Nurses and midwives per 1,000 people rose 0% to 1.12 in Sierra Leone in 2022, according to World Bank / WHO.
Historically, nurses and midwives per 1,000 people in Sierra Leone reached an all time high of 1.19 in 2013 and an all time low of 0.143 in 2010. When compared to Sierra Leone's main peers, nurses and midwives per 1,000 people in Burkina Faso amounted to 1.03, 0.371 in Guinea, 0.794 in Liberia and 0.352 in Mali in 2022.
Sierra Leone has been ranked 40th within the group of 58 countries we follow in terms of nurses and midwives per 1,000 people, 40 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 |
| Algeria | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2.26 | 2.24 | 1.56 | 0.316 | ... | ... | ... | ||||
| Burkina Faso | ... | ... | ... | ... | 0.637 | 0.854 | ... | 0.899 | 0.914 | |||||||||||||
| Ghana | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2.04 | 2.26 | 4.39 | 2.62 | 3.50 | |||||||||||
| Guinea | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 0.122 | ... | 0.573 | ... | ... | ... | |||||||
| Ivory Coast | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 0.501 | 0.547 | 0.595 | 0.645 | 0.736 | |||||||||||
| Liberia | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 0.645 | 0.551 | 0.646 | ||||||||
| Mali | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 0.397 | ... | 0.422 | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||
| Mauritania | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1.10 | 1.11 | 1.21 | 1.18 | |||||||||
| Niger | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 0.268 | ... | 0.222 | ... | ... | ... | |||||||||
| Senegal | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 0.305 | 0.318 | ... | 0.550 | 0.357 | ||||||||
| Sierra Leone | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 0.730 | 0.779 | 0.732 | 0.831 | 0.204 | ... |
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