Table 1.
Projected national nurse shortages or surpluses by country for 2025
| Country | Document | Projected 2025 shortage (−) or surplus (+) |
|---|---|---|
| Australia | Health Workforce Australia, 2012a | −109,400 (includes RNs and ENs) |
| Health Workforce Australia, 2012b | −80,142 | |
| Health Workforce Australia, 2014 | −85,000 (includes RNs and ENs) | |
| Austria | No gap analyses found | |
| Belgium | No gap analyses found | |
| Canada | Tomblin Murphy et al., 2012 | −60,000 |
| Chile | No gap analyses found | |
| Czech Republic | No gap analyses found | |
| Denmark | No gap analyses found | |
| Estonia | No gap analyses found | |
| Finland | No gap analyses found | |
| France | No gap analyses found | |
| Germany | Maier and Afentakis, 2013 | −195,000 (includes RNs and ENs; estimated from graph) |
| Greece | No gap analyses found | |
| Iceland | No gap analyses found | |
| Ireland | Training and Employment Authority, 2009 | −836 (for year 2020) |
| Israel | No gap analyses found | |
| Italy | No gap analyses found | |
| Japan | No gap analyses found | |
| Luxembourg | No gap analyses found | |
| Netherlands | No gap analyses found | |
| New Zealand | No gap analyses found | |
| Norway | No gap analyses found | |
| Poland | No gap analyses found | |
| Portugal | No gap analyses found | |
| Slovakia | No gap analyses found | |
| Slovenia | No gap analyses found | |
| Spain | No gap analyses found | |
| South Korea | No gap analyses found | |
| Sweden | No gap analyses found | |
| Switzerland | No gap analyses found | |
| United Kingdom | Centre for Workforce Intelligence, 2013 | −50,000 (for England only; estimated from graph; taken as midpoint of the range of demand and supply projection scenarios) |
| United States | Aiken and Cheung, 2008 | −1,016,900 (for year 2020; analysis from another study) |
| Juraschek et al., 2012 | −918,232 (for year 2030) | |
| HRSA, 2014 | +340,000 | |