Target 3.c: Increase health financing and support health workforce in developing countries
Substantially increase health financing and the recruitment, development, training and retention of the health workforce in developing countries, especially in least developed countries and small island developing States.
Indicators
3.c.1: Health workers
Health worker density and distribution
Definition
The UN website on Sustainable Development Goal data (SDG) data has, since 2000, published Danish-reported figures on the coverage of physicians, dentists, nurses, and pharmacists in Denmark. The figures show increased coverage over time, with the exception of dentists, where there has been a slight decline during the period.
For physicians, the figures represent an average across all medical specialties and mask a significant increase in the number of doctors working in hospitals in larger cities, while there has been no increase in the number of general practitioners with a background in family medicine.
The latest figures for 2023 show the following numbers of health workers per 10,000 inhabitants:
- Dentists: 8
- Nurses and midwives: 109
- Physicians: 45
- Pharmacists: 6 (2022 data)