Table 1 Summary of nursing density and subnational distribution statistics for 58 countries
Country | National density of nursing personnel*per 10,000 population | (Min–max) | Number of subnational units | Amplitude of variation (max/min) | Gini index (0–100) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Afghanistan | 2.5 | (0.8–11.1) | 34 | 14.4 | 20 |
Angola | 4.1 | (2.5–8.1) | 18 | 3.3 | 21 |
Armenia | 48.4 | (21.8–62.2) | 11 | 2.9 | 11 |
Australia | 116.9 | (103–150.3) | 8 | 1.5 | 4 |
Belarus | 99.9 | (95.8–106.7) | 6 | 1.1 | 2 |
Belize | 23.4 | (14.5–33.4) | 6 | 2.3 | 13 |
Bolivia | 15.6 | (8.6–28.6) | 9 | 3.3 | 3 |
Brazil | 38.5 | (21.2 – 55.0) | 25 | 2.6 | 8 |
British Virgin Islands | 92.6 | (31.1–104.4) | 4 | 3.4 | 11 |
Burkina Faso | 5.4 | (2.8–11.9) | 13 | 4.2 | 19 |
Cambodia | 6.9 | (2.7–22.2) | 25 | 8.3 | 4 |
Congo | 7.5 | (3.4–15.3) | 12 | 4.5 | 9 |
Cook Island | 66.8 | (48.2–179.2) | 12 | 3.7 | 2 |
Cote d'Ivoire | 6.0 | (4.1–15.6) | 19 | 3.9 | 6 |
Cuba | 75.6 | (68.7–98.6) | 14 | 1.4 | 1 |
DRC | 5.4 | (1.3–77.2) | 26 | 60.3 | 26 |
Ecuador | 28.3 | (17.9–40.3) | 24 | 2.3 | 3 |
Egypt | 58.3 | (24.4–179.8) | 24 | 7.4 | 9 |
El Salvador | 13.7 | (3.1–20.2) | 14 | 6.4 | 21 |
Eritrea | 12.1 | (4.9–34.6) | 6 | 7.1 | 32 |
Eswatini | 37.1 | (24.2–53.5) | 4 | 2.2 | 15 |
Ethiopia | 5.4 | (2.5–22.5) | 11 | 9.0 | 15 |
Fiji | 6.8 | (2.2–11.6) | 4 | 5.2 | 30 |
France | 84.4 | (57.7–109.1) | 26 | 1.9 | 2 |
Greece | 38.1 | (12.5–70.7) | 54 | 5.6 | 13 |
Guyana | 9.4 | (0.4–17.1) | 10 | 44.1 | 7 |
Haiti | 3.8 | (1.5–7.7) | 4 | 5.2 | 1 |
Honduras | 7.3 | (2.5–31.9) | 18 | 12.5 | 9 |
India | 8.6 | (1.8–329.6) | 29 | 179.0 | 8 |
Iran | 20.0 | (12.7–28.2) | 30 | 2.2 | 2 |
Iraq | 20.4 | (11.2–39.1) | 18 | 3.5 | 4 |
Ireland | 164.7 | (134.2–202.8) | 8 | 1.5 | 1 |
Japan | 121.5 | (83.6–199.5) | 47 | 2.4 | 8 |
Kenya | 11.7 | (2.1–33.3) | 47 | 15.5 | 29 |
Korea (Republic of) | 73.0 | (2.6–105.3) | 17 | 40.7 | 6 |
Lesotho | 17.8 | (7.1–33.3) | 10 | 4.7 | 22 |
Madagascar | 1.5 | (0.4–9.8) | 22 | 26.2 | 39 |
Malawi | 4.4 | (4.1–4.7) | 3 | 1.1 | 1 |
Malaysia | 34.7 | (21.8–342.0) | 16 | 15.7 | 3 |
Mali | 4.5 | (1.8–16.2) | 8 | 9.2 | 39 |
Mexico | 24.2 | (11.8–41.7) | 32 | 3.5 | 13 |
Micronesia | 20.4 | (12.6–44.9) | 4 | 3.6 | 7 |
Mozambique | 4.8 | (3.5–8.2) | 11 | 2.3 | 6 |
Nigeria | 13.6 | (2.5–34.9) | 24 | 13.9 | 34 |
Pakistan | 7.5 | (1.3–21.3) | 6 | 16.4 | 1 |
Panama | 29.5 | (8.1–41.1) | 7 | 5.1 | 5 |
Peru | 23.7 | (16.4–50.0) | 24 | 3.1 | 6 |
Philippines | 49.4 | (28.7–72.5) | 13 | 2.5 | 2 |
Portugal | 58.8 | (32.3 – 152.0) | 22 | 4.7 | 3 |
Romania | 56.2 | (17.7–89.3) | 39 | 5.0 | 7 |
South Africa | 13.1 | (7.8–16.6) | 9 | 2.1 | 6 |
United Arab Emirates | 57.3 | (26.0–84.2) | 7 | 3.2 | 21 |
United States of America | 109.6 | (30.0–152.1) | 51 | 5.1 | 3 |
Uruguay | 29.9 | (13.2–39.5) | 19 | 3.0 | 15 |
Vanuatu | 14.2 | (9.8–22.8) | 4 | 2.3 | 10 |
Venezuela | 20.7 | (1.9–44.8) | 24 | 23.3 | 3 |
Vietnam | 16.8 | (8.4–24.1) | 38 | 2.9 | 11 |
Zambia | 9.9 | (5.0–13.9) | 10 | 2.8 | 16 |