South Africa - Nurses and midwives
Nurses and midwives (per 1,000 people)
The value for Nurses and midwives (per 1,000 people) in South Africa was 1.31 as of 2017. As the graph below shows, over the past 19 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 3.98 in 1998 and a minimum value of 1.19 in 2013.
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.
See also:
| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 1998 | 3.98 |
| 1999 | 3.90 |
| 2000 | 3.82 |
| 2001 | 3.78 |
| 2002 | 3.75 |
| 2003 | 3.80 |
| 2004 | 3.90 |
| 2013 | 1.19 |
| 2014 | 1.23 |
| 2015 | 1.27 |
| 2016 | 1.33 |
| 2017 | 1.31 |
Classification
Topic: Health Indicators
Sub-Topic: Health systems
