Total number of Nurses and Doctors per 1,000 inhabitants - 2016

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development has published the time series of number of nurses and doctors per 1,000 inhabitants.

In 2016, Norway had the highest number of nurses per 1,000 inhabitants with 17,49. Austria had the highest number of doctors per 1,000 inhabitants with 5,13.

The indicator Nurses is defined by The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development as follows:

Nurses

“Nurses are defined as all the”practising" nurses providing direct health services to patients, including self-employed nurses. However, for some countries (France, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal, Slovakia, Turkey and the United States), due to lack of comparable data, the figures correspond to “professionally active” nurses, including nurses working in the health sector as managers, educators, researchers, etc. For Austria and Greece, the data include only nurses working in hospitals. Midwives and nursing aides (who are not recognised as nurses) are normally excluded although some countries include midwives as they are considered specialist nurses. This indicator is measured per 1 000 inhabitants."

The indicator Doctors is defined by The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development as follows:

Doctors

“Doctors are defined as”practising" doctors providing direct care to patients. However for some countries (Canada, France, the Netherlands, Slovakia and Turkey), due to lack of comparable data, the figures correspond to “professionally active” doctors, including doctors working in the health sector as managers, educators, researchers, etc. (adding another 5-10% of doctors). Doctors 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. This indicator is measured per 1 000 inhabitants.

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