World Bank · Health
Switzerland: Nurses and midwives
18.76per 1,000 people · 2022+18.1% 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 Switzerland from 2000 to 2022.
Every year
| Year | Value (per 1,000 people) | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 18.76 | |
| 2021 | 18.73 | |
| 2020 | 18.71 | |
| 2019 | 18.29 | |
| 2018 | 17.92 | |
| 2017 | 17.54 | |
| 2016 | 17.34 | |
| 2015 | 16.89 | |
| 2014 | 16.45 | |
| 2013 | 16.21 | |
| 2012 | 15.88 | |
| 2011 | 15.46 | |
| 2010 | 14.93 | |
| 2009 | 14.17 | |
| 2008 | 13.89 | |
| 2007 | 13.61 | |
| 2006 | 13.35 | |
| 2005 | 12.93 | |
| 2004 | 12.73 | |
| 2003 | 12.85 | |
| 2002 | 12.32 | |
| 2001 | 11.91 | |
| 2000 | 11.87 |
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 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.
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- Equatorial Guinea
- Eritrea
- Estonia
- Eswatini
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- Fiji
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- Gabon
- Gambia
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- Germany
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- Guinea-Bissau
- Guyana
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- Japan
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- Kenya
- Kiribati
- Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
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- Kyrgyzstan
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- Liberia
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- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
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- Madagascar
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- Malaysia
- Maldives
- Mali
- Malta
- Marshall Islands
- Mauritania
- Mauritius
- Mexico
- Micronesia, Federated States of
- Moldova, Republic of
- Monaco
- Mongolia
- Montenegro
- Morocco
- Mozambique
- Myanmar
- Namibia
- Nauru
- Nepal
- Netherlands
- New Zealand
- Nicaragua
- Niger
- Nigeria
- North Macedonia
- Norway
- Oman
- Pakistan
- Palau
- Palestine, State of
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- Papua New Guinea
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- Peru
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- Rwanda
- Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Saint Lucia
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- Saudi Arabia
- Senegal
- Serbia
- Seychelles
- Sierra Leone
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- Slovenia
- Solomon Islands
- Somalia
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- South Sudan
- Spain
- Sri Lanka
- Sudan
- Suriname
- Sweden
- Syrian Arab Republic
- Tajikistan
- Tanzania, United Republic of
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- Togo
- Tonga
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