Practising physicians in Sweden

Name: Practising physicians in Sweden
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Sweden had 466 practising physicians per 100,000 people in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1995.

Practising physicians Physicians per 100,000 inhabitants Data: 1995 to 2024 Source: Eurostat

Sweden, 2024 466 Physicians per 100,000 inhabitants

Change from 2023 +3per 100,000 people 2023: 463 per 100,000 people

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

Position in 2024 11th of 32 See the full ranking

Practising physicians in Sweden 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	Sweden
2024	466 per 100,000 people
2023	463 per 100,000 people
2022	455 per 100,000 people
2021	441 per 100,000 people
2020	432 per 100,000 people
2019	429 per 100,000 people
2018	432 per 100,000 people
2017	427 per 100,000 people
2016	423 per 100,000 people
2015	417 per 100,000 people
2014	411 per 100,000 people
2013	404 per 100,000 people
2012	397 per 100,000 people
2011	389 per 100,000 people
2010	381 per 100,000 people
2009	375 per 100,000 people
2008	368 per 100,000 people
2007	363 per 100,000 people
2006	354 per 100,000 people
2005	345 per 100,000 people
2004	337 per 100,000 people
2003	328 per 100,000 people
2002	321 per 100,000 people
2001	312 per 100,000 people

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In short

That is a change of +3 from 463 per 100,000 people in 2023.
Since 2014, when it was 411 per 100,000 people, the figure has changed by +55.
Among the 32 countries with data for 2024, Sweden has the 11th 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: 1995 to 2024 for Sweden
Provider update: 13 July 2026
Retrieved: 9 November 2026
Published here: 9 November 2026
Licence: Eurostat reuse policy (attribution)
Attribution: Source: Eurostat

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

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
12 Switzerland 466 per 100,000 people
13 Spain 464 per 100,000 peoplee (estimated)
14 Malta 458 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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