Practising nurses in France

France had 887 practising nurses per 100,000 people in 2023. The value for 2023 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2013.

Measure: Practising nurses Unit: Nurses per 100,000 inhabitants Data: 2013 to 2023 Source: Eurostat
France, 2023 887 Nurses per 100,000 inhabitants
Change from 2022 +8per 100,000 people 2022: 880 per 100,000 people
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2023 719 per 100,000 people Middle value of 26 countries

Practising nurses in France 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), 2013 to 2023
Period France
2023 887 per 100,000 people
2022 880 per 100,000 people
2021 882 per 100,000 people
2020 887 per 100,000 people
2019 876 per 100,000 people
2018 871 per 100,000 people
2017 867 per 100,000 people
2016 862 per 100,000 people
2015 847 per 100,000 people
2014 837 per 100,000 people
2013 827 per 100,000 people

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +8 from 880 per 100,000 people in 2022.
  • Since 2013, when it was 827 per 100,000 people, the figure has changed by +61.

Source and dates

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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
2013 to 2023 for France
Provider update
13 July 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
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Eurostat reuse policy (attribution)
Attribution
Source: Eurostat