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

In 2009, Italy's nursing and caring professionals increased by 1.9% compared to 2008, reaching 659.8.

Italy ranks 17th 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 9.9% (from 600.3 in 2004).

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