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Practising nurses in Croatia

Croatia had 265 practising nurses per 100,000 people in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1980. The source marks a break in the series within this span, so values before and after it may not be fully comparable.

Measure: Practising nurses Unit: Nurses per 100,000 inhabitants Data: 1980 to 2024 Source: Eurostat
Croatia, 2024 265 Nurses per 100,000 inhabitants
Change from 2023 +13per 100,000 people 2023: 252 per 100,000 people
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2024 706 per 100,000 people Middle value of 24 countries
Position in 2024 27th of 30 See the full ranking

Practising nurses in Croatia 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.

Practising nurses (nurses per 100,000 inhabitants), 2001 to 2024
Period Croatia
2024 265 per 100,000 people
2023 252 per 100,000 people
2022 236 per 100,000 people
2021 224 per 100,000 people
2020 198 per 100,000 people
2019 185 per 100,000 people
2018 171 per 100,000 people
2017 156 per 100,000 people
2016 147 per 100,000 people
2015 137 per 100,000 people
2014 121 per 100,000 people
2013 112 per 100,000 people
2012 103 per 100,000 people
2011 95 per 100,000 people
2010 92 per 100,000 people
2009 88 per 100,000 people
2008 87 per 100,000 people
2007 85 per 100,000 people
2006 82 per 100,000 people
2005 80 per 100,000 people
2004 78 per 100,000 people
2003 77 per 100,000 people
2002 78 per 100,000 people
2001 78 per 100,000 people

A dash means no value was published for that period.

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In short

  • That is a change of +13 from 252 per 100,000 people in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 121 per 100,000 people, the figure has changed by +143.
  • Among the 30 countries with data for 2024, Croatia has the 27th highest value.

More for Croatia

All statistics for Croatia
Practising physicians 410 per 100,000 people 2024 · Eurostat Hospital beds 558 per 100,000 people 2024 · Eurostat Life expectancy at birth 78.9 years 2024 · Eurostat Infant mortality rate 3.2 per 1,000 live births 2024 · Eurostat People reporting good or very good health 68.5% 2025 · Eurostat Health spending share of GDP 7.6% 2024 · Eurostat

Source and dates

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 med_spec=NRS unit=P_HTHAB wstatus=PRACT
Observation period
1980 to 2024 for Croatia
Provider update
13 July 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
Eurostat reuse policy (attribution)
Attribution
Source: Eurostat