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Which Country Has the Most Nurses Compared to Doctor?

Nurse to Doctor Ratio (persons), 2014 or latest

Health Care | January 1, 2019

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Based on a comparison of 32 countries in 2014, Finland ranked the highest in nurse to doctor ratio with 4.70 persons followed by Japan and Denmark. On the other end of the scale was Colombia with 0.593 persons, Mexico with 1.21 persons and China with 1.22 persons.

Data for more countries are available at Nurse to Doctor Ratio indicator page.

Nurse to Doctor Ratio	Unit	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014
Australia	persons													...		3.41	3.27	...	3.08	3.09		...
Belgium	persons	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...					3.06	3.09	3.12	3.20	3.25	...	...
Canada	persons	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	3.78	...	...
Denmark	persons															4.30	4.45	4.46	4.44	4.50	...	...
Finland	persons	...	...	...	...	...	...		...	...	...					4.83	4.80	4.64	4.72	4.70	...	...
Germany	persons	...	...	...	...	...	...									3.30	3.31	3.26	3.21	3.18		...
Iceland	persons															4.08	4.18	4.04	4.22	4.25
Indonesia	persons	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	3.08		...
Japan	persons	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...		...		...		...	4.46	...	4.56	...	4.60	...	...
Luxembourg	persons	...													...	...	4.11	3.99	4.09	4.28
New Zealand	persons	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...				3.96	3.77	3.84	3.82	3.69
Norway	persons	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...							3.50	3.93	3.92	3.92	3.91		...
Slovenia	persons	...	...	...	...	...	...									3.28	3.33	3.37	3.34	3.21		...
Switzerland	persons	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	3.91	3.97	4.21	4.33	4.33		...
United Kingdom	persons	...	...	...	...	...	...									3.75	3.68	3.53	3.05	2.98