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

In 2019, Portugal's nursing and caring professionals increased by 2.6% compared to 2018, reaching 734.7.

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 15.2% (from 637.8 in 2014).

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