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

In 2008, Italy's nursing and caring professionals increased by 2.1% compared to 2007, reaching 647.4.

Italy ranks 19th out of 25 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 9.3% (from 592.4 in 2003).

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