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Costa Rica: Nurses and midwives

3.07per 1,000 people · 2022+50.4% since 2012

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. Annual figures for Costa Rica from 1990 to 2022.

19902022

Every year

YearValue (per 1,000 people)Note
20223.071
20213.096
20203.064
20192.912
20182.853
20173.124
20162.592
20152.422
20142.408
20132.179
20122.042
20111.933
20101.872
20091.771
20081.671
20071.588
20061.525
20051.463
20041.437
20031.381
20021.301
20011.274
20001.184
19991.081
19981.043
19970.969
19960.938
19950.91
19940.904
19930.897
19920.887
19910.869
19900.871

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by World Health Organization, OECD. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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World Bank (2026). Nurses and midwives. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-nurses-and-midwives (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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