Number of Nurses Who Graduate from School And Become Nurses

Every year, there are quite remarkable number of nursing students attended and graduated from schools and become nurses.

Unfortunately, not all the nursing students can become nurses automatically, they need to take the national exit exam to be acknowledged that they are successfully completed the nursing studies and practice and can start their professional life to become nurses.

Below is the table that show the numbers of nurses vary from year to year since 2008 for your information.

Nurses Data From Year to Year

YearType of NursesNumber
2006Local Nurses (accumulative)8,121
2007Local Nurses (accumulative)8,312
2008Local Nurses (accumulative)8,502
2009Local Nurses (accumulative)8,514
2010Local Nurses (accumulative)8,747
2011Local Nurses (accumulative)8,921
2012Local Nurses (accumulative)11,280
2013Local Nurses (accumulative)13,250
2014Local Nurses (accumulative)14,955
2015Local Nurses (accumulative)15,000
2016Local Nurses (accumulative)16,000
2017Local Nurses (accumulative)17,306