Practising nurses in Finland

Finland had 1,312 practising nurses per 100,000 people in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2000.

Measure: Practising nurses Unit: Nurses per 100,000 inhabitants Data: 2000 to 2025 Source: Eurostat
The latest value carries the source flag “Definition differs”.
Finland, 2025 1,312d (Definition differs) Nurses per 100,000 inhabitants
Change from 2024 +22per 100,000 people 2024: 1,290 per 100,000 people
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2024 706 per 100,000 people Middle value of 24 countries Not the same period as Finland (2025).

Practising nurses in Finland 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), 2004 to 2025
Period Finland
2025 1,312 per 100,000 peopled (definition differs (see metadata))
2024 1,290 per 100,000 peopled (definition differs (see metadata))
2023 1,275 per 100,000 peopled (definition differs (see metadata))
2022 1,283 per 100,000 peopled (definition differs (see metadata))
2021 1,296 per 100,000 peopled (definition differs (see metadata))
2020 1,270 per 100,000 peopled (definition differs (see metadata))
2019 1,237 per 100,000 peopled (definition differs (see metadata))
2018 1,238 per 100,000 peopled (definition differs (see metadata))
2017 1,213 per 100,000 peopled (definition differs (see metadata))
2016 1,185 per 100,000 peopled (definition differs (see metadata))
2015 1,177 per 100,000 peopled (definition differs (see metadata))
2014 1,154 per 100,000 peopled (definition differs (see metadata))
2013 1,137 per 100,000 peopled (definition differs (see metadata))
2012 1,118 per 100,000 peopled (definition differs (see metadata))
2011 1,092 per 100,000 peopled (definition differs (see metadata))
2010 1,058 per 100,000 peopled (definition differs (see metadata))
2009 1,034 per 100,000 peopled (definition differs (see metadata))
2008 1,007 per 100,000 peopled (definition differs (see metadata))
2007 971 per 100,000 peopled (definition differs (see metadata))
2006 949 per 100,000 peopled (definition differs (see metadata))
2005 922 per 100,000 peopled (definition differs (see metadata))
2004 887 per 100,000 peopled (definition differs (see metadata))

Flags: d definition differs (see metadata) . A dash means no value was published.

In short

  • That is a change of +22 from 1,290 per 100,000 people in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 1,177 per 100,000 people, the figure has changed by +135.

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
2000 to 2025 for Finland
Provider update
13 July 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
Eurostat reuse policy (attribution)
Attribution
Source: Eurostat