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

In 2014, Portugal's nursing and caring professionals increased by 1.4% compared to 2013, reaching 637.8.

Portugal ranks 21st 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 13.1% (from 564.0 in 2009).

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