Based on a comparison of 27 countries in 2014, Switzerland ranked the highest in nurses per 10,000 inhabitants with 175 persons followed by Norway and Iceland. On the other end of the scale was Colombia with 10.6 persons, Indonesia with 11.6 persons and India with 12.5 persons.
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| Country | Unit |
| Australia | persons |
| Austria | persons |
| Belgium | persons |
| Brazil | persons |
| Canada | persons |
| Chile | persons |
| China | persons |
| Colombia | persons |
| Czechia | persons |
| Denmark | persons |
| Estonia | persons |
| Finland | persons |
| Germany | persons |
| Hungary | persons |
| Iceland | persons |
| India | persons |
| Indonesia | persons |
| Ireland | persons |
| Israel | persons |
| Italy | persons |
| Japan | persons |
| Latvia | persons |
| Lithuania | persons |
| Luxembourg | persons |
| Mexico | persons |
| Netherlands | persons |
| New Zealand | persons |
| Norway | persons |
| Poland | persons |
| Russia | persons |
| Slovenia | persons |
| South Africa | persons |
| South Korea | persons |
| Spain | persons |
| Sweden | persons |
| Switzerland | persons |
| United Kingdom | persons |
| 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 |
| ... | 101 | 100 | ... | 100 | 101 | ... | |||||||||||||
| ... | ... | ... | 75.1 | 76.0 | 76.6 | 77.4 | 78.2 | ... | |||||||||||
| ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 89.0 | 89.9 | 90.8 | 93.6 | 95.9 | ... | ... | ||||
| 9.31 | ... | 14.7 | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||||||||||||
| 91.2 | 92.9 | 93.3 | 92.6 | 93.9 | ... | ||||||||||||||
| ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 15.1 | ... | ... | ... |
| 12.5 | 13.7 | 15.1 | 16.4 | 18.2 | ... | ||||||||||||||
| 7.89 | 8.26 | 8.63 | 8.99 | 9.59 | |||||||||||||||
| 79.5 | 80.6 | 80.3 | 79.6 | 79.6 | ... | ||||||||||||||
| 149 | 156 | 158 | 160 | 163 | ... | ... | |||||||||||||
| 65.6 | 63.1 | 62.8 | 64.1 | 63.4 | ... | ||||||||||||||
| ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 131 | 135 | 138 | 141 | 142 | ... | ... | |||||
| ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 116 | 119 | 120 | 121 | 123 | ... | |||||||||
| 61.5 | 62.1 | 62.1 | 62.0 | 63.1 | ... | ||||||||||||||
| 153 | 155 | 145 | 147 | 150 | |||||||||||||||
| ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 8.27 | 8.77 | 8.91 | 10.2 | 11.4 | ... | ||||||||
| ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 7.76 | 7.05 | 9.06 | 9.57 | ... | |
| 158 | 155 | 151 | 149 | ... | ... | ... | |||||||||||||
| ... | 50.2 | 48.7 | 48.4 | 49.5 | 50.0 | ... | |||||||||||||
| ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 61.9 | 63.0 | 62.9 | 65.5 | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||
| ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 96.4 | ... | 102 | ... | 106 | ... | ... | |||
| 56.5 | 49.6 | 50.3 | 49.3 | 48.1 | ... | ||||||||||||||
| 76.0 | 75.0 | 74.4 | 75.0 | 75.1 | ... | ||||||||||||||
| ... | ... | 111 | 110 | 113 | 121 | ||||||||||||||
| 22.2 | 22.8 | 23.3 | 24.4 | 24.8 | ... | ||||||||||||||
| ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 83.7 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||||
| ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 97.2 | 96.9 | 100 | 101 | 99.3 | |||||
| ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 140 | 159 | 161 | 164 | 166 | ... | |||||||
| 51.8 | 52.4 | 52.6 | 52.6 | 55.5 | ... | ||||||||||||||
| 72.3 | 72.7 | 72.3 | 73.8 | 74.6 | ... | ||||||||||||||
| ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 78.3 | 80.1 | 81.6 | 83.0 | 81.4 | ... | |||||||||
| ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 9.52 | 9.70 | 10.1 | 10.8 | 11.5 | |||||||||
| ... | ... | 44.3 | 45.6 | 47.2 | 48.3 | 49.6 | |||||||||||||
| ... | 49.0 | 50.2 | 51.9 | 52.5 | 52.6 | ... | |||||||||||||
| 110 | 110 | 111 | 111 | 112 | ... | ... | |||||||||||||
| ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 149 | 152 | 160 | 166 | 170 | ... | |||||||||
| ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 96.8 | 98.4 | 96.3 | 84.8 | 83.5 |
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