Nursing personnel (%) by country
Countries reporting
85
Highest
99.5%
Latvia
Lowest
37.7%
Cambodia
Median
85.5%
Years covered
26
1999–2024
Data points
766
What the numbers show
Nursing personnel (%) is currently reported for 85 countries. The highest value is 99.5% in Latvia; the lowest is 37.7% in Cambodia.
The median across all reporting countries is 85.5%, and the mean is 81.6%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 3.
Over the past decade 21 countries rose and 62 fell. The largest increase was in Bangladesh (up 149.9%), and the largest decrease in Cambodia (down 20.0%).
Nursing personnel: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latvia | 99.5% | 2023 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 2 | Bulgaria | 99.2% | 2023 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 3 | China | 98.0% | 2017 | — | flat |
| 4 | Czechia | 96.9% | 2023 | down 1.6% | flat |
| 5 | Antigua and Barbuda | 96.8% | 2024 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 6 | Mongolia | 96.6% | 2018 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 7 | Iceland | 96.4% | 2024 | down 1.8% | flat |
| 8 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 96.0% | 2023 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 8 | Estonia | 96.0% | 2023 | down 2.3% | flat |
| 10 | Denmark | 95.5% | 2023 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 11 | Malaysia | 95.1% | 2024 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 12 | Dominican Republic | 94.8% | 2024 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 13 | Hungary | 94.6% | 2023 | down 3.1% | flat |
| 14 | Bangladesh | 94.2% | 2023 | up 149.9% | rising |
| 15 | Guyana | 93.8% | 2024 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 16 | Belize | 92.4% | 2023 | down 3.4% | flat |
| 17 | Japan | 91.7% | 2022 | down 2.1% | flat |
| 18 | Uzbekistan | 91.3% | 2023 | down 1.9% | flat |
| 19 | Cook Islands | 90.7% | 2018 | down 3.4% | flat |
| 20 | Maldives | 90.6% | 2021 | — | flat |
| 21 | Finland | 90.5% | 2023 | down 2.9% | flat |
| 22 | Norway | 90.3% | 2023 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 23 | Romania | 90.2% | 2024 | down 2.3% | flat |
| 24 | Canada | 90.0% | 2024 | down 2.3% | flat |
| 25 | Peru | 89.9% | 2024 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 26 | New Zealand | 89.8% | 2024 | down 2.2% | flat |
| 27 | Ireland | 89.5% | 2024 | down 1.6% | flat |
| 28 | Panama | 89.1% | 2022 | down 3.9% | falling |
| 29 | El Salvador | 88.2% | 2022 | down 4.6% | flat |
| 30 | United Kingdom | 88.1% | 2023 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 32 | Australia | 87.6% | 2024 | down 1.9% | flat |
| 33 | United States | 87.4% | 2022 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 34 | Honduras | 87.3% | 2024 | down 4.7% | flat |
| 35 | Colombia | 87.2% | 2023 | down 2.2% | flat |
| 36 | Singapore | 87.1% | 2023 | down 4.3% | flat |
| 37 | Cuba | 86.8% | 2020 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 38 | France | 86.6% | 2021 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 39 | Brazil | 86.2% | 2024 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 40 | Nigeria | 85.8% | 2024 | up 11.9% | rising |
| 40 | Austria | 85.8% | 2023 | down 7.9% | falling |
| 40 | Chile | 85.8% | 2024 | up 1.4% | flat |
| 43 | Oman | 85.5% | 2024 | down 2.4% | flat |
| 43 | Andorra | 85.5% | 2024 | down 3.5% | flat |
| 45 | Switzerland | 84.9% | 2023 | down 2.2% | flat |
| 45 | Mexico | 84.9% | 2019 | down 5.0% | falling |
| 47 | Sierra Leone | 84.8% | 2020 | down 5.8% | flat |
| 48 | Spain | 84.5% | 2023 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 49 | Ecuador | 83.7% | 2018 | down 6.0% | flat |
| 50 | Uruguay | 83.5% | 2023 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 51 | Costa Rica | 83.1% | 2022 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 52 | Germany | 82.9% | 2023 | down 3.5% | flat |
| 52 | Paraguay | 82.9% | 2022 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 54 | Israel | 82.1% | 2024 | down 5.7% | falling |
| 55 | United Arab Emirates | 81.7% | 2023 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 56 | Montenegro | 81.6% | 2024 | down 4.0% | flat |
| 56 | Argentina | 81.6% | 2023 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 58 | Turkey | 80.6% | 2023 | down 4.5% | falling |
| 58 | Luxembourg | 80.6% | 2023 | up 12.7% | rising |
| 60 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 79.1% | 2022 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 60 | Lebanon | 79.1% | 2018 | down 1.9% | flat |
| 62 | Zambia | 78.2% | 2024 | down 4.2% | flat |
| 63 | Laos | 76.8% | 2023 | up 9.6% | rising |
| 64 | Qatar | 76.3% | 2024 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 65 | Zimbabwe | 76.0% | 2022 | down 4.0% | flat |
| 66 | Saudi Arabia | 75.9% | 2023 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 67 | Iran | 75.8% | 2023 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 68 | Philippines | 75.4% | 2021 | down 2.6% | flat |
| 69 | Indonesia | 71.2% | 2024 | up 2.3% | flat |
| 70 | Kenya | 70.8% | 2024 | down 8.8% | falling |
| 71 | Eswatini | 70.6% | 2024 | down 9.6% | falling |
| 72 | Uganda | 68.7% | 2024 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 73 | Guinea-Bissau | 68.6% | 2024 | down 2.8% | flat |
| 74 | Jordan | 67.9% | 2024 | up 12.6% | rising |
| 75 | Botswana | 67.5% | 2024 | down 9.6% | falling |
| 76 | Ghana | 66.7% | 2024 | down 16.6% | falling |
| 77 | Senegal | 64.5% | 2024 | up 18.8% | rising |
| 78 | Benin | 59.0% | 2024 | up 9.9% | rising |
| 79 | Mozambique | 58.9% | 2024 | down 12.6% | falling |
| 79 | Iraq | 58.9% | 2023 | up 57.1% | rising |
| 81 | Burkina Faso | 57.8% | 2023 | up 55.4% | rising |
| 82 | Bhutan | 57.1% | 2022 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 83 | Burundi | 52.6% | 2022 | down 16.5% | falling |
| 84 | Yemen | 39.8% | 2023 | down 9.3% | flat |
| 85 | Cote d'Ivoire | 39.1% | 2024 | up 20.3% | flat |
| 86 | Cambodia | 37.7% | 2018 | down 20.0% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- South Africa 88.0%