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

In 2010, Portugal's nursing and caring professionals increased by 4.7% compared to 2009, reaching 590.5.

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 28.8% (from 458.5 in 2005).

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