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Values among 30 countries

Indicator metadata and score calculation

Definition:	Practicing nurses per 1,000 inhabitants.
Year:	2023
Unit:	o/oo
Direction:	High values translate into high scores
Source 1:	OECD
Data for:
Annotation:	OECD: Dataset: Nurses. URL: https://data-explorer.oecd.o… extracted 2024/08/26.

Calculation:	Long-term data series were used to set appropriate minimum and maximum values.
Maximum:	17.12
Minimum:	0
/	Above/Below IQR boundary value. See FAQ for further information.
Distance:	Distance=(value for calculation-minimum)/(maximum-minimum)
Score:	Score=1+relative distance*9

Additional annotations and exceptions

For PRT, SVK, USA: Data refer to professionally active nurses.

Top group

Score

Nurses

Switzerland

10.0

18.45

Norway

9.2

15.65

Upper middle group

Finland

8.4

14.13

Ireland

8.3

13.95

Australia

7.7

12.81

USA

7.4

12.19

Japan

7.4

12.18

Germany

7.3

11.98

New Zealand

7.2

11.76

Belgium

7.1

11.63

Netherlands

7.1

11.53

Austria

6.8

11.00

Sweden

6.7

10.90

Slovenia

6.5

10.43

Denmark

6.4

10.36

Canada

6.4

10.18

Czechia

5.7

9.00

France

5.6

8.84

5.5

8.57

Lower middle group

Portugal

5.0

7.52

Lithuania

4.9

7.49

Estonia

4.5

6.58

Italy

4.4

6.53

Spain

4.2

6.17

Slovakia

4.0

5.69

Poland

4.0

5.67

Israel

3.9

5.46

Hungary

3.9

5.45

Latvia

3.2

4.17

Greece

3.0

3.87

Bottom group

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