Nurses and midwives per 1,000 people fell 18.0% to 2.16 in El Salvador in 2022, according to World Bank / WHO.
Historically, nurses and midwives per 1,000 people in El Salvador reached an all time high of 2.64 in 2021 and an all time low of 0.346 in 2005.
El Salvador has been ranked 30th within the group of 58 countries we follow in terms of nurses and midwives per 1,000 people, 30 places below the position seen 10 years ago.
| Nurses and Midwives (Per 1,000 People) | Unit | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
| Belize | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2.15 | 2.40 | 2.35 | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||||||
| Costa Rica | 5.10 | 5.52 | 5.61 | 5.73 | 6.02 | |||||||||||||||||
| El Salvador | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1.83 | 1.90 | 1.88 | ... | ... | |||||||||||
| Guatemala | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1.02 | 1.23 | 1.31 | ... | 2.31 | ... | ... | ||||
| Honduras | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 0.718 | 0.716 | 0.713 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||||
| Mexico | 2.90 | 2.90 | 2.90 | 2.88 | 2.96 | ... | ||||||||||||||||
| Nicaragua | ... | ... | 1.45 | 1.53 | 1.53 | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||||||||||||
| Panama | 2.99 | 3.10 | 3.08 | 3.22 | 3.54 | ... | ||||||||||||||||
| USA | 11.5 | 14.4 | 15.5 | 13.2 | 12.5 |
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