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Nurses and midwives

Nurses and midwives per 1,000 people, from the World Bank. Counts the staff who deliver most day-to-day care in hospitals and clinics.

6.3/1,000Poland · 2022

World Bank Open DataPublished by source: 2026-10-08
Saved data version: retrieved 2026-11-05, ID 923ff1c3296cWarehouse version at build: v45
Data coverage
  • Poland: 1990–2022; observations: 33; missing years: 0

Missing years are counted between the first and last observations. A missing value is not zero.

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33 rows for Poland

Time range:
5.06.07.08.09.019902000201020206.3
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Poland

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Poland

6.1→6.3

Total change
+0.2 per 1,000 population
Period
1990–2022

Poland: 6.1 (1990) → 6.3 (2022). Difference: +0.2 per 1,000 population. Peak value of 8.4 in 2012; lowest value of 5.3 in 2003.

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Nurses and midwives — Poland
YearCountryValue
2022Poland6.3/1,000
2021Poland6.4/1,000
2020Poland6.3/1,000
2019Poland6.3/1,000
2018Poland5.6/1,000
2017Poland5.7/1,000
2016Poland5.7/1,000
2015Poland5.7/1,000
2014Poland5.8/1,000
2013Poland5.8/1,000
2012Poland8.4/1,000
2011Poland5.9/1,000
2010Poland5.9/1,000
2009Poland5.9/1,000
2008Poland5.8/1,000
2007Poland5.8/1,000
2006Poland5.7/1,000
2005Poland5.6/1,000
2004Poland5.5/1,000
2003Poland5.3/1,000
Source
World Bank Open Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0
Published by source
2026-10-08
Retrieved
2026-11-05
Indicator code in source
SH.MED.NUMW.P3
Unit of measure
per 1,000 population
Data version
v45

Cite

Longseries, “Nurses and midwives”. World Bank Open Data (SH.MED.NUMW.P3), 1990–2023, Brazil, China, Czechia, Germany, Spain, France, United Kingdom, India, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Poland, Sweden, United States, World. Retrieved 2026-11-05. CC BY 4.0. Data version v45. Data SHA-256: 923ff1c3296c816172aca5967c6b9a243e62ed0b8dcd9b50fe234ae009a909c8. https://longseries.com/en/d/nurses-per-thousand/

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Latest values

Extremes among countries with the same observation year: for 2022: highest — United States; lowest — China

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15 places — sorted by value, highest first
Country
Highest value in the comparable yearUnited States202213.4/1,00013.4/1,000
Japan202213/1,00013/1,000
Germany202212.3/1,00012.3/1,000
Netherlands202211.7/1,00011.7/1,000
Sweden202111.7/1,00011.7/1,000
United Kingdom20239.5/1,0009.5/1,000
Czechia20229.5/1,0009.5/1,000
France20219.4/1,0009.4/1,000
Remaining locations (7)

About this series

Nurses and midwives per 1,000 people. World Bank.

Indicator definition

Nurses and midwives per 1,000 people. Does not separate roles or full-time equivalents. See also: Physicians.

How to read the data

Doctors and nurses are different resources. Pair: Physicians. Do not add them into one number.

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