Practising physicians in Austria

Name: Practising physicians in Austria
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Austria had 577 practising physicians per 100,000 people in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1960. The source marks a break in the series within this span, so values before and after it may not be fully comparable.

Practising physicians Physicians per 100,000 inhabitants Data: 1960 to 2025 Source: Eurostat

Austria, 2025 577 Physicians per 100,000 inhabitants

Change from 2024 +13per 100,000 people 2024: 564 per 100,000 people

Median of European Union (27 countries), 2024 420 per 100,000 people Middle value of 26 countries Not the same period as Austria (2025).

Practising physicians in Austria over time

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Physicians per 100,000 inhabitants. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Practising physicians (physicians per 100,000 inhabitants), 2001 to 2025
Period	Austria
2025	577 per 100,000 people
2024	564 per 100,000 people
2023	551 per 100,000 people
2022	545 per 100,000 people
2021	541 per 100,000 people
2020	532 per 100,000 people
2019	529 per 100,000 people
2018	522 per 100,000 people
2017	516 per 100,000 people
2016	511 per 100,000 people
2015	507 per 100,000 people
2014	502 per 100,000 people
2013	496 per 100,000 peopleb (break in time series)
2012	487 per 100,000 people
2011	482 per 100,000 people
2010	477 per 100,000 people
2009	467 per 100,000 people
2008	459 per 100,000 people
2007	452 per 100,000 peopleb (break in time series)
2006	445 per 100,000 people
2005	432 per 100,000 people
2004	420 per 100,000 people
2003	411 per 100,000 people
2002	403 per 100,000 people
2001	396 per 100,000 people

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In short

That is a change of +13 from 564 per 100,000 people in 2024.
Since 2015, when it was 507 per 100,000 people, the figure has changed by +70.

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Original producer: Eurostat
Source: Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union
Dataset or series code: hlth_rs_prs2 · dataset details · view at source
Selection: freq=A unit=P_HTHAB wstatus=PRACT med_spec=PHYS
Observation period: 1960 to 2025 for Austria
Provider update: 13 July 2026
Retrieved: 9 November 2026
Published here: 9 November 2026
Licence: Eurostat reuse policy (attribution)
Attribution: Source: Eurostat

How Austria compares in 2024 Neighbouring positions among 32 countries with a value for 2024.

1 Greece 627 per 100,000 people
2 Italy 575 per 100,000 people
3 Austria 564 per 100,000 people
4 Cyprus 550 per 100,000 people
5 Norway 507 per 100,000 people
6 Germany 475 per 100,000 people
7 Bulgaria 467 per 100,000 people

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What this measures

Physicians who provide services directly to patients, per 100,000 inhabitants. Some countries report only professionally active or licensed physicians, so those are not included here.

Population covered: Total population

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