Nurses in Japan increased to 13.02 per 1000 people in 2022 from 12.85 per 1000 people in 2020. Nurses in Japan averaged 11.06 per 1000 people from 2002 until 2022, reaching an all time high of 13.02 per 1000 people in 2022 and a record low of 8.91 per 1000 people in 2002. source: OECD