Practising nurses in Belgium
Belgium had 1,143 practising nurses per 100,000 people in 2023.
Belgium, 2023
1,143
Change from 2022
−8per 100,000 people
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2023
719 per 100,000 people
Practising nurses in Belgium over time
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Nurses per 100,000 inhabitants. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Belgium |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 1,143 per 100,000 people |
| 2022 | 1,151 per 100,000 people |
| 2021 | 1,160 per 100,000 people |
| 2020 | 1,160 per 100,000 people |
| 2019 | 1,153 per 100,000 people |
| 2018 | 1,107 per 100,000 people |
| 2017 | 1,122 per 100,000 people |
| 2016 | 1,096 per 100,000 peopleb (break in time series) |
| 2015 | 1,083 per 100,000 peoplee (estimated) |
| 2014 | 1,058 per 100,000 peoplee (estimated) |
| 2013 | 1,030 per 100,000 peoplee (estimated) |
| 2012 | 1,002 per 100,000 peoplee (estimated) |
| 2011 | 981 per 100,000 peoplee (estimated) |
| 2010 | 957 per 100,000 peoplee (estimated) |
| 2009 | 942 per 100,000 people |
| 2008 | 932 per 100,000 peoplee (estimated) |
| 2007 | 924 per 100,000 peoplee (estimated) |
| 2006 | 912 per 100,000 peoplee (estimated) |
| 2005 | 901 per 100,000 peoplee (estimated) |
| 2004 | 879 per 100,000 peoplee (estimated) |
Flags: e estimated; b break in time series . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of −8 from 1,151 per 100,000 people in 2022.
- Since 2013, when it was 1,030 per 100,000 people, the figure has changed by +113. The source marks a break in the series during this period, so part of the change may come from a change in method.
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