International Nurse Migration Patterns Shift as Europe, Southeast Asia Absorb Growing Share of International Nurses

PHILADELPHIA, PA, Apr 28, 2026 – (ACN Newswire) –TruMerit ™ (previously CGFNS International) today launched its 2025 Nurse Migration Report, exposing substantial shifts in worldwide nurse migration patterns and broadening injustices in nursing labor force circulation throughout areas with greatly various health care requirements.

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The report, which examines World Health Organization information and TruMerit’s exclusive VisaScreen ® application records, reveals that worldwide nurse migration circulations are progressively focused in areas with more powerful health care facilities, while locations dealing with extreme nursing lacks continue to lose ground in their capability to use globally informed nurses.

Europe and Southeast Asia see sharp boosts in global nurse work. According to TruMerit’s analysis of WHO nursing labor force information, Europe now uses worldwide informed nurses at a rate representing 8.01% of its health care labor force, compared to a ten-year average of 5.96%-a relentless and considerable upward pattern. Southeast Asia has actually seen worldwide informed nurses as high as 24.87% of the health care labor force, compared to a ten-year average of 20.15%-once again, a sign of a significant, constant pattern in spite of changes over the previous years. Throughout the very same duration, the percentage of worldwide informed nurses operating in the Eastern Mediterranean and African areas has actually decreased, worsening existing nursing lacks in underserved locations.

“These data expose a widening global imbalance: well-resourced health systems are accelerating their absorption of internationally educated nurses, while regions with the most severe nursing shortages are losing the capacity to employ the very professionals they urgently need,” stated Dr. Peter Preziosi, President and CEO of TruMerit. “Correcting this maldistribution will require coordinated action by both source and destination countries–grounded in ethical recruitment frameworks, stronger bilateral agreements that help offset the education and training costs borne by source countries, and sustained investment in nursing education and health system capacity in underserved regions.”

Growing Complexity of International Nurse Career Pathways

The report highlights increasing movement amongst globally informed nurses. TruMerit’s analysis of VisaScreen credentialing information from 2021-2024 programs that roughly 3% of nurses moving to the United States had actually currently worked globally in another nation before looking for U.S. authorization-evidence of a significantly mobile worldwide nursing labor force in which several worldwide profession relocations are ending up being more typical.

“The data in this report make clear that nurse migration is not simply a matter of supply and demand-it reflects deeper structural inequities in how healthcare education, employment capacity, and healthcare resources are distributed globally,” stated Rodrigo Gouveia, Chief Global Affairs Officer at TruMerit. “Coordinated policy frameworks, investment in nursing education systems, and strengthening of health infrastructure in underserved regions are essential to ensuring that international nurse migration supports rather than exacerbates global health equity.”

Emerging Risks: AI-Generated Credential Fraud Threatens Nursing Workforce Integrity

The 2025 Nurse Migration Report likewise analyzes emerging threats to health care labor force stability, consisting of the forecasted increase in AI-generated occupational scams. Market experts forecast that by 2026, one in 4 task prospect profiles might be made by expert system, highlighting the increasing value of validated nurse credentialing systems for safeguarding client security.

The complete 2025 Nurse Migration Report is offered for download here.

About TruMerit

TruMerit is an around the world leader in health care labor force advancement with almost 50 years of experience supporting the movement of nurses and other health care employees. Previously CGFNS International, TruMerit verifies the education, training, and expert experience of worldwide informed health experts looking for permission to practice in the United States and other nations. Through its broadened objective and the Global Health Workforce Development Institute, TruMerit advances research study, requirements, and accreditations that reinforce the international health labor force and promote fair, sustainable profession movement.

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