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DEFINITION:
Nurses and midwives include professional nurses, professional midwives, auxiliary nurses, auxiliary midwives, enrolled nurses, enrolled midwives and other associated personnel, such as dental nurses and primary care nurses.".
CONTENTS
# | COUNTRY | AMOUNT | DATE | GRAPH | HISTORY |
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1 | San Marino | 95.48 | 1990 | ||
2 | Norway | 16.33 | 2007 | ||
3 | Ireland | 15.76 | 2007 | ||
4 | Netherlands | 15.15 | 2007 | ||
5 | Monaco | 14.5 | 1995 | ||
6 | Belarus | 12.56 | 2007 | ||
7 | Sweden | 11.57 | 2006 | ||
8 | Switzerland | 11.03 | 2000 | ||
9 | Australia | 10.91 | 2006 | ||
10 | Uzbekistan | 10.81 | 2007 | ||
11 | Luxembourg | 10.37 | 2005 | ||
12 | Iceland | 10.14 | 2004 | ||
13 | Canada | 10.05 | 2006 | ||
14 | United States | 9.81 | 2005 | ||
15 | Denmark | 9.76 | 2006 | ||
16 | Japan | 9.47 | 2004 | ||
17 | Hungary | 9.21 | 2007 | ||
18 | Czech Republic | 8.95 | 2007 | ||
19 | Finland | 8.92 | 2006 | ||
20 | New Zealand | 8.91 | 2003 | ||
21 | Cuba | 8.64 | 2007 | ||
22 | Russia | 8.52 | 2006 | ||
23 | Ukraine | 8.45 | 2006 | ||
24 | Azerbaijan | 8.41 | 2007 | ||
25 | France | 8.09 | 2008 | ||
26 | Germany | 7.99 | 2006 | ||
27 | Seychelles | 7.93 | 2004 | ||
Eurozone average (profile) | 7.91 | 2006 | |||
28 | Kazakhstan | 7.83 | 2007 | ||
29 | Slovenia | 7.81 | 2006 | ||
European Union average (profile) | 7.71 | 2006 | |||
30 | Spain | 7.58 | 2006 | ||
31 | Lithuania | 7.57 | 2007 | ||
32 | European Union | 7.56 | 2006 | ||
33 | Qatar | 7.37 | 2006 | ||
NATO countries average (profile) | 7.36 | 2006 | |||
34 | Estonia | 6.98 | 2006 | ||
35 | Italy | 6.93 | 2006 | ||
Former Soviet republics average (profile) | 6.89 | 2006 | |||
=36 | Austria | 6.64 | 2007 | ||
=36 | Moldova | 6.64 | 2007 | ||
38 | Slovakia | 6.62 | 2005 | ||
39 | Swaziland | 6.3 | 2004 | ||
40 | Malta | 6.27 | 2007 | ||
41 | Israel | 6.14 | 2007 | ||
42 | Philippines | 6.12 | 2002 | ||
43 | Brunei | 6.06 | 2002 | ||
44 | Palau | 6 | 2004 | ||
45 | Bahrain | 5.8 | 2007 | ||
46 | Kyrgyzstan | 5.66 | 2007 | ||
47 | Latvia | 5.65 | 2007 | ||
48 | Croatia | 5.58 | 2007 | ||
49 | Poland | 5.19 | 2006 | ||
50 | Tajikistan | 5.03 | 2006 | ||
51 | Gabon | 5.02 | 2004 | ||
52 | Armenia | 4.87 | 2007 | ||
53 | Portugal | 4.83 | 2006 | ||
54 | Libya | 4.8 | 2004 | ||
55 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 4.71 | 2000 | ||
56 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 4.69 | 2005 | ||
57 | Bulgaria | 4.68 | 2007 | ||
58 | United Arab Emirates | 4.57 | 2004 | ||
59 | Tuvalu | 4.55 | 2003 | ||
60 | Turkmenistan | 4.51 | 2007 | ||
61 | The Bahamas | 4.47 | 1998 | ||
62 | Serbia and Montenegro | 4.43 | 2007 | ||
63 | Singapore | 4.4 | 2003 | ||
64 | Romania | 4.19 | 2006 | ||
65 | Andorra | 4.18 | 2007 | ||
66 | Dominica | 4.17 | 1997 | ||
67 | South Africa | 4.08 | 2004 | ||
68 | Guatemala | 4.05 | 1999 | ||
69 | Albania | 4.03 | 2007 | ||
=70 | Cyprus | 3.98 | 2006 | ||
=70 | Mexico | 3.98 | 2004 | ||
=70 | Grenada | 3.98 | 1998 | ||
73 | Oman | 3.9 | 2007 | ||
74 | Georgia | 3.89 | 2007 | ||
75 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 3.79 | 2000 | ||
76 | Mauritius | 3.73 | 2004 | ||
=77 | Kuwait | 3.7 | 2005 | ||
=77 | Barbados | 3.7 | 1999 | ||
79 | Saudi Arabia | 3.63 | 2007 | ||
80 | Trinidad and Tobago | 3.56 | 2007 | ||
81 | Greece | 3.48 | 2006 | ||
82 | Mongolia | 3.45 | 2002 | ||
83 | Tonga | 3.4 | 2002 | ||
84 | Antigua and Barbuda | 3.28 | 1999 | ||
85 | Jordan | 3.18 | 2006 | ||
86 | Namibia | 3.06 | 2004 | ||
87 | Kiribati | 3.02 | 2004 | ||
88 | Marshall Islands | 2.98 | 2000 | ||
89 | Brazil | 2.91 | 2006 | ||
90 | Tunisia | 2.87 | 2004 | ||
91 | Panama | 2.77 | 2000 | ||
92 | Maldives | 2.7 | 2004 | ||
93 | Botswana | 2.65 | 2004 | ||
94 | Guyana | 2.29 | 2000 | ||
95 | Saint Lucia | 2.28 | 1999 | ||
96 | East Timor | 2.19 | 2004 | ||
97 | Bolivia | 2.13 | 2001 | ||
98 | Fiji | 1.98 | 2003 | ||
99 | Algeria | 1.95 | 2007 | ||
100 | Turkey | 1.89 | 2008 | ||
101 | Sao Tome and Principe | 1.87 | 2004 | ||
102 | Dominican Republic | 1.84 | 2000 | ||
103 | Malaysia | 1.81 | 2002 | ||
104 | Paraguay | 1.79 | 2002 | ||
105 | Samoa | 1.74 | 2003 | ||
106 | Sri Lanka | 1.73 | 2004 | ||
=107 | Vanuatu | 1.66 | 2004 | ||
=107 | Ecuador | 1.66 | 2000 | ||
109 | Jamaica | 1.65 | 2003 | ||
110 | Suriname | 1.62 | 2000 | ||
111 | Nigeria | 1.61 | 2008 | ||
112 | Cameroon | 1.6 | 2004 | ||
113 | Syria | 1.4 | 2006 | ||
114 | Solomon Islands | 1.37 | 2003 | ||
115 | Thailand | 1.36 | 2002 | ||
116 | Angola | 1.35 | 2004 | ||
=117 | Cape Verde | 1.32 | 2008 | ||
=117 | Lebanon | 1.32 | 2005 | ||
=117 | Honduras | 1.32 | 2000 | ||
120 | Uganda | 1.31 | 2005 | ||
121 | India | 1.27 | 2004 | ||
122 | Belize | 1.26 | 2000 | ||
123 | Kenya | 1.18 | 2002 | ||
124 | Venezuela | 1.13 | 2001 | ||
125 | Nicaragua | 1.07 | 2003 | ||
126 | Iraq | 1.05 | 2007 | ||
127 | Burma | 0.98 | 2004 | ||
=128 | Ghana | 0.97 | 2008 | ||
=128 | Laos | 0.97 | 2004 | ||
130 | China | 0.96 | 2003 | ||
131 | Costa Rica | 0.93 | 2000 | ||
132 | Sudan | 0.9 | 2006 | ||
=133 | Uruguay | 0.85 | 2002 | ||
=133 | Cambodia | 0.85 | 2000 | ||
=135 | Congo, Republic of the | 0.82 | 2007 | ||
=135 | Indonesia | 0.82 | 2003 | ||
137 | El Salvador | 0.8 | 2002 | ||
138 | Morocco | 0.78 | 2004 | ||
139 | Benin | 0.77 | 2008 | ||
140 | Comoros | 0.74 | 2004 | ||
141 | Burkina Faso | 0.73 | 2008 | ||
142 | Zimbabwe | 0.72 | 2004 | ||
143 | Zambia | 0.71 | 2006 | ||
144 | Peru | 0.67 | 1999 | ||
145 | Vietnam | 0.66 | 2004 | ||
146 | Mauritania | 0.64 | 2004 | ||
=147 | United Kingdom | 0.63 | 2003 | ||
=147 | Chile | 0.63 | 2003 | ||
149 | Lesotho | 0.62 | 2003 | ||
150 | Eritrea | 0.58 | 2004 | ||
=151 | The Gambia | 0.57 | 2008 | ||
=151 | Djibouti | 0.57 | 2005 | ||
=153 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.55 | 2008 | ||
=153 | Colombia | 0.55 | 2002 | ||
=155 | Belgium | 0.53 | 2007 | ||
=155 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.53 | 2004 | ||
=155 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 0.53 | 2004 | ||
=155 | Papua New Guinea | 0.53 | 2000 | ||
=159 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.48 | 2008 | ||
=159 | Argentina | 0.48 | 2004 | ||
161 | Nepal | 0.46 | 2004 | ||
162 | Rwanda | 0.45 | 2005 | ||
163 | Senegal | 0.42 | 2008 | ||
164 | Central African Republic | 0.41 | 2004 | ||
165 | Pakistan | 0.38 | 2007 | ||
=166 | Bhutan | 0.32 | 2007 | ||
=166 | Madagascar | 0.32 | 2004 | ||
168 | Mozambique | 0.31 | 2006 | ||
=169 | Malawi | 0.28 | 2008 | ||
=169 | Bangladesh | 0.28 | 2005 | ||
=169 | Chad | 0.28 | 2004 | ||
=172 | Liberia | 0.27 | 2008 | ||
=172 | Togo | 0.27 | 2008 | ||
=174 | Ethiopia | 0.24 | 2007 | ||
=174 | Tanzania | 0.24 | 2006 | ||
176 | Mali | 0.2 | 2007 | ||
177 | Burundi | 0.19 | 2004 | ||
178 | Sierra Leone | 0.17 | 2008 | ||
179 | Niger | 0.14 | 2008 | ||
=180 | Somalia | 0.11 | 2006 | ||
=180 | Haiti | 0.11 | 1998 | ||
182 | Guinea | 0.04 | 2005 |