Practising physicians in Lithuania

Name: Practising physicians in Lithuania
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Lithuania had 467 practising physicians per 100,000 people in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1992.

Practising physicians Physicians per 100,000 inhabitants Data: 1992 to 2024 Source: Eurostat

Lithuania, 2024 467 Physicians per 100,000 inhabitants

Change from 2023 +5per 100,000 people 2023: 462 per 100,000 people

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

Position in 2024 8th of 32 See the full ranking

Practising physicians in Lithuania 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	Lithuania
2024	467 per 100,000 people
2023	462 per 100,000 people
2022	444 per 100,000 people
2021	446 per 100,000 people
2020	446 per 100,000 people
2019	454 per 100,000 people
2018	457 per 100,000 people
2017	453 per 100,000 people
2016	445 per 100,000 people
2015	433 per 100,000 people
2014	430 per 100,000 people
2013	427 per 100,000 people
2012	422 per 100,000 people
2011	410 per 100,000 people
2010	395 per 100,000 people
2009	385 per 100,000 people
2008	388 per 100,000 people
2007	388 per 100,000 people
2006	379 per 100,000 people
2005	372 per 100,000 people
2004	363 per 100,000 people
2003	367 per 100,000 people
2002	370 per 100,000 people
2001	363 per 100,000 people

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In short

That is a change of +5 from 462 per 100,000 people in 2023.
Since 2014, when it was 430 per 100,000 people, the figure has changed by +37.
Among the 32 countries with data for 2024, Lithuania has the 8th 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: 1992 to 2024 for Lithuania
Provider update: 13 July 2026
Retrieved: 9 November 2026
Published here: 9 November 2026
Licence: Eurostat reuse policy (attribution)
Attribution: Source: Eurostat

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

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
10 Iceland 466 per 100,000 peopled (definition differs (see metadata))
11 Sweden 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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