Practising physicians in Malta

Name: Practising physicians in Malta
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Malta had 458 practising physicians per 100,000 people in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2009. 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: 2009 to 2024 Source: Eurostat

Malta, 2024 458 Physicians per 100,000 inhabitants

Change from 2023 +3per 100,000 people 2023: 455 per 100,000 people

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

Position in 2024 14th of 32 See the full ranking

Practising physicians in Malta 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), 2009 to 2024
Period	Malta
2024	458 per 100,000 people
2023	455 per 100,000 people
2022	449 per 100,000 people
2021	435 per 100,000 people
2020	419 per 100,000 people
2019	403 per 100,000 people
2018	398 per 100,000 people
2017	397 per 100,000 people
2016	383 per 100,000 people
2015	368 per 100,000 people
2014	361 per 100,000 people
2013	345 per 100,000 people
2012	329 per 100,000 people
2011	317 per 100,000 peopleb (break in time series)
2010	309 per 100,000 people
2009	305 per 100,000 people

Flags: b break in time series . A dash means no value was published.

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In short

That is a change of +3 from 455 per 100,000 people in 2023.
Since 2014, when it was 361 per 100,000 people, the figure has changed by +97.
Among the 32 countries with data for 2024, Malta has the 14th 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: 2009 to 2024 for Malta
Provider update: 13 July 2026
Retrieved: 9 November 2026
Published here: 9 November 2026
Licence: Eurostat reuse policy (attribution)
Attribution: Source: Eurostat

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

11 Sweden 466 per 100,000 people
12 Switzerland 466 per 100,000 people
13 Spain 464 per 100,000 peoplee (estimated)
14 Malta 458 per 100,000 people
15 Portugal 431 per 100,000 people
16 Czechia 429 per 100,000 people
17 Croatia 410 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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