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

In 2016, Portugal's nursing and caring professionals increased by 2.9% compared to 2015, reaching 673.0.

Portugal ranks 22nd out of 26 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 10.2% (from 610.7 in 2011).

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