Table 1 Projected national nurse shortages or surpluses by country for 2025
Country | Document | Projected 2025 shortage (−) or surplus (+) |
|---|---|---|
Australia | Health Workforce Australia, 2012a | −109,400 (includes RNs and ENs) |
Health Workforce Australia, 2012b | −80,142 | |
Health Workforce Australia, 2014 | −85,000 (includes RNs and ENs) | |
Austria | No gap analyses found | |
Belgium | No gap analyses found | |
Canada | Tomblin Murphy et al., 2012 | −60,000 |
Chile | No gap analyses found | |
Czech Republic | No gap analyses found | |
Denmark | No gap analyses found | |
Estonia | No gap analyses found | |
Finland | No gap analyses found | |
France | No gap analyses found | |
Germany | Maier and Afentakis, 2013 | −195,000 (includes RNs and ENs; estimated from graph) |
Greece | No gap analyses found | |
Iceland | No gap analyses found | |
Ireland | Training and Employment Authority, 2009 | −836 (for year 2020) |
Israel | No gap analyses found | |
Italy | No gap analyses found | |
Japan | No gap analyses found | |
Luxembourg | No gap analyses found | |
Netherlands | No gap analyses found | |
New Zealand | No gap analyses found | |
Norway | No gap analyses found | |
Poland | No gap analyses found | |
Portugal | No gap analyses found | |
Slovakia | No gap analyses found | |
Slovenia | No gap analyses found | |
Spain | No gap analyses found | |
South Korea | No gap analyses found | |
Sweden | No gap analyses found | |
Switzerland | No gap analyses found | |
United Kingdom | Centre for Workforce Intelligence, 2013 | −50,000 (for England only; estimated from graph; taken as midpoint of the range of demand and supply projection scenarios) |
United States | Aiken and Cheung, 2008 | −1,016,900 (for year 2020; analysis from another study) |
Juraschek et al., 2012 | −918,232 (for year 2030) | |
HRSA, 2014 | +340,000 | |