Practising physicians in Finland

Name: Practising physicians in Finland
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Finland had 368 practising physicians per 100,000 people in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2000. 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: 2000 to 2025 Source: Eurostat

Finland, 2025 368 Physicians per 100,000 inhabitants

Change from 2024 +6per 100,000 people 2024: 362 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 Finland (2025).

Practising physicians in Finland 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	Finland
2025	368 per 100,000 people
2024	362 per 100,000 people
2023	354 per 100,000 people
2022	344 per 100,000 people
2021	341 per 100,000 people
2020	341 per 100,000 people
2019	338 per 100,000 people
2018	335 per 100,000 people
2017	333 per 100,000 people
2016	330 per 100,000 people
2015	327 per 100,000 people
2014	325 per 100,000 people
2013	319 per 100,000 people
2012	314 per 100,000 people
2011	306 per 100,000 people
2010	303 per 100,000 people
2009	291 per 100,000 people
2008	287 per 100,000 people
2007	281 per 100,000 people
2006	274 per 100,000 people
2005	272 per 100,000 people
2004	263 per 100,000 peopleb (break in time series)
2003	257 per 100,000 people
2002	251 per 100,000 people
2001	248 per 100,000 people

Flags: b break in time series . A dash means no value was published.

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In short

That is a change of +6 from 362 per 100,000 people in 2024.
Since 2015, when it was 327 per 100,000 people, the figure has changed by +41.

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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: 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

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

22 Poland 386 per 100,000 people
23 Romania 381 per 100,000 people
24 Hungary 372 per 100,000 people
25 Finland 362 per 100,000 people
26 Estonia 358 per 100,000 people
27 Slovenia 357 per 100,000 peopled (definition differs (see metadata))
28 Latvia 340 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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