International nurses day is over, back to work everyone. The World Health Organization’s (WHO) State of the world’s nursing report 2025 was published yesterday. It provides an overview of the current and future global nursing workforce. The report takes into account geopolitical aspects and identifies strategic priorities.

“Central to the achievement of the Agenda for Sustainable Development is an adequate, equitably distributed and fully supported health workforce. Nurses are the largest occupational group and represent an indispensable force with which to combat inequities in access to health services and progress towards health-related Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), while advancing gender equality through the strengthening and empowerment of a highly feminized profession.”

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World Health Organization (WHO). (2025). State of the world’s nursing report 2025.