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

In 2016, Italy's nursing and caring professionals increased by 3.5% compared to 2015, reaching 2,015.7.

Italy ranks 10th out of 26 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 190.9% (from 692.9 in 2011).

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