Switzerland - Nurses and midwives

Nurses and midwives (per 1,000 people)

The value for Nurses and midwives (per 1,000 people) in Switzerland was 17.89 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 18 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 22.19 in 2015 and a minimum value of 11.94 in 2000.

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.

Source: World Health Organization's Global Health Workforce Statistics, OECD, supplemented by country data.

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Year Value
2000 11.94
2001 11.99
2002 12.42
2003 12.97
2004 12.84
2005 13.00
2006 13.38
2007 17.13
2008 17.57
2009 17.96
2010 19.20
2011 20.00
2012 20.62
2013 21.06
2014 21.48
2015 22.19
2016 17.33
2017 17.54
2018 17.89

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Health systems