Health care - Regions — Practising nurses in Korea
Korea: Health care - Regions — Practising nurses was 10.28 Per 1 000 inhabitants in 2025. ▲ Rising
Health care - Regions — Practising nurses in Korea, 2018–2025
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Per 1 000 inhabitants.
Analysis
Korea recorded 10.28 Per 1 000 inhabitants for health care - regions — practising nurses in 2025. That is the highest value across all 8 years on record.
The figure is up 3.8% on the previous year and up 42.6% over ten years.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 7.56 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 7.21 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 7.92 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 2 |
| 2020s | 9.35 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 8.37 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 10.28 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 6 |
Countries ranked near Korea
More health data for Korea
- Mortality, morbidity and welfare cost from exposure to 0.008 Per 1 000 inhabitants (2019)
- Life expectancy — Life expectancy difference -5.8 Years (2024)
- Life expectancy — Life expectancy difference 5.8 Years (2024)
- Life expectancy 83.7 Years (2024)
- Infant health: low birthweight 7.8 Percentage of live births (2024)
- Maternal and infant mortality — Perinatal mortality 2.3 Deaths per 1 000 births (2024)
- Healthcare coverage — Health insurance coverage 51,751 Persons (2024)
- Causes of mortality 352,511 Deaths (2023)
- Communicable diseases — Communicable disease incidence 140 Cases (2024)
- Hospital beds by function of healthcare 12.58 Per 1 000 inhabitants (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is health care - regions — practising nurses in Korea?
- Health care - regions — practising nurses in Korea was 10.28 Per 1 000 inhabitants in 2025, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest health care - regions — practising nurses recorded in Korea?
- The highest recorded value was 10.28 Per 1 000 inhabitants in 2025.
- What is the lowest health care - regions — practising nurses recorded in Korea?
- The lowest recorded value was 7.21 Per 1 000 inhabitants in 2018.
- How does Korea rank for health care - regions — practising nurses?
- Korea ranks 1st out of 1 groups with data for 2025.
- Is health care - regions — practising nurses rising or falling in Korea?
- Over the last ten years it is up 42.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Korea data come from?
- The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as part of Health care - Regions — Practising nurses. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
This dataset provides indicators on healthcare resources in large regions (TL2), and small regions (TL3) when data is available. Indicators include doctor, practising nurses, hospital beds and hospital discharges. Data definition and source Doctors (physicians) are usually generalists who assume responsibility for the provision of continuing care to individuals and families, or specialists such as paediatricians, obstetricians/gynaecologists, psychiatrists, medical specialists and surgical specialists. Practising nurses provide services directly to patients, it includes: professional nurses, associate professional nurses, foreign nurses licensed to practice and actively practising in the country. It excludes midwives unless they work most of the time as nurses. Hospital beds are all hospital beds which are regularly maintained and staffed and immediately available for the care of admitted patients. They include beds in all hospitals, including general hospitals, mental health and substance abuse hospitals, and other specialty hospitals; occupied and unoccupied beds. The three indicators above are measured per 1 000 inhabitants. Hospital discharge is the formal release of a patient from a hospital, here for all causes of diseases (A00-Z99) and all hospitals. It includes discharges from all hospitals, including general hospitals (HP.1.1), mental health hospitals (HP.1.2), and other specialised hospitals (HP.1.3) ; Deaths in hospital ; Transfers to another hospital ; Discharges of healthy newborns. This indicator is measured per 100 000 inhabitants. Data is collected from Eurostat (reg_hlth) for EU countries and via delegates of the OECD Working Party on Territorial Indicators (WPTI), as well as from national statistical offices' websites. Definition of regions Regions are subnational units below national boundaries. OECD countries have two regional levels: large regions (territorial level 2 or TL2) and small regions (territorial level 3 or TL3). For more information, see the OECD Territorial grid (pdf) and the OECD Territorial Correspondence Table (xlsx). Cite this dataset OECD Regions, Cities and Local Areas database http://oe.cd/geostats. Further information OECD Regions and Cities Statistical Atlas OECD Regions and Cities at a Glance For questions and/or comments, please email RegionStat@oecd.org.