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

In 2009, Portugal's nursing and caring professionals increased by 5.0% compared to 2008, reaching 564.0.

Portugal ranks 21st 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 29.1% (from 436.7 in 2004).

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