Nurse per 1,000 population by country

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In 2021, Finland had the highest number of practicing nurses per capita, for every 1,000 population there were 19 practicing nurses. This is followed by Switzerland and Norway. This statistic portrays the number of practicing nurses in selected countries as of 2021, per 1,000 population.

Number of practicing nurses worldwide as of 2021, by country (per 1,000 population)

Characteristic	Practicing nurses per 1,000 inhabitants
Finland	18.9
Switzerland	18.4
Norway	18.3
Iceland*	15
Australia	12.8
Ireland	12.7
Japan	12.1
Germany	12
United States*	12
Luxembourg	11.7
Netherlands	11.4
Belgium	11.1
New Zealand	10.9
Sweden	10.7
Austria	10.6
Slovenia	10.5
Canada	10.3
Denmark	10.2
France*	9.7
OECD37	9.2
Czech Republic	9
Korea	8.8
United Kingdom	8.7
Lithuania	7.9
Portugal*	7.4
Estonia	6.5
Spain	6.3
Italy	6.2
Slovak Republic*	5.7
Poland	5.7
Israel	5.4
Hungary	5.3
Latvia	4.2
Bulgaria	4.2
Greece***	3.8
Chile**	3.7
Mexico	2.9

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Release date

November 2023

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Worldwide

Survey time period

2021 or latest year available

Supplementary notes

Associate professional nurses with a lower level of qualifications make up more than 50% of nurses in Slovenia, Croatia and Romania; between 33% and 50% in Greece, Iceland, Korea, Mexico and Switzerland; and between 15% and 30% in Australia, Canada, Finland, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States.
*Data include nurses working in the health sector as managers, educators, researchers and similar (e.g. for France, the number of practicing nurses is overestimated by about 12%).
**Data include all nurses licensed to practice.
***Data only refer to nurses employed in hospitals.

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