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Values for 2022
Portugal, 2022
5.85 per 1,000 people
+2.72 per 1,000 people since 1999
Spain, 2022
4.29 per 1,000 people
+1.27 per 1,000 people since 1999
European Union, 2022
4.15 per 1,000 people
aggregate · +1.08 per 1,000 people since 2000
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Physicians per 1,000 people. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Portugal | Spain | European Union |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 5.85 per 1,000 people | 4.29 per 1,000 people | 4.15 per 1,000 people |
| 2021 | 5.71 per 1,000 people | 4.46 per 1,000 people | – |
| 2020 | 5.58 per 1,000 people | 4.55 per 1,000 people | – |
| 2019 | 5.42 per 1,000 people | 4.38 per 1,000 people | – |
| 2018 | 5.28 per 1,000 people | 4.00 per 1,000 people | – |
| 2017 | 5.10 per 1,000 people | 3.85 per 1,000 people | – |
| 2016 | 4.93 per 1,000 people | 3.80 per 1,000 people | – |
| 2015 | 4.75 per 1,000 people | 3.83 per 1,000 people | – |
| 2014 | 4.56 per 1,000 people | 3.78 per 1,000 people | – |
| 2013 | 4.40 per 1,000 people | 3.79 per 1,000 people | – |
| 2012 | 4.24 per 1,000 people | 3.80 per 1,000 people | – |
| 2011 | 4.12 per 1,000 people | 3.81 per 1,000 people | – |
| 2010 | 3.98 per 1,000 people | 3.74 per 1,000 people | 3.47 per 1,000 people |
| 2009 | 3.86 per 1,000 people | 3.58 per 1,000 people | – |
| 2008 | 3.75 per 1,000 people | 3.52 per 1,000 people | – |
| 2007 | 3.66 per 1,000 people | 3.54 per 1,000 people | – |
| 2006 | 3.57 per 1,000 people | 3.60 per 1,000 people | – |
| 2005 | 3.50 per 1,000 people | 3.52 per 1,000 people | – |
| 2004 | 3.42 per 1,000 people | 3.42 per 1,000 people | – |
| 2003 | 3.34 per 1,000 people | 3.20 per 1,000 people | – |
| 2002 | 3.29 per 1,000 people | 3.11 per 1,000 people | – |
| 2001 | 3.26 per 1,000 people | 3.11 per 1,000 people | – |
| 2000 | 3.21 per 1,000 people | 3.10 per 1,000 people | 3.07 per 1,000 people |
| 1999 | 3.13 per 1,000 people | 3.02 per 1,000 people | – |
A dash means no value was published for that period.