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Which Country Has the Most Midwives per Population?

Midwives (Per 10,000 People) (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 10,000 inhabitants with 8.92 persons followed by Iceland and Sweden. On the other end of the scale was South Korea with 0.214 persons, Slovenia with 0.601 persons and Austria with 1.63 persons.

Data for more countries are available at Midwives (Per 10,000 People) indicator page.

Midwives (Per 10,000 People)	Unit	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014
Australia	persons	...		...		...		...		...				...		9.10	8.91	...	...	11.3		...
Czechia	persons															4.13	4.16	4.20	4.23	4.21		...
Denmark	persons															2.68	2.83	2.89	2.93	3.06	...	...
Estonia	persons															3.07	2.97	2.85	2.95	3.01		...
Finland	persons	...	...	...	...	...	...		...	...	...					3.89	3.85	4.04	4.13	4.23	...	...
France	persons	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	3.07	3.17
Iceland	persons		...	...												8.08	7.97	7.86	8.64	7.88
Lithuania	persons															2.96	2.91	2.89	2.95	2.96		...
Luxembourg	persons	...														3.45	3.55	3.62	3.64	3.73
New Zealand	persons	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...			5.60	5.70	5.56	5.73	6.29
Norway	persons	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...							5.05	5.20	5.26	5.37	5.46		...
Poland	persons															5.82	5.86	5.92	5.95	6.40		...
Sweden	persons	...														7.30	7.41	7.49	7.45	7.55	...	...
Switzerland	persons	...	...	...	...	...	...		...	...	...	...				2.83	2.99	2.85	2.94	3.07		...
United Kingdom	persons	...	...	...	...	...	...									5.20	5.29	5.29	4.99	5.04