WB |
| Eswatini | 0.14 in 2020 | WB |
| Cameroon | 0.12 in 2021 | WB |
| Mali | 0.12 in 2018 | WB |
| Rwanda | 0.12 in 2019 | WB |
| Ethiopia | 0.1 in 2020 | WB |
| Congo | 0.1 in 2018 | WB |
| Burkina Faso | 0.09 in 2019 | WB |
| Senegal | 0.08 in 2020 | WB |
| Eritrea | 0.08 in 2020 | WB |
| Mozambique | 0.08 in 2021 | WB |
| Gambia | 0.08 in 2020 | WB |
| Sierra Leone | 0.07 in 2020 | WB |
| Central African Republic | 0.07 in 2018 | WB |
| Burundi | 0.07 in 2021 | WB |
| Papua New Guinea | 0.06 in 2021 | WB |
| Benin | 0.06 in 2019 | WB |
| Togo | 0.06 in 2021 | WB |
| Chad | 0.06 in 2021 | WB |
| Liberia | 0.05 in 2018 | WB |
| United Republic of Tanzania | 0.05 in 2018 | WB |
| Malawi | 0.05 in 2020 | WB |
| South Sudan | 0.04 in 2018 | WB |
| Niger | 0.03 in 2020 | WB |
| Somalia | 0.02 in 2014 | WB |
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