Uganda: Nurses and midwives (per 1,000 people)

Key figures

What the numbers say

From 2013 to 2022 the straight-line trend is upward, about 0.08 a year. A straight line explains 57% of the movement over 8 observed years.

Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.

How it compares

In 2022, Uganda had the 43rd highest value of the 59 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.

Closest to Uganda in the 2022 ranking

• Mexico — 40th of 59: 3.03
• Zambia — 41st of 59: 2.94
• Iraq — 42nd of 59: 2.65
• El Salvador — 44th of 59: 2.18
• Bhutan — 45th of 59: 2.05
• Nigeria — 46th of 59: 1.65

What this measures

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.

Limitations: The WHO compiles data from household and labor force surveys, censuses, and administrative records. Data comparability is limited by differences in definitions and training of medical personnel varies. In addition, human resources tend to be concentrated in urban areas, so that average densities do not provide a full picture of health personnel available to the entire population.

Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.

All 11 values

Nurses and midwives (per 1,000 people) in nearby economies

• Benin — 0.61 (2023)
• Botswana — 3.02 (2023)
• Burkina Faso — 0.95 (2023)
• Burundi — 0.79 (2023)
• Cabo Verde — 1.8 (2023)
• Cameroon — 0.66 (2022)
• Chad — 0.17 (2023)
• Congo, Dem. Rep. — 1.17 (2022)
• Congo, Rep. — 1.12 (2022)
• Côte d'Ivoire — 0.79 (2023)
• Eswatini

More health data for Uganda

• Population ages 00-04, female (% of female population) — 15.61% (2025)
• Population ages 00-04, male (% of male population) — 16.2% (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, female — 10.98 million (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, female (% of female population) — 42.42% (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, male — 11.17 million (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, male (% of male population) — 43.82% (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, total — 22.15 million (2025)
• Population ages 0-14 (% of total population) — 43.11% (2025)
• Population ages 05-09, female (% of female population) — 14.06% (2025)

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Questions people ask

What is Uganda's nurses and midwives (per 1,000 people)?

2.27 in 2022, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 2004?

It is up 224.03% from 0.7 in 2004 (6.75% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 2.27 in 2022 and the lowest 0.7 in 2004.

How does Uganda rank?

43rd highest of 59 economies with data for 2022.

Where does this data come from?

The World Bank's World Development Indicators, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Global Health Workforce Statistics, World Health Organization (WHO); Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD); Country data.

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SH.MED.NUMW.P3, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Global Health Workforce Statistics, World Health Organization (WHO); Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD); Country data Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.

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