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

In 2020, Portugal's nursing and caring professionals increased by 2.9% compared to 2019, reaching 756.1.

Portugal ranks 19th out of 22 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 15.6% (from 653.9 in 2015).

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