Costa Rica vs Jordan: Nurses and midwives

Costa Rica
3.07 per 1,000 people
in 2022
Jordan
3.33 per 1,000 people
in 2023
Costa Rica rank
109th
Jordan rank
107th

Nurses and midwives over time

  • Costa Rica
  • Jordan
1234199020062023

How they compare

Jordan currently reports 3.33 per 1,000 people against 3.07 per 1,000 people in Costa Rica, a difference of 0.26 per 1,000 people.

That makes Jordan's figure about 1.1 times Costa Rica's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 19 shared years of data; in 1998 it was Jordan ahead.

Costa Rica ranks 109th and Jordan ranks 107th of 188 countries.

Jordan has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Costa Rica Jordan Difference Ahead
1990s 1.06 per 1,000 people 2.74 per 1,000 people 1.67 per 1,000 people Jordan
2000s 1.46 per 1,000 people 2.93 per 1,000 people 1.47 per 1,000 people Jordan
2010s 2.56 per 1,000 people 3.29 per 1,000 people 0.7305 per 1,000 people Jordan
2020s 3.07 per 1,000 people 3.09 per 1,000 people 0.02 per 1,000 people Jordan

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher nurses and midwives, Costa Rica or Jordan?
Jordan, at 3.33 per 1,000 people against 3.07 per 1,000 people in Costa Rica as of 2023.
What is the difference in nurses and midwives between Costa Rica and Jordan?
0.26 per 1,000 people, with Jordan ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Jordan?
19 years are reported by both, from 1998 to 2022.
How do Costa Rica and Jordan rank globally for nurses and midwives?
Costa Rica ranks 109th and Jordan ranks 107th of 188 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Global Health Workforce Statistics, World Health Organization (WHO), published as Nurses and midwives (per 1,000 people). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Costa Rica vs Jordan: Nurses and midwives. Statizoid, drawing on Global Health Workforce Statistics, World Health Organization (WHO). Retrieved 05 September 2026, from https://health.statizoid.com/compare/nurses-and-midwives-per-1-000-people/costa-rica/jordan/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://health.statizoid.com/compare/nurses-and-midwives-per-1-000-people/costa-rica/jordan/">Costa Rica vs Jordan: Nurses and midwives</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Nurses and midwives (per 1,000 people)
Unit
per 1,000 people
Source
Global Health Workforce Statistics, World Health Organization (WHO)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
188 places, 3,381 data points, 1990–2023
Last refreshed

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.