Caring personnel (personal care workers) — Health and social in United States of America
United States of America: Caring personnel (personal care workers) — Health and social was 16.07 Per 1 000 inhabitants in 2024. ▲ Rising
Caring personnel (personal care workers) — Health and social in United States of America, 2000–2024
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Per 1 000 inhabitants.
Analysis
In 2024, caring personnel (personal care workers) — health and social in United States of America stood at 16.07 Per 1 000 inhabitants. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of up 5.7% on the previous year and up 40.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, caring personnel (personal care workers) — health and social in United States of America peaked at 16.07 Per 1 000 inhabitants in 2024 and was at its lowest, 8.02 Per 1 000 inhabitants, in 2000.
That places United States of America 5th out of 27 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Caring personnel (personal care workers) — Health and social in United States of America, year by year
| Year | Per 1 000 inhabitants | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 8.02 Per 1 000 inhabitants | — |
| 2001 | 8.2 Per 1 000 inhabitants | +2.2% |
| 2002 | 8.37 Per 1 000 inhabitants | +2.1% |
| 2003 | 8.52 Per 1 000 inhabitants | +1.8% |
| 2004 | 8.77 Per 1 000 inhabitants | +2.9% |
| 2005 | 9.06 Per 1 000 inhabitants | +3.3% |
| 2006 | 9.26 Per 1 000 inhabitants | +2.2% |
| 2007 | 9.56 Per 1 000 inhabitants | +3.2% |
| 2008 | 9.83 Per 1 000 inhabitants | +2.8% |
| 2009 | 10.06 Per 1 000 inhabitants | +2.3% |
| 2010 | 10.29 Per 1 000 inhabitants | +2.3% |
| 2011 | 10.53 Per 1 000 inhabitants | +2.3% |
| 2012 | 10.91 Per 1 000 inhabitants | +3.6% |
| 2013 | 11.21 Per 1 000 inhabitants | +2.7% |
| 2014 | 11.47 Per 1 000 inhabitants | +2.3% |
| 2015 | 11.76 Per 1 000 inhabitants | +2.5% |
| 2016 | 12.09 Per 1 000 inhabitants | +2.8% |
| 2017 | 13.72 Per 1 000 inhabitants | +13.5% |
| 2018 | 14.06 Per 1 000 inhabitants | +2.5% |
| 2019 | 14.18 Per 1 000 inhabitants | +0.9% |
| 2020 | 14.08 Per 1 000 inhabitants | -0.7% |
| 2021 | 14.35 Per 1 000 inhabitants | +1.9% |
| 2022 | 14.64 Per 1 000 inhabitants | +2.0% |
| 2023 | 15.21 Per 1 000 inhabitants | +3.9% |
| 2024 | 16.07 Per 1 000 inhabitants | +5.7% |
United States of America compared with similar countries
- United States of America's 16.07 Per 1 000 inhabitants is above the median for high income countries, which is 8.26 Per 1 000 inhabitants, 1.9× the median. (25 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 8.96 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 8.02 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 10.06 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 10 |
| 2010s | 12.02 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 10.29 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 14.18 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 10 |
| 2020s | 14.87 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 14.08 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 16.07 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 5 |
Countries ranked near United States of America
- 2 Estonia 3.06 Per 1 000 inhabitants compare
- 2 Norway 18.18 Per 1 000 inhabitants compare
- 3 Lithuania 2.33 Per 1 000 inhabitants compare
- 3 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 17.84 Per 1 000 inhabitants compare
- 4 Latvia 1.33 Per 1 000 inhabitants compare
- 4 Iceland 17.74 Per 1 000 inhabitants compare
- 5 Slovenia 1.24 Per 1 000 inhabitants compare
- 6 Denmark 15.08 Per 1 000 inhabitants compare
- 6 Poland 0.34 Per 1 000 inhabitants compare
- 7 Israel 14.51 Per 1 000 inhabitants compare
- 8 France 12.66 Per 1 000 inhabitants compare
More work & labour data for United States of America
- Persons outside the labour force (ILO modelled estimates) 113,208 (2027)
- Labour force participation rate (ILO modelled estimates) 61.24 (2027)
- Labour force (ILO modelled estimates) 178,849 (2027)
- Unemployment rate (ILO modelled estimates) 4.4 (2027)
- Labour dependency ratio 1.05 (2027)
- Output per worker, GDP constant 2021 international $ at PPP 159,991 (2027)
- Output per worker, GDP constant 2015 US $ 141,322 (2027)
- Employment-to-population ratio (ILO modelled estimates) 58.55 (2027)
- Persons outside the labour force (ILO modelled estimates) (15+) 1.27 % change on previous year (2027)
- Labour force (ILO modelled estimates) (15+), annual growth rate 0.3372 % change on previous year (2027)
Frequently asked questions
- What is caring personnel (personal care workers) — health and social in United States of America?
- Caring personnel (personal care workers) — health and social in United States of America was 16.07 Per 1 000 inhabitants in 2024, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest caring personnel (personal care workers) — health and social recorded in United States of America?
- The highest recorded value was 16.07 Per 1 000 inhabitants in 2024.
- What is the lowest caring personnel (personal care workers) — health and social recorded in United States of America?
- The lowest recorded value was 8.02 Per 1 000 inhabitants in 2000.
- How does United States of America rank for caring personnel (personal care workers) — health and social?
- United States of America ranks 5th out of 27 countries with data for 2024.
- Is caring personnel (personal care workers) — health and social rising or falling in United States of America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 40.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this United States of America data come from?
- The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as part of Caring personnel (personal care workers) — Health and social employment. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
This dataset provides data on the number of caring personnel (personal care workers) by status (ie. practising caring personnel or professionally active caring personnel). Caring personnel (personal care workers) include both Healthcare assistants in institutions (ISCO-08 5321) and Home-based personal care workers (ISCO-08 5322). Practising caring personnel (personal care workers) provide direct personal care and assistance with activities of daily living. Professionally active caring personnel (personal care workers) include practising caring personnel and other caring personnel for whom their education is a prerequisite for the execution of the job. Please refer to the Sources and Methods for detailed country-specific information.