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Practising physicians

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.

Unit: Physicians per 100,000 inhabitants Frequency: Annual Coverage: 34 countries 1960 to 2025 Source: Eurostat
Highest in 2024 627 per 100,000 people Greece Lowest in 2024 285 per 100,000 people Montenegro
Countries ranked for 2024 32 Updated by the source on 13 July 2026

32 countries have a value for 2024, the latest period with data for most countries. Some countries have newer figures; see the ranking below for each country's latest year.

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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 GermanySpain
2024 475 per 100,000 people 464 per 100,000 peoplee (estimated)
2023 466 per 100,000 people 439 per 100,000 peoplee (estimated)
2022 458 per 100,000 people 433 per 100,000 peoplee (estimated)
2021 453 per 100,000 people 449 per 100,000 peoplee (estimated)
2020 447 per 100,000 people 457 per 100,000 peoplee (estimated)
2019 439 per 100,000 people 441 per 100,000 peoplee (estimated)
2018 431 per 100,000 people 402 per 100,000 peoplee (estimated)
2017 425 per 100,000 people 388 per 100,000 peoplee (estimated)
2016 419 per 100,000 people 383 per 100,000 peoplee (estimated)
2015 414 per 100,000 people 385 per 100,000 peoplee (estimated)
2014 411 per 100,000 people 380 per 100,000 peoplee (estimated)
2013 404 per 100,000 people 381 per 100,000 peoplee (estimated)
2012 395 per 100,000 people 382 per 100,000 peoplee (estimated)
2011 388 per 100,000 people 384 per 100,000 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated)
2010 375 per 100,000 people 376 per 100,000 peoplede (definition differs (see metadata), estimated)
2009 362 per 100,000 people 360 per 100,000 peoplede (definition differs (see metadata), estimated)
2008 354 per 100,000 people 354 per 100,000 peoplede (definition differs (see metadata), estimated)
2007 349 per 100,000 people 356 per 100,000 peoplede (definition differs (see metadata), estimated)
2006 344 per 100,000 people 362 per 100,000 peoplede (definition differs (see metadata), estimated)
2005 340 per 100,000 people 355 per 100,000 peoplede (definition differs (see metadata), estimated)
2004 337 per 100,000 people 344 per 100,000 peoplede (definition differs (see metadata), estimated)
2003 335 per 100,000 people 322 per 100,000 peoplede (definition differs (see metadata), estimated)
2002 332 per 100,000 people 313 per 100,000 peoplede (definition differs (see metadata), estimated)
2001 329 per 100,000 people 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.

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In short

  • Among the 32 countries with a value for 2024, the highest is Greece (627 per 100,000 people) and the lowest Montenegro (285 per 100,000 people).
  • Half of the countries are above 420 per 100,000 people and half below.
  • From 2023 to 2024 the value rose in 26 countries and fell in 3.

About this measure

Definition
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
Unit
Physicians per 100,000 inhabitants
Frequency
Annual
Changes are shown as
Differences in the same unit (per 100,000 people)

Source and dates

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
1960 to 2025
Provider update
13 July 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
Eurostat reuse policy (attribution)
Attribution
Source: Eurostat

All countries in 2024 Every value is for 2024, so the countries are compared at the same point in time.

  1. 1 Greece 627 per 100,000 people
  2. 2 Italy 575 per 100,000 people
  3. 3 Austria 564 per 100,000 people
  4. 4 Cyprus 550 per 100,000 people
  5. 5 Norway 507 per 100,000 people
  6. 6 Germany 475 per 100,000 people
  7. 7 Bulgaria 467 per 100,000 people
  8. 8 Lithuania 467 per 100,000 people
  9. 9 Denmark 466 per 100,000 people
  10. 10 Iceland 466 per 100,000 peopled (definition differs (see metadata))
  11. 11 Sweden 466 per 100,000 people
  12. 12 Switzerland 466 per 100,000 people
  13. 13 Spain 464 per 100,000 peoplee (estimated)
  14. 14 Malta 458 per 100,000 people
  15. 15 Portugal 431 per 100,000 people
  16. 16 Czechia 429 per 100,000 people
  17. 17 Croatia 410 per 100,000 people
  18. 18 Luxembourg 409 per 100,000 people
  19. 19 Netherlands 396 per 100,000 people
  20. 20 France 394 per 100,000 people
  21. 21 Ireland 388 per 100,000 people
  22. 22 Poland 386 per 100,000 people
  23. 23 Romania 381 per 100,000 people
  24. 24 Hungary 372 per 100,000 people
  25. 25 Finland 362 per 100,000 people
  26. 26 Estonia 358 per 100,000 people
  27. 27 Slovenia 357 per 100,000 peopled (definition differs (see metadata))
  28. 28 Latvia 340 per 100,000 people
  29. 29 Serbia 335 per 100,000 peopled (definition differs (see metadata))
  30. 30 Belgium 334 per 100,000 peopleb (break in time series)
  31. 31 Liechtenstein 331 per 100,000 people
  32. 32 Montenegro 285 per 100,000 people
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