Physicians in European Union
The European Union had 4.15 physicians per 1,000 people in 2022.
European Union is a group: European Union, 27 member states (composition from February 2020). The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
European Union, 2022
4.15
Change from 2010
+0.68per 1,000 people
World, 2022
1.86 per 1,000 people
Physicians in European Union over time
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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 | European Union | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 4.15 per 1,000 people | 1.86 per 1,000 people |
| 2010 | 3.47 per 1,000 people | 1.49 per 1,000 people |
| 2000 | 3.07 per 1,000 people | 1.52 per 1,000 people |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- The previous available figure was 3.47 per 1,000 people in 2010, a change of +0.68.
- Since 1990, when it was 3.04 per 1,000 people, the figure has changed by +1.11.
- The figure for the world in 2022 was 1.86 per 1,000 people.
More for European Union
All statistics for European Union
Hospital beds
5.1 per 1,000 people
2022 · World Bank
Life expectancy at birth
81.5ep (Source flag ep) years
2024 · Eurostat
Infant mortality rate
3.5 per 1,000 live births
2024 · Eurostat
Hospital beds
507 per 100,000 people
2024 · Eurostat
People reporting good or very good health
67.9%
2025 · Eurostat
Health spending share of GDP
10.2%
2024 · Eurostat