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Which Country Has the Most Midwives per Births?

Midwives (Per 1,000 Live Births) (persons), 2014 or latest

Health Care | January 2, 2019

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Based on a comparison of 23 countries in 2014, Australia ranked the highest in midwives per 1,000 live births with 67.6 persons followed by Sweden and Poland. On the other end of the scale was South Korea with 2.53 persons, Slovenia with 5.87 persons and Netherlands with 16.3 persons.

Data for more countries are available at Midwives (Per 1,000 Live Births) indicator page.

Midwives (Per 1,000 Live Births)	Unit	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014
Australia	persons	...		...		...		...		...				...		65.0	64.1	...	...	82.4		...
Czechia	persons															35.9	36.7	37.8	41.1	41.1		...
Denmark	persons															22.7	24.8	25.3	27.7	29.5	...	...
Estonia	persons															25.6	25.2	23.9	26.5	28.4		...
Finland	persons	...	...	...	...	...	...		...	...	...					34.7	34.0	35.5	37.1	38.4	...	...
France	persons	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	24.6	25.6
Iceland	persons		...	...												51.7	49.7	50.9	61.9	56.5
Lithuania	persons															29.5	28.1	28.9	29.6	29.4		...
Luxembourg	persons	...														30.0	31.4	31.2	33.4	33.0
New Zealand	persons	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...			37.2	39.4	38.0	41.2	45.6
Norway	persons	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...							39.9	40.7	41.8	44.0	45.2		...
Poland	persons															53.7	53.6	54.7	58.5	62.9		...
Sweden	persons	...														61.7	61.7	60.7	62.9	63.3	...	...
Switzerland	persons	...	...	...	...	...	...		...	...	...	...				28.2	29.6	27.8	28.7	29.8		...
United Kingdom	persons	...	...	...	...	...	...									40.3	41.6	41.0	39.0	39.4