Nurses and midwives in Portugal

Portugal had 80.1 nurses and midwives per 10,000 people in 2023. The value for 2023 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2002.

Nursing and midwifery personnel per 10,000 people Per 10,000 people Data: 2002 to 2023 Source: WHO

Portugal, 2023 80.1 Per 10,000 people

Change from 2022 +1.6per 10,000 people 2022: 78.5 per 10,000 people

Median of European Union (27 countries), 2023 80.3 per 10,000 people Middle value of 24 countries

Nurses and midwives in Portugal over time

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Per 10,000 people. Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Nursing and midwifery personnel per 10,000 people (per 10,000 people), 2002 to 2023
Period	Portugal
2023	80.1 per 10,000 people
2022	78.5 per 10,000 people
2021	77.1 per 10,000 people
2020	75.0 per 10,000 people
2019	73.1 per 10,000 people
2018	71.3 per 10,000 people
2017	69.3 per 10,000 people
2016	67.2 per 10,000 people
2015	65.3 per 10,000 people
2014	63.8 per 10,000 people
2013	62.9 per 10,000 people
2012	62.2 per 10,000 people
2011	61.1 per 10,000 people
2010	59.0 per 10,000 people
2009	56.4 per 10,000 people
2008	53.7 per 10,000 people
2007	51.3 per 10,000 people
2006	48.4 per 10,000 people
2005	45.9 per 10,000 people
2004	43.7 per 10,000 people
2003	41.9 per 10,000 people
2002	40.1 per 10,000 people

A dash means no value was published for that period.

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In short

That is a change of +1.6 from 78.5 per 10,000 people in 2022.
Since 2013, when it was 62.9 per 10,000 people, the figure has changed by +17.2.

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Practising nurses 721 per 100,000 people 2024 · Eurostat Physicians 5.85 per 1,000 people 2022 · World Bank Life expectancy at birth 82.5 years 2024 · Eurostat Infant mortality rate 3.0 per 1,000 live births 2024 · Eurostat Hospital beds 331 per 100,000 people 2024 · Eurostat Practising physicians 431 per 100,000 people 2024 · Eurostat

Source and dates

Original producer: WHO
Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory
Dataset or series code: HWF_0006 · dataset details · view at source
Observation period: 2002 to 2023 for Portugal
Provider update: 23 January 2026
Retrieved: 9 November 2026
Published here: 9 November 2026
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (WHO datasets, with additional terms)
Attribution: Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory

How Portugal compares in 2022 Neighbouring positions among 140 countries with a value for 2022.

27 Romania 82.5 per 10,000 people
28 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 81.0 per 10,000 people
29 Croatia 80.0 per 10,000 people
30 Portugal 78.5 per 10,000 people
31 Lithuania 78.4 per 10,000 people
32 Uruguay 73.9 per 10,000 people
33 Seychelles 72.9 per 10,000 people

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What this measures

Nurses and midwives working in the country per 10,000 people, as reported to WHO's National Health Workforce Accounts.

Countries count practising, professionally active or licensed staff differently; years also differ.

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