Launch of the State of the World’s Nursing 2025 report

On International Nurses Day 2025, the World Health Organization and partners will release the State of the World’s Nursing 2025 (SoWN) report. Based on data from 194 countries, the report updates and expands on the 2020 edition, offering the most up-to-date evidence on the global nursing workforce — including education, employment, migration, regulation, working conditions, leadership, and more. The report also provides updated indicators and robust estimates on global and regional-level nursing stock, shortages and projections to 2030. Online country profiles provide national level data in a downloadable (PDF) format.

The report is intended to provide validated data and evidence to support national level policy dialogue and decision-making on where and how to invest in nursing to strengthen primary health care systems toward universal health coverage. The findings will equip policy makers and planners with data, analyses and policy options to take forward in their countries and contexts.