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

In 2006, Sweden's nursing and caring professionals increased by 1.7% compared to 2005, reaching 4,209.9.

Sweden ranks 1st out of 25 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 9.7% (from 3,837.6 in 2001).

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