Nursing and caring professionals - historical data (1980-2021)

In 2002, Bulgaria's nursing and caring professionals decreased by 1.9% compared to 2001, reaching 407.6.

Bulgaria ranks 21st out of 22 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 36.5% (from 641.9 in 1997).

Source: Eurostat dataset hlth_rs_prsns, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.