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NHS Migrants: Mapped

The NHS employs people from over 200 countries, spanning six continents. Click on a continent or region and then on the country name within each continent list to find out how many people holding that country's nationality worked for the NHS as of the end of March 2020.

Venezuela54 Uruguay4 Peru50 Paraguay2 Guyana207 Guatemala5 French Guiana2 Ecuador24 Colombia131 Chile47 Brazil495 Bolivia20 Argentina42 Yap1 Tuvalu1 Chuuk Islands1 Tonga2 Samoa2 Pohnpei2 Pitcairn Islands1 Norfolk Island2 Vanuatu1 New Zealand725 Marshall Islands1 Kosrae2 Guam2 Fiji62 Australia2,407 Virgin Islands1 Trinidad705 Tobago16 El Salvador7 Saint Vincent69 Saint Lucia143 Panama5 Nicaragua3 Montserrat6 Mexico84 Martinique1 Saint Kitts and Nevis4 Jamaica2,149 Honduras10 Haiti3 Grenada83 Netherlands Antilles8 Dominican Republic72 Cuba19 Costa Rica8 Cayman Islands37 Canada1,042 British Virgin Islands29 Bermuda3 Belize20 Barbuda1 Barbados121 Bahamas15 Aruba1 Antigua18 Anguilla1 United States of America1,406 Russia189 Ukraine183 Serbia90 Montenegro3 Moldova22 Isle of Man19 Macedonia24 Gibraltar7 Georgia11 Faroe Islands1 Channel Islands13 Bosnia29 Belarus40 Albania127 Switzerland191 Norway299 Iceland36 Sweden795 Spain5,562 Slovenia175 Slovakia900 Romania4,813 Portugal7,542 Poland10,021 Malta337 Luxembourg19 Lithuania1,524 Latvia594 Italy6,584 Ireland13,792 Hungarian1,367 Greece3,343 Germany2,504 France1,766 Finland395 Estonia186 Netherlands1,948 Denmark431 Czech Republic738 Cyprus448 Croatia304 Bulgaria1,207 Belgium425 Austria381 Yemen30 Vietnam51 Uzbekistan33 Turkmenistan3 East Timor2 Thailand351 Taiwan33 Syria191 Sri Lanka1,426 South Korea76 Singapore451 Saudi Arabia63 Qatar4 Papua New Guinea11 Palestine42 Pakistan4,424 Oman34 North Korea6 Nepal2,070 Mongolia8 Maldive Islands30 Malaysia2,486 Lebanon70 Laos1 Kyrgyzstan3 Kuwait19 Kazakhstan7 Jordan244 Japan279 Israel72 Iraq366 Iran362 Indonesia79 India27,066 Hong Kong123 Philippines22,734 United Arab Emirates12 China895 Cambodia8 Myanmar476 Brunei63 Bhutan14 Bangladesh841 Bahrain44 Azerbaijan15 Armenia9 Afghanistan148 Turkey229 Tunisia55 Tanzania172 Sudan808 Seychelles30 Guinea29 Eritrea182 Equatorial Guinea1 Algeria103 Zimbabwe4,262 Zambia485 Uganda578 Togo11 Swaziland31 South Africa1,743 Somalia277 Sierra Leone532 Senegal36 Saint Helena2 Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic1 Rwanda48 Réunion3 Niger285 Nigeria8,567 Namibia48 Mozambique7 Botswana64 Morocco66 Mauritius1,287 Mauritania250 Mali3 Malawi257 Madagascar2 Libya175 Liberia37 Kenya824 Côte d'Ivoire68 Ghana2,927 Gambia273 Gabon7 Ethiopia121 Egypt2,257 Djibouti1 Congo183 Chad3 Central Africa87 Cape Verde5 Cameroon329 Burundi35 Burkina Faso8 Benin10 Lesotho4 Angola33 Europe69,385 Asia66,004 Africa27,612 North America6,090 South America1,083 Oceania3,212

Data Source: NHS Digital, NHS Hospital & Community Health Service (HCHS) workforce statistics, March 2020. Map illustration: Tribambuka