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

In 2016, Bulgaria's nursing and caring professionals decreased by 0.6% compared to 2015, reaching 480.2.

Bulgaria ranks 25th 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 1.2% (from 474.7 in 2011).

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