Nurses and midwives per 1,000 people rose 12.0% to 1.03 in Burkina Faso in 2022, according to World Bank / WHO.
Historically, nurses and midwives per 1,000 people in Burkina Faso reached an all time high of 1.03 in 2022 and an all time low of 0.358 in 2008. When compared to Burkina Faso's main peers, nurses and midwives per 1,000 people in Ghana amounted to 3.79, 0.796 in Ivory Coast, 0.352 in Mali and 0.202 in Niger in 2022.
Burkina Faso has been ranked 42nd within the group of 58 countries we follow in terms of nurses and midwives per 1,000 people, 58 places above 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 | ... | ... | ... | ||||
| Benin | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 0.733 | ... | 0.374 | 0.291 | ... | |||||||||
| Burkina Faso | ... | ... | ... | ... | 0.637 | 0.854 | ... | 0.899 | 0.914 | |||||||||||||
| Chad | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 0.213 | 0.231 | 0.308 | 0.134 | 0.200 | |||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||
| Libya | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 6.74 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||||||
| Mali | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 0.397 | ... | 0.422 | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||
| Mauritania | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1.10 | 1.11 | 1.21 | 1.18 | |||||||||
| Niger | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 0.268 | ... | 0.222 | ... | ... | ... | |||||||||
| Togo | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 0.311 | 0.412 | 0.402 | 0.455 | 0.497 |
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