Practising physicians in Germany

Name: Practising physicians in Germany
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Germany had 475 practising physicians per 100,000 people in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1991.

Practising physicians Physicians per 100,000 inhabitants Data: 1991 to 2024 Source: Eurostat

Germany, 2024 475 Physicians per 100,000 inhabitants

Change from 2023 +9per 100,000 people 2023: 466 per 100,000 people

Median of European Union (27 countries), 2024 420 per 100,000 people Middle value of 26 countries

Position in 2024 6th of 32 See the full ranking

Practising physicians in Germany 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 2024
Period	Germany
2024	475 per 100,000 people
2023	466 per 100,000 people
2022	458 per 100,000 people
2021	453 per 100,000 people
2020	447 per 100,000 people
2019	439 per 100,000 people
2018	431 per 100,000 people
2017	425 per 100,000 people
2016	419 per 100,000 people
2015	414 per 100,000 people
2014	411 per 100,000 people
2013	404 per 100,000 people
2012	395 per 100,000 people
2011	388 per 100,000 people
2010	375 per 100,000 people
2009	362 per 100,000 people
2008	354 per 100,000 people
2007	349 per 100,000 people
2006	344 per 100,000 people
2005	340 per 100,000 people
2004	337 per 100,000 people
2003	335 per 100,000 people
2002	332 per 100,000 people
2001	329 per 100,000 people

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In short

That is a change of +9 from 466 per 100,000 people in 2023.
Since 2014, when it was 411 per 100,000 people, the figure has changed by +65.
Among the 32 countries with data for 2024, Germany has the 6th highest value.

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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: 1991 to 2024 for Germany
Provider update: 13 July 2026
Retrieved: 9 November 2026
Published here: 9 November 2026
Licence: Eurostat reuse policy (attribution)
Attribution: Source: Eurostat

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

3 Austria 564 per 100,000 people
4 Cyprus 550 per 100,000 people
5 Norway 507 per 100,000 people
6 Germany 475 per 100,000 people
7 Bulgaria 467 per 100,000 people
8 Lithuania 467 per 100,000 people
9 Denmark 466 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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