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

In 2018, Portugal's nursing and caring professionals increased by 3.1% compared to 2017, reaching 716.2.

Portugal ranks 19th 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 13.8% (from 629.3 in 2013).

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