Practising physicians in Italy
Italy had 575 practising physicians per 100,000 people in 2024. The value for 2024 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.
Italy, 2024
575
Change from 2023
+11per 100,000 people
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2024
420 per 100,000 people
Position in 2024
2nd of 32
Practising physicians in Italy 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.
Flags: de definition differs (see metadata), estimated; d definition differs (see metadata); b break in time series . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of +11 from 565 per 100,000 people in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 391 per 100,000 people, the figure has changed by +184. The source marks a break in the series during this period, so part of the change may come from a change in method.
- Among the 32 countries with data for 2024, Italy has the 2nd highest value.
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All statistics for Italy
Hospital beds
312 per 100,000 people
2024 · Eurostat
Physicians
4.19 per 1,000 people
2022 · World Bank
Life expectancy at birth
83.7 years
2024 · Eurostat
Infant mortality rate
2.5 per 1,000 live births
2024 · Eurostat
People reporting good or very good health
73.6%
2025 · Eurostat
Health spending share of GDP
8.4%p (Provisional)
2025 · Eurostat