Practising physicians in Ireland

Name: Practising physicians in Ireland
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Ireland had 409 practising physicians per 100,000 people in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2011. 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: 2011 to 2025 Source: Eurostat

Ireland, 2025 409 Physicians per 100,000 inhabitants

Change from 2024 +21per 100,000 people 2024: 388 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 Ireland (2025).

Practising physicians in Ireland 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), 2011 to 2025
Period	Ireland
2025	409 per 100,000 people
2024	388 per 100,000 people
2023	379 per 100,000 peoplee (estimated)
2022	330 per 100,000 peopled (definition differs (see metadata))
2021	396 per 100,000 people
2020	342 per 100,000 people
2019	329 per 100,000 people
2018	326 per 100,000 people
2017	324 per 100,000 people
2016	319 per 100,000 people
2015	312 per 100,000 people
2014	301 per 100,000 peopleb (break in time series)
2013	267 per 100,000 peoplee (estimated)
2012	271 per 100,000 peoplee (estimated)
2011	267 per 100,000 peoplee (estimated)

Flags: e estimated; b break in time series; d definition differs (see metadata) . A dash means no value was published.

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In short

That is a change of +21 from 388 per 100,000 people in 2024.
Since 2015, when it was 312 per 100,000 people, the figure has changed by +97.

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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: 2011 to 2025 for Ireland
Provider update: 13 July 2026
Retrieved: 9 November 2026
Published here: 9 November 2026
Licence: Eurostat reuse policy (attribution)
Attribution: Source: Eurostat

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

18 Luxembourg 409 per 100,000 people
19 Netherlands 396 per 100,000 people
20 France 394 per 100,000 people
21 Ireland 388 per 100,000 people
22 Poland 386 per 100,000 people
23 Romania 381 per 100,000 people
24 Hungary 372 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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