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

In 2011, Italy's nursing and caring professionals increased by 4.7% compared to 2010, reaching 692.9.

Italy ranks 18th out of 26 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 630.5 in 2006).

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