Midwifery personnel (number) by country
Countries reporting
128
Highest
347,466
Indonesia
Lowest
2
Niue
Median
2,576
Years covered
45
1980–2024
Data points
2,411
What the numbers show
Midwifery personnel (number) is currently reported for 128 countries. The highest value is 347,466 in Indonesia; the lowest is 2 in Niue.
The median across all reporting countries is 2,576, and the mean is 11,874.
Over the past decade 86 countries rose and 38 fell. The largest increase was in Burundi (up 2,918.8%), and the largest decrease in Mexico (down 99.9%).
Midwifery personnel: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Indonesia | 347,466 | 2024 | up 211.0% | volatile |
| 2 | Nigeria | 146,787 | 2022 | up 44.9% | rising |
| 3 | Iran | 77,531 | 2023 | up 140.7% | volatile |
| 4 | Philippines | 72,886 | 2024 | up 32.4% | rising |
| 5 | Turkey | 59,750 | 2023 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 6 | Russia | 48,063 | 2020 | down 22.7% | falling |
| 7 | Ghana | 37,881 | 2024 | up 456.4% | volatile |
| 8 | Nepal | 37,639 | 2024 | up 55.5% | rising |
| 9 | Uganda | 35,100 | 2024 | up 401.4% | volatile |
| 10 | United Kingdom | 33,163 | 2023 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 11 | Japan | 33,100 | 2022 | up 16.8% | rising |
| 12 | Vietnam | 29,306 | 2017 | up 40.8% | rising |
| 13 | Poland | 28,527 | 2023 | up 24.9% | rising |
| 14 | Germany | 28,000 | 2023 | up 27.3% | rising |
| 15 | Bangladesh | 27,897 | 2023 | up 29.2% | rising |
| 16 | Ethiopia | 26,627 | 2024 | up 64.8% | volatile |
| 17 | Australia | 23,735 | 2024 | up 13.6% | rising |
| 18 | France | 23,716 | 2021 | up 21.4% | rising |
| 19 | Peru | 21,599 | 2023 | up 87.3% | rising |
| 20 | Uzbekistan | 20,211 | 2023 | down 21.3% | rising |
| 21 | Chile | 19,735 | 2023 | up 99.7% | rising |
| 22 | Pakistan | 18,119 | 2024 | up 22.5% | rising |
| 23 | Italy | 17,659 | 2023 | up 17.8% | rising |
| 24 | Myanmar | 17,655 | 2019 | down 7.3% | rising |
| 25 | Ukraine | 16,282 | 2014 | down 19.1% | falling |
| 26 | Spain | 13,833 | 2023 | up 67.1% | rising |
| 27 | Mozambique | 11,017 | 2024 | up 137.0% | volatile |
| 28 | Cote d'Ivoire | 10,710 | 2024 | up 102.1% | volatile |
| 29 | Zambia | 9,206 | 2024 | up 272.6% | volatile |
| 30 | Iraq | 8,807 | 2022 | up 594.0% | rising |
| 31 | Sri Lanka | 8,751 | 2023 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 32 | Belgium | 8,605 | 2022 | up 33.2% | rising |
| 33 | Kazakhstan | 8,417 | 2024 | down 10.7% | falling |
| 34 | Sweden | 8,103 | 2022 | up 13.3% | rising |
| 35 | Afghanistan | 8,094 | 2023 | up 131.3% | volatile |
| 36 | Burkina Faso | 7,324 | 2024 | up 320.0% | volatile |
| 37 | Cambodia | 7,128 | 2019 | up 114.6% | rising |
| 38 | Morocco | 6,572 | 2024 | up 144.9% | rising |
| 39 | Argentina | 6,458 | 2023 | up 59.7% | rising |
| 40 | Yemen | 5,554 | 2023 | up 38.9% | rising |
| 41 | Jordan | 5,330 | 2024 | up 75.5% | volatile |
| 42 | Saudi Arabia | 4,997 | 2023 | up 39.5% | rising |
| 43 | Netherlands | 4,615 | 2023 | up 28.7% | rising |
| 44 | Tajikistan | 4,595 | 2023 | up 5.9% | falling |
| 45 | Czechia | 4,572 | 2023 | up 4.4% | falling |
| 46 | Ireland | 4,389 | 2024 | down 58.8% | falling |
| 47 | Belarus | 4,337 | 2024 | down 11.6% | falling |
| 48 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 4,292 | 2022 | up 176.0% | rising |
| 49 | North Korea | 4,277 | 2024 | down 46.6% | falling |
| 50 | Madagascar | 4,020 | 2024 | up 18.2% | rising |
| 51 | Syria | 3,846 | 2022 | down 34.0% | falling |
| 52 | Azerbaijan | 3,636 | 2022 | down 33.8% | falling |
| 53 | Zimbabwe | 3,543 | 2024 | down 59.8% | volatile |
| 54 | Portugal | 3,300 | 2023 | up 32.4% | rising |
| 55 | Bulgaria | 3,253 | 2023 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 56 | Switzerland | 3,138 | 2023 | up 25.5% | rising |
| 57 | Senegal | 2,955 | 2024 | up 47.6% | rising |
| 58 | Romania | 2,861 | 2023 | down 17.3% | falling |
| 59 | Greece | 2,829 | 2023 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 60 | Laos | 2,780 | 2024 | up 175.0% | volatile |
| 61 | Austria | 2,747 | 2023 | up 32.8% | rising |
| 62 | New Zealand | 2,711 | 2024 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 63 | Denmark | 2,667 | 2023 | up 47.9% | rising |
| 64 | Norway | 2,587 | 2023 | down 6.3% | rising |
| 65 | Ecuador | 2,564 | 2020 | up 75.7% | volatile |
| 66 | Benin | 2,527 | 2024 | up 70.7% | rising |
| 67 | Israel | 2,500 | 2024 | up 56.6% | rising |
| 68 | Hungary | 2,308 | 2023 | up 38.1% | falling |
| 69 | Sierra Leone | 2,271 | 2022 | up 3.8% | volatile |
| 70 | Rwanda | 2,226 | 2024 | up 221.7% | volatile |
| 71 | Finland | 2,204 | 2023 | down 2.8% | volatile |
| 72 | Mali | 1,930 | 2024 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 73 | Slovakia | 1,782 | 2023 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 74 | Togo | 1,739 | 2024 | up 100.1% | rising |
| 75 | Congo | 1,727 | 2024 | up 34.7% | rising |
| 76 | Niger | 1,722 | 2023 | up 106.0% | rising |
| 77 | Canada | 1,706 | 2020 | up 87.9% | volatile |
| 78 | Cameroon | 1,673 | 2022 | up 716.1% | volatile |
| 79 | Croatia | 1,522 | 2023 | down 5.5% | flat |
| 80 | Kyrgyzstan | 1,371 | 2024 | down 19.1% | falling |
| 81 | Mauritania | 1,341 | 2022 | up 288.7% | volatile |
| 82 | Turkmenistan | 1,179 | 2024 | up 6.1% | volatile |
| 83 | Mongolia | 1,169 | 2024 | up 31.6% | rising |
| 84 | Serbia | 1,145 | 2023 | down 56.0% | falling |
| 85 | Lebanon | 1,100 | 2018 | down 31.1% | falling |
| 86 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1,062 | 2019 | down 14.4% | falling |
| 87 | Armenia | 1,007 | 2022 | down 22.4% | falling |
| 88 | Liberia | 984 | 2024 | up 138.8% | rising |
| 89 | Guinea | 979 | 2024 | up 95.8% | rising |
| 90 | Gabon | 925 | 2022 | up 80.3% | rising |
| 91 | Chad | 829 | 2024 | up 83.8% | volatile |
| 92 | Lithuania | 778 | 2023 | down 13.7% | volatile |
| 94 | Oman | 754 | 2024 | down 2.5% | falling |
| 95 | North Macedonia | 707 | 2022 | down 40.5% | falling |
| 96 | East Timor | 690 | 2023 | up 31.2% | rising |
| 97 | Malawi | 637 | 2024 | up 1,227.1% | rising |
| 98 | Comoros | 586 | 2022 | up 194.5% | volatile |
| 99 | Jamaica | 550 | 2024 | up 78.6% | rising |
| 100 | Estonia | 523 | 2023 | up 21.3% | falling |
| 101 | Burundi | 483 | 2022 | up 2,918.8% | volatile |
| 102 | Moldova | 472 | 2023 | down 36.6% | volatile |
| 103 | Gambia | 429 | 2023 | down 49.5% | rising |
| 104 | Brunei | 424 | 2024 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 105 | Slovenia | 411 | 2023 | up 231.5% | volatile |
| 106 | Guyana | 410 | 2024 | up 419.0% | rising |
| 107 | Latvia | 383 | 2023 | down 3.0% | volatile |
| 108 | Georgia | 348 | 2024 | down 42.7% | volatile |
| 109 | Cyprus | 337 | 2023 | up 38.7% | rising |
| 110 | Iceland | 321 | 2024 | up 18.9% | rising |
| 111 | Malta | 275 | 2023 | up 55.4% | rising |
| 112 | Montenegro | 266 | 2024 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 113 | Solomon Islands | 229 | 2024 | up 62.4% | volatile |
| 114 | Luxembourg | 214 | 2017 | up 30.5% | rising |
| 115 | Guinea-Bissau | 201 | 2024 | up 31.4% | rising |
| 116 | Seychelles | 152 | 2024 | up 70.8% | rising |
| 117 | Malaysia | 124 | 2014 | down 87.8% | volatile |
| 118 | Samoa | 78 | 2020 | up 56.0% | rising |
| 119 | South Korea | 61 | 2023 | down 94.4% | volatile |
| 120 | Kiribati | 44 | 2023 | down 63.0% | rising |
| 120 | Singapore | 44 | 2023 | down 68.6% | volatile |
| 122 | Mexico | 33 | 2019 | down 99.9% | volatile |
| 123 | Monaco | 20 | 2014 | — | rising |
| 124 | Tonga | 19 | 2020 | down 9.5% | rising |
| 125 | Andorra | 18 | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 126 | San Marino | 16 | 2024 | down 5.9% | rising |
| 127 | Micronesia (country) | 15 | 2019 | down 76.2% | volatile |
| 128 | Namibia | 7 | 2022 | — | rising |
| 129 | Niue | 2 | 2008 | unchanged | flat |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.