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New Zealand: Nurses and midwives

12.30per 1,000 people · 2023+16.4% since 2013

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 New Zealand from 1990 to 2023.

19902023

Every year

YearValue (per 1,000 people)Note
202312.3
202211.86
202111.48
202011.2
201910.78
201810.76
201710.68
201610.78
201510.78
201410.64
201310.57
201210.59
201110.7
201010.63
200910.3
200810.32
20079.795
20069.397
20059.708
20049.423
20039.077
20029.389
200110.13
20009.585
19999.587
19989.646
19979.006
19969.734
19959.722
19949.576
19939.354
19928.794
19919.319
19909.201

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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