Internationally comparable statistics on medical staff (doctors and nurses) and whether they are domestically-trained or foreign-trained.

Data on the native-born but foreign-trained persons are available when selecting 1) Origin: all, 2) Unit of measure: Persons, and 3) Measure: Health workforce, native-born stock.

Please refer to the Sources and Methods for detailed country-specific information.

[REF_AREA] Reference area

[AUS] Australia

[AUT] Austria

[BEL] Belgium

[BGR] Bulgaria

[CAN] Canada

[CHE] Switzerland

[CHL] Chile

[COL] Colombia

[CRI] Costa Rica

[CZE] Czechia

[DEU] Germany

[DNK] Denmark

[ESP] Spain

[EST] Estonia

[FIN] Finland

[FRA] France

[GBR] United Kingdom

[GRC] Greece

[HRV] Croatia

[HUN] Hungary

[IRL] Ireland

[ISL] Iceland

[ISR] Israel

[ITA] Italy

[KOR] Korea

[LTU] Lithuania

[LUX] Luxembourg

[LVA] Latvia

[NLD] Netherlands

[NOR] Norway

[NZL] New Zealand

[POL] Poland

[PRT] Portugal

[ROU] Romania

[SVK] Slovak Republic

[SVN] Slovenia

[SWE] Sweden

[TUR] Türkiye

[USA] United States

[FREQ] Frequency of observation

[A] Annual

[MEASURE] Measure

[HW] Health workforce stock

[HW_AI] Health workforce inflow

[HW_NB] Health workforce, native-born stock

[UNIT_MEASURE] Unit of measure

[PS] Persons

[PT_WR_PRF_HLTH] Percentage of workers in the same health profession

[ORIGIN] Origin

[AFG] Afghanistan

[AGO] Angola

[ALB] Albania

[AND] Andorra

[ARE] United Arab Emirates

[ARG] Argentina

[ARM] Armenia

[ATG] Antigua and Barbuda

[AUS] Australia

[AUT] Austria

[AZE] Azerbaijan

[BDI] Burundi

[BEL] Belgium

[BEN] Benin

[BFA] Burkina Faso

[BGD] Bangladesh

[BGR] Bulgaria

[BHR] Bahrain

[BHS] Bahamas

[BIH] Bosnia and Herzegovina

[BLR] Belarus

[BLZ] Belize

[BOL] Bolivia

[BRA] Brazil

[BRB] Barbados

[BRN] Brunei Darussalam

[BTN] Bhutan

[BWA] Botswana

[CAF] Central African Republic

[CAN] Canada

[CHE] Switzerland

[CHL] Chile

[CHN] China (People’s Republic of)

[CIV] Côte d’Ivoire

[CMR] Cameroon

[COD] Democratic Republic of the Congo

[COG] Congo

[COK] Cook Islands

[COL] Colombia

[COM] Comoros

[CPV] Cabo Verde

[CRI] Costa Rica

[CUB] Cuba

[CYP] Cyprus

[CZE] Czechia

[DEU] Germany

[DJI] Djibouti

[DMA] Dominica

[DNK] Denmark

[DOM] Dominican Republic

[DZA] Algeria

[ECU] Ecuador

[EGY] Egypt

[ERI] Eritrea

[ESP] Spain

[EST] Estonia

[ETH] Ethiopia

[FIN] Finland

[FJI] Fiji

[FRA] France

[FSM] Micronesia

[GAB] Gabon

[GBR] United Kingdom

[GEO] Georgia

[GHA] Ghana

[GIN] Guinea

[GMB] Gambia

[GNB] Guinea-Bissau

[GNQ] Equatorial Guinea

[GRC] Greece

[GRD] Grenada

[GTM] Guatemala

[GUY] Guyana

[HND] Honduras

[HRV] Croatia

[HTI] Haiti

[HUN] Hungary

[IDN] Indonesia

[IND] India

[IRL] Ireland

[IRN] Iran

[IRQ] Iraq

[ISL] Iceland

[ISR] Israel

[ITA] Italy

[JAM] Jamaica

[JOR] Jordan

[JPN] Japan

[KAZ] Kazakhstan

[KEN] Kenya

[KGZ] Kyrgyzstan

[KHM] Cambodia

[KIR] Kiribati

[KNA] Saint Kitts and Nevis

[KOR] Korea

[KWT] Kuwait

[LAO] Lao People’s Democratic Republic

[LBN] Lebanon

[LBR] Liberia

[LBY] Libya

[LCA] Saint Lucia

[LIE] Liechtenstein

[LKA] Sri Lanka

[LSO] Lesotho

[LTU] Lithuania

[LUX] Luxembourg

[LVA] Latvia

[MAR] Morocco

[MCO] Monaco

[MDA] Moldova

[MDG] Madagascar

[MDV] Maldives

[MEX] Mexico

[MHL] Marshall Islands

[MKD] North Macedonia

[MLI] Mali

[MLT] Malta

[MMR] Myanmar

[MNE] Montenegro

[MNG] Mongolia

[MOZ] Mozambique

[MRT] Mauritania

[MUS] Mauritius

[MWI] Malawi

[MYS] Malaysia

[NAM] Namibia

[NER] Niger

[NGA] Nigeria

[NIC] Nicaragua

[NIU] Niue

[NLD] Netherlands

[NOR] Norway

[NPL] Nepal

[NRU] Nauru

[NZL] New Zealand

[OMN] Oman

[PAK] Pakistan

[PAN] Panama

[PER] Peru

[PHL] Philippines

[PLW] Palau

[PNG] Papua New Guinea

[POL] Poland

[PRK] Democratic People’s Republic of Korea

[PRT] Portugal

[PRY] Paraguay

[QAT] Qatar

[ROU] Romania

[RUS] Russia

[RWA] Rwanda

[SAU] Saudi Arabia

[SDN] Sudan

[SEN] Senegal

[SGP] Singapore

[SJM] Svalbard and Jan Mayen

[SLB] Solomon Islands

[SLE] Sierra Leone

[SLV] El Salvador

[SMR] San Marino

[SOM] Somalia

[SRB] Serbia

[SSD] South Sudan

[STP] Sao Tome and Principe

[SUR] Suriname

[SVK] Slovak Republic

[SVN] Slovenia

[SWE] Sweden

[SWZ] Eswatini

[SYC] Seychelles

[SYR] Syrian Arab Republic

[TCD] Chad

[TGO] Togo

[THA] Thailand

[TJK] Tajikistan

[TKM] Turkmenistan

[TLS] Timor-Leste

[TON] Tonga

[TTO] Trinidad and Tobago

[TUN] Tunisia

[TUR] Türkiye

[TUV] Tuvalu

[TWN] Chinese Taipei

[TZA] Tanzania

[UGA] Uganda

[UKR] Ukraine

[URY] Uruguay

[USA] United States

[UZB] Uzbekistan

[VCT] Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

[VEN] Venezuela

[VNM] Viet Nam

[VUT] Vanuatu

[W] World

[WSM] Samoa

[W_O_X] Other countries unspecified

[YEM] Yemen

[ZAF] South Africa

[ZMB] Zambia

[ZWE] Zimbabwe

[TRAINING_PLACE] Place of training

[DOMESTIC] Domestic

[FOREIGN] Foreign

[_T] Total

[_U] Unknown

[HEALTH_PROF] Health profession

[MINU] Nurses

[PHYS] Physicians

Search filters

Reference area [REF_AREA] (39)

Frequency of observation [FREQ] (1)

Measure [MEASURE] (3)

Unit of measure [UNIT_MEASURE] (2)

Origin [ORIGIN] (199)

Place of training [TRAINING_PLACE] (4)

Health profession [HEALTH_PROF] (2)

This dataset has 9,805 series:

Trim NA Values

[AUS.A.HW.PS.BGD.FOREIGN.MINU] Australia – Annual – Health workforce stock – Persons – Bangladesh – Foreign – Nurses

from: 2018=0

to: 2023=0

min:: 0

max:: 11

avg:: 5.5

σ:: 4.113

[AUS.A.HW.PS.BGD.FOREIGN.PHYS] Australia – Annual – Health workforce stock – Persons – Bangladesh – Foreign – Physicians

from: 2017=676

to: 2023=1,144

min:: 676

max:: 1,144

avg:: 934.143

σ:: 149.772

[AUS.A.HW.PS.CAN.FOREIGN.MINU] Australia – Annual – Health workforce stock – Persons – Canada – Foreign – Nurses

from: 2013=452

to: 2023=566

min:: 452

max:: 566

avg:: 518.545

σ:: 27.988

[AUS.A.HW.PS.CAN.FOREIGN.PHYS] Australia – Annual – Health workforce stock – Persons – Canada – Foreign – Physicians

from: 2013=86

to: 2023=124

min:: 86

max:: 125

avg:: 115.909

σ:: 10.833

[AUS.A.HW.PS.CHN.FOREIGN.MINU] Australia – Annual – Health workforce stock – Persons – China (People’s Republic of) – Foreign – Nurses

from: 2013=1,063

to: 2023=1,468

min:: 1,063

max:: 1,468

avg:: 1,341.182

σ:: 116.634

[AUS.A.HW.PS.CHN.FOREIGN.PHYS] Australia – Annual – Health workforce stock – Persons – China (People’s Republic of) – Foreign – Physicians

from: 2013=521

to: 2023=805

min:: 521

max:: 805

avg:: 676.091

σ:: 82.943

[AUS.A.HW.PS.GBR.FOREIGN.MINU] Australia – Annual – Health workforce stock – Persons – United Kingdom – Foreign – Nurses

from: 2013=14,009

to: 2023=12,882

min:: 12,522

max:: 14,916

avg:: 13,955.818

σ:: 681.048

[AUS.A.HW.PS.GBR.FOREIGN.PHYS] Australia – Annual – Health workforce stock – Persons – United Kingdom – Foreign – Physicians

from: 2013=3,949

to: 2023=6,918

min:: 3,949

max:: 6,918

avg:: 5,733.909

σ:: 940.927

[AUS.A.HW.PS.IND.FOREIGN.MINU] Australia – Annual – Health workforce stock – Persons – India – Foreign – Nurses

from: 2013=6,237

to: 2023=15,340

min:: 6,237

max:: 15,340

avg:: 10,942.545

σ:: 2,814.423

[AUS.A.HW.PS.IND.FOREIGN.PHYS] Australia – Annual – Health workforce stock – Persons – India – Foreign – Physicians

from: 2013=3,805

to: 2023=6,096

min:: 3,805

max:: 6,096

avg:: 5,250.455

σ:: 655.717

Series code	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
[AUS.A.HW.PS.BGD.FOREIGN.MINU]	-	-	-	-	-	0	7	11	8	7	0
[AUS.A.HW.PS.BGD.FOREIGN.PHYS]	-	-	-	-	676	820	872	945	984	1098	1144
[AUS.A.HW.PS.CAN.FOREIGN.MINU]	452	514	502	530	539	519	529	543	508	502	566
[AUS.A.HW.PS.CAN.FOREIGN.PHYS]	86	113	106	118	124	125	120	122	120	117	124
[AUS.A.HW.PS.CHN.FOREIGN.MINU]	1063	1228	1283	1328	1397	1307	1431	1332	1452	1464	1468
[AUS.A.HW.PS.CHN.FOREIGN.PHYS]	521	579	618	644	643	673	696	723	748	787	805
[AUS.A.HW.PS.GBR.FOREIGN.MINU]	14009	14916	14562	14452	14370	14125	14123	13953	13600	12522	12882
[AUS.A.HW.PS.GBR.FOREIGN.PHYS]	3949	4563	4837	5209	5577	5892	6282	6515	6621	6710	6918
[AUS.A.HW.PS.IND.FOREIGN.MINU]	6237	7713	8468	9169	10052	10663	11742	12465	14015	14504	15340
[AUS.A.HW.PS.IND.FOREIGN.PHYS]	3805	4481	4821	5037	5182	5336	5551	5673	5805	5968	6096