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

In 2012, Portugal's nursing and caring professionals increased by 1.8% compared to 2011, reaching 622.0.

Portugal ranks 20th 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 21.3% (from 512.9 in 2007).

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