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

In 2018, Latvia's nursing and caring professionals increased by 66.5% compared to 2017, reaching 1,592.5.

Latvia ranks 15th out of 24 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 56.4% (from 1,018.4 in 2013).

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