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Health Personnel (Per 10,000 Total Population), Annual

Description

Annual health personnel density per 10,000 total population in Singapore from 1960 through 2024, from Ministry of Health data via SingStat. Covers doctors with valid practising certificates and nurses including registered and enrolled nurses and midwives; used for SDG 3.c.1. Adapted from SingStat TableBuilder TS/M870001.

Official description

Source: MINISTRY OF HEALTH Data Last Updated: 15/09/2025 Update Frequency: Annual Footnotes: Doctors refer to those on full, conditional and temporary (service) registration with valid Practising Certificate. Nurses refer to registered and enrolled nurses, as well as registered midwives. Data are used for SDG 3.c.1 'Health worker density and distribution'. Please refer to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Global Metadata (https://unstats.un.org/sdgs/metadata) for more information on SDG 3.c.1. Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/TS/M870001

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Coverage
1960-01-01 – 2024-12-31
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Columns
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Values are summed where multiple rows share the same category.

Data

Data Series 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990 1989 1988 1987 1986 1985 1984 1983 1982 1981 1980 1979 1978 1977 1976 1975 1974 1973 1972 1971 1970 1969 1968 1967 1966 1965 1964 1963 1962 1961 1960
Doctors Per 10,000 Total Population 29.000000 28.000000 28.000000 28.000000 26.000000 25.000000 24.000000 24.000000 23.000000 23.000000 21.000000 20.000000 19.000000 19.000000 18.000000 17 16 16 16 16 16 15 14 14 14 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 12 12 12 12 11 11 10 10 9 9 8 8 8 8 8 8 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 6 6 5 5 5 4 4 4 4
Dentists Per 10,000 Total Population 5.000000 5.000000 5.000000 5.000000 4.000000 4.000000 4.000000 4.000000 4.000000 4.000000 3.000000 3.000000 3.000000 3.000000 3.000000 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Nurses Per 10,000 Total Population 83.000000 78.000000 78.000000 79.000000 74.000000 75.000000 75.000000 74.000000 72.000000 70.000000 69.000000 67.000000 65.000000 61.000000 58.000000 54 50 49 48 47 46 46 43 42 41 40 40 39 37 36 36 35 35 34 34 33 33 34 34 33 29 29 28 30 31 31 30 29 26 25 26 na na na na na na na na na na na na na na
Pharmacists Per 10,000 Total Population 7.000000 7.000000 7.000000 7.000000 6.000000 6.000000 6.000000 5.000000 5.000000 5.000000 5.000000 4.000000 4.000000 4.000000 4.000000 na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na

Columns

Column Type Categorical
Data Series Text No
2024 Numeric No
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2012 Numeric No
2011 Numeric No
2010 Numeric No
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