Bangladesh - Nurses and midwives

Nurses and midwives (per 1,000 people)

The value for Nurses and midwives (per 1,000 people) in Bangladesh was 0.392 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 16 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 0.412 in 2018 and a minimum value of 0.162 in 2008.

Definition: 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.

Source: World Health Organization's Global Health Workforce Statistics, OECD, supplemented by country data.

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Year Value
2003 0.275
2005 0.284
2006 0.284
2007 0.163
2008 0.162
2009 0.171
2010 0.183
2011 0.193
2012 0.207
2013 0.210
2014 0.256
2015 0.275
2016 0.264
2017 0.316
2018 0.412
2019 0.392

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Health systems