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

In 2020, Italy's nursing and caring professionals increased by 0.8% compared to 2019, reaching 2,146.4.

Italy ranks 7th out of 22 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 10.2% (from 1,947.7 in 2015).

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