Based on a comparison of 32 countries in 2014, Finland ranked the highest in nurse to doctor ratio with 4.70 persons followed by Japan and Denmark. On the other end of the scale was Colombia with 0.593 persons, Mexico with 1.21 persons and China with 1.22 persons.
Data for more countries are available at Nurse to Doctor Ratio indicator page.
| Nurse to Doctor Ratio | Unit | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 |
| Australia | persons | ... | 3.41 | 3.27 | ... | 3.08 | 3.09 | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Belgium | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3.06 | 3.09 | 3.12 | 3.20 | 3.25 | ... | ... | ||||
| Canada | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3.78 | ... | ... |
| Denmark | persons | 4.30 | 4.45 | 4.46 | 4.44 | 4.50 | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Finland | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4.83 | 4.80 | 4.64 | 4.72 | 4.70 | ... | ... | |||||
| Germany | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3.30 | 3.31 | 3.26 | 3.21 | 3.18 | ... | |||||||||
| Iceland | persons | 4.08 | 4.18 | 4.04 | 4.22 | 4.25 | ||||||||||||||||
| Indonesia | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3.08 | ... | |
| Japan | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4.46 | ... | 4.56 | ... | 4.60 | ... | ... | |||
| Luxembourg | persons | ... | ... | ... | 4.11 | 3.99 | 4.09 | 4.28 | ||||||||||||||
| New Zealand | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3.96 | 3.77 | 3.84 | 3.82 | 3.69 | |||||
| Norway | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3.50 | 3.93 | 3.92 | 3.92 | 3.91 | ... | |||||||
| Slovenia | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3.28 | 3.33 | 3.37 | 3.34 | 3.21 | ... | |||||||||
| Switzerland | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3.91 | 3.97 | 4.21 | 4.33 | 4.33 | ... | |
| United Kingdom | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3.75 | 3.68 | 3.53 | 3.05 | 2.98 |
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