Practising physicians in Spain
Spain had 464 practising physicians per 100,000 people in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1980. The source marks a break in the series within this span, so values before and after it may not be fully comparable.
The latest value carries the source flag “Estimated”.
Spain, 2024
464e (Estimated)
Change from 2023
+25per 100,000 people
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2024
420 per 100,000 people
Position in 2024
13th of 32
Practising physicians in Spain over time
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The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
Physicians per 100,000 inhabitants. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Spain |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 464 per 100,000 peoplee (estimated) |
| 2023 | 439 per 100,000 peoplee (estimated) |
| 2022 | 433 per 100,000 peoplee (estimated) |
| 2021 | 449 per 100,000 peoplee (estimated) |
| 2020 | 457 per 100,000 peoplee (estimated) |
| 2019 | 441 per 100,000 peoplee (estimated) |
| 2018 | 402 per 100,000 peoplee (estimated) |
| 2017 | 388 per 100,000 peoplee (estimated) |
| 2016 | 383 per 100,000 peoplee (estimated) |
| 2015 | 385 per 100,000 peoplee (estimated) |
| 2014 | 380 per 100,000 peoplee (estimated) |
| 2013 | 381 per 100,000 peoplee (estimated) |
| 2012 | 382 per 100,000 peoplee (estimated) |
| 2011 | 384 per 100,000 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2010 | 376 per 100,000 peoplede (definition differs (see metadata), estimated) |
| 2009 | 360 per 100,000 peoplede (definition differs (see metadata), estimated) |
| 2008 | 354 per 100,000 peoplede (definition differs (see metadata), estimated) |
| 2007 | 356 per 100,000 peoplede (definition differs (see metadata), estimated) |
| 2006 | 362 per 100,000 peoplede (definition differs (see metadata), estimated) |
| 2005 | 355 per 100,000 peoplede (definition differs (see metadata), estimated) |
| 2004 | 344 per 100,000 peoplede (definition differs (see metadata), estimated) |
| 2003 | 322 per 100,000 peoplede (definition differs (see metadata), estimated) |
| 2002 | 313 per 100,000 peoplede (definition differs (see metadata), estimated) |
| 2001 | 314 per 100,000 peoplede (definition differs (see metadata), estimated) |
Flags: de definition differs (see metadata), estimated; be break in time series, estimated; e estimated . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of +25 from 439 per 100,000 people in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 380 per 100,000 people, the figure has changed by +84.
- Among the 32 countries with data for 2024, Spain has the 13th highest value.
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