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Nurses · Latest available · 2017–2021Practising nurses and midwives, per 100,000 residents. Countries with a figure: 22 of 27. Equal intervals from low to high. Colours show values, not whether a result is good or bad. The latest year can differ by country; see the data table for each year. Malta, Luxembourg and Cyprus have enlarged markers. Outlines are simplified; overseas territories are not shown.[{"code":"AT","value":1076.3,"year":2020,"dataset":"hlth_rs_prsns","sourceUrl":"https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/hlth_rs_prsns/default/table?lang=en"},{"code":"BE","value":1179.2,"year":2018,"dataset":"hlth_rs_prsns","sourceUrl":"https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/hlth_rs_prsns/default/table?lang=en"},{"code":"BG","value":467.4,"year":2020,"dataset":"hlth_rs_prsns","sourceUrl":"https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/hlth_rs_prsns/default/table?lang=en"},{"code":"HR","value":732.5,"year":2020,"dataset":"hlth_rs_prsns","sourceUrl":"https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/hlth_rs_prsns/default/table?lang=en"},{"code":"CY","value":577.9,"year":2019,"dataset":"hlth_rs_prsns","sourceUrl":"https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/hlth_rs_prsns/default/table?lang=en"},{"code":"CZ","value":905.9,"year":2020,"dataset":"hlth_rs_prsns","sourceUrl":"https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/hlth_rs_prsns/default/table?lang=en"},{"code":"DK","value":1050.7,"year":2019,"dataset":"hlth_rs_prsns","sourceUrl":"https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/hlth_rs_prsns/default/table?lang=en"},{"code":"EE","value":674.5,"year":2020,"dataset":"hlth_rs_prsns","sourceUrl":"https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/hlth_rs_prsns/default/table?lang=en"},{"code":"FI","value":1399.4,"year":2018,"dataset":"hlth_rs_prsns","sourceUrl":"https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/hlth_rs_prsns/default/table?lang=en"},{"code":"FR","value":null,"year":null,"dataset":"hlth_rs_prsns","sourceUrl":"https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/hlth_rs_prsns/default/table?lang=en"},{"code":"DE","value":1237.4,"year":2020,"dataset":"hlth_rs_prsns","sourceUrl":"https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/hlth_rs_prsns/default/table?lang=en"},{"code":"GR","value":364.7,"year":2019,"dataset":"hlth_rs_prsns","sourceUrl":"https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/hlth_rs_prsns/default/table?lang=en"},{"code":"HU","value":681.8,"year":2020,"dataset":"hlth_rs_prsns","sourceUrl":"https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/hlth_rs_prsns/default/table?lang=en"},{"code":"IE","value":null,"year":null,"dataset":"hlth_rs_prsns","sourceUrl":"https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/hlth_rs_prsns/default/table?lang=en"},{"code":"IT","value":655.1,"year":2021,"dataset":"hlth_rs_prsns","sourceUrl":"https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/hlth_rs_prsns/default/table?lang=en"},{"code":"LV","value":439.3,"year":2020,"dataset":"hlth_rs_prsns","sourceUrl":"https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/hlth_rs_prsns/default/table?lang=en"},{"code":"LT","value":812,"year":2020,"dataset":"hlth_rs_prsns","sourceUrl":"https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/hlth_rs_prsns/default/table?lang=en"},{"code":"LU","value":1208.4,"year":2017,"dataset":"hlth_rs_prsns","sourceUrl":"https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/hlth_rs_prsns/default/table?lang=en"},{"code":"MT","value":850.9,"year":2020,"dataset":"hlth_rs_prsns","sourceUrl":"https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/hlth_rs_prsns/default/table?lang=en"},{"code":"NL","value":1132.6,"year":2020,"dataset":"hlth_rs_prsns","sourceUrl":"https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/hlth_rs_prsns/default/table?lang=en"},{"code":"PL","value":570,"year":2017,"dataset":"hlth_rs_prsns","sourceUrl":"https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/hlth_rs_prsns/default/table?lang=en"},{"code":"PT","value":null,"year":null,"dataset":"hlth_rs_prsns","sourceUrl":"https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/hlth_rs_prsns/default/table?lang=en"},{"code":"RO","value":788.9,"year":2020,"dataset":"hlth_rs_prsns","sourceUrl":"https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/hlth_rs_prsns/default/table?lang=en"},{"code":"SK","value":null,"year":null,"dataset":"hlth_rs_prsns","sourceUrl":"https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/hlth_rs_prsns/default/table?lang=en"},{"code":"SI","value":1061.2,"year":2020,"dataset":"hlth_rs_prsns","sourceUrl":"https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/hlth_rs_prsns/default/table?lang=en"},{"code":"ES","value":null,"year":null,"dataset":"hlth_rs_prsns","sourceUrl":"https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/hlth_rs_prsns/default/table?lang=en"},{"code":"SE","value":1161.9,"year":2019,"dataset":"hlth_rs_prsns","sourceUrl":"https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/hlth_rs_prsns/default/table?lang=en"}]27 EU countriesNursesLatest available · 2017–2021 · per 100,000 peopleSweden: 1,161.9 · 2019Spain: No dataSlovakia: No dataSlovenia: 1,061.2 · 2020Romania: 788.9 · 2020Portugal: No dataPoland: 570 · 2017the Netherlands: 1,132.6 · 2020Malta: 850.9 · 2020Luxembourg: 1,208.4 · 2017Lithuania: 812 · 2020Latvia: 439.3 · 2020Italy: 655.1 · 2021Ireland: No dataHungary: 681.8 · 2020Greece: 364.7 · 2019Germany: 1,237.4 · 2020France: No dataFinland: 1,399.4 · 2018Estonia: 674.5 · 2020Denmark: 1,050.7 · 2019Czechia: 905.9 · 2020Cyprus: 577.9 · 2019Croatia: 732.5 · 2020Bulgaria: 467.4 · 2020Belgium: 1,179.2 · 2018Austria: 1,076.3 · 2020364.7571.64778.58985.521,192.461,399.4No data / outside the EUCountries with a figure: 22 of 27.Practising nurses and midwives, per 100,000 residents.Equal intervals from low to high. Colours show values, not whether a result is good or bad. Thelatest year can differ by country; see the data table for each year.Eurostat · Nurses · Latest available · 2017–2021Natural Earth · Eurostat · averageperson.eu
364.7 – 571.64
> 571.64 – 778.58
> 778.58 – 985.52
> 985.52 – 1,192.46
> 1,192.46 – 1,399.4
No data / outside the EU

Malta, Luxembourg and Cyprus have enlarged markers. Outlines are simplified; overseas territories are not shown.

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Nurses · Latest available · 2017–2021
CountryValue · per 100,000 peopleYearexplore.sourceTitle
Finland1,399.42018Eurostat
Germany1,237.42020Eurostat
Luxembourg1,208.42017Eurostat
Belgium1,179.22018Eurostat
Sweden1,161.92019Eurostat
the Netherlands1,132.62020Eurostat
Austria1,076.32020Eurostat
Slovenia1,061.22020Eurostat
Denmark1,050.72019Eurostat
Czechia905.92020Eurostat
Malta850.92020Eurostat
Lithuania8122020Eurostat
Romania788.92020Eurostat
Croatia732.52020Eurostat
Hungary681.82020Eurostat
Estonia674.52020Eurostat
Italy655.12021Eurostat
Cyprus577.92019Eurostat
Poland5702017Eurostat
Bulgaria467.42020Eurostat
Latvia439.32020Eurostat
Greece364.72019Eurostat
FranceNo data—Eurostat
IrelandNo data—Eurostat
PortugalNo data—Eurostat
SlovakiaNo data—Eurostat
SpainNo data—Eurostat

Practising nurses and midwives, per 100,000 residents.

Equal intervals from low to high. Colours show values, not whether a result is good or bad. The latest year can differ by country; see the data table for each year.

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