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EU regions (NUTS 2) by physicians per 10,000 people

Attiki had the highest physicians per 10,000 people of 190 regions in 2021, at 81.87 per 10,000 people. Mayotte had the lowest, at 8.71 per 10,000 people. The median was 39.26 per 10,000 people. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

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Highest81.87Attiki
Lowest8.71Mayotte
Median39.26190 regions

Top 40 regions, 2021

Attiki: 81.87 per 10,000 peopleAttiki81.87Praha: 79.02 per 10,000 peoplePraha79.02Ceuta: 76.22 per 10,000 peopleCeuta76.22Ipeiros: 74.62 per 10,000 peopleIpeiros74.62Bucureşti-Ilfov: 72.11 per 10,000 peopleBucureşti-Ilfov72.11Wien: 70.19 per 10,000 peopleWien70.19Kentriki Makedonia: 66.66 per 10,000 peopleKentriki Makedonia66.66Bratislavský kraj: 65.74 per 10,000 peopleBratislavský kraj65.74Lazio: 65.33 per 10,000 peopleLazio65.33Navarre: 64.66 per 10,000 peopleNavarre64.66Grad Zagreb: 63.39 per 10,000 peopleGrad Zagreb63.39Kriti: 62.13 per 10,000 peopleKriti62.13Sardegna: 60.98 per 10,000 peopleSardegna60.98Liguria: 60.74 per 10,000 peopleLiguria60.74Cantabria: 59.75 per 10,000 peopleCantabria59.75Emilia-Romagna: 59.72 per 10,000 peopleEmilia-Romagna59.72Balearic Islands: 59.5 per 10,000 peopleBalearic Islands59.5Toscana: 59.44 per 10,000 peopleToscana59.44Umbria: 59.08 per 10,000 peopleUmbria59.08Warszawski stołeczny: 58.9 per 10,000 peopleWarszawski stołeczny58.9Salzburg: 58.83 per 10,000 peopleSalzburg58.83Tirol: 57.62 per 10,000 peopleTirol57.62Abruzzo: 57.59 per 10,000 peopleAbruzzo57.59Community of Madrid: 57.36 per 10,000 peopleCommunity of Madrid57.36Groningen: 56.85 per 10,000 peopleGroningen56.85Sostinės regionas: 56.67 per 10,000 peopleSostinės regionas56.67Norte: 56.54 per 10,000 peopleNorte56.54Budapest: 56.21 per 10,000 peopleBudapest56.21Sicilia: 55.49 per 10,000 peopleSicilia55.49Aragon: 55.18 per 10,000 peopleAragon55.18Anatoliki Makedonia, Thraki: 54.99 per 10,000 peopleAnatoliki Makedonia, Thraki54.99Friuli-Venezia Giulia: 54.88 per 10,000 peopleFriuli-Venezia Giulia54.88Prov. Brabant wallon: 54.21 per 10,000 peopleProv. Brabant wallon54.21Thessalia: 54.08 per 10,000 peopleThessalia54.08Lombardia: 53.31 per 10,000 peopleLombardia53.31Molise: 52.78 per 10,000 peopleMolise52.78Steiermark: 52.32 per 10,000 peopleSteiermark52.32Hovedstaden: 52.07 per 10,000 peopleHovedstaden52.07Basque Country: 51.8 per 10,000 peopleBasque Country51.8Ionia Nisia: 50.84 per 10,000 peopleIonia Nisia50.84Attiki: 81.87 per 10,000 peopleAttiki81.87Praha: 79.02 per 10,000 peoplePraha79.02Ceuta: 76.22 per 10,000 peopleCeuta76.22Ipeiros: 74.62 per 10,000 peopleIpeiros74.62Bucureşti-Ilfov: 72.11 per 10,000 peopleBucureşti-Ilfov72.11Wien: 70.19 per 10,000 peopleWien70.19Kentriki Makedonia: 66.66 per 10,000 peopleKentriki Makedonia66.66Bratislavský kraj: 65.74 per 10,000 peopleBratislavský kraj65.74Lazio: 65.33 per 10,000 peopleLazio65.33Navarre: 64.66 per 10,000 peopleNavarre64.66Grad Zagreb: 63.39 per 10,000 peopleGrad Zagreb63.39Kriti: 62.13 per 10,000 peopleKriti62.13Sardegna: 60.98 per 10,000 peopleSardegna60.98Liguria: 60.74 per 10,000 peopleLiguria60.74Cantabria: 59.75 per 10,000 peopleCantabria59.75Emilia-Romagna: 59.72 per 10,000 peopleEmilia-Romagna59.72Balearic Islands: 59.5 per 10,000 peopleBalearic Islands59.5Toscana: 59.44 per 10,000 peopleToscana59.44Umbria: 59.08 per 10,000 peopleUmbria59.08Warszawski stołeczny: 58.9 per 10,000 peopleWarszawski stołeczny58.9Salzburg: 58.83 per 10,000 peopleSalzburg58.83Tirol: 57.62 per 10,000 peopleTirol57.62Abruzzo: 57.59 per 10,000 peopleAbruzzo57.59Community of Madrid: 57.36 per 10,000 peopleCommunity of Madrid57.36Groningen: 56.85 per 10,000 peopleGroningen56.85Sostinės regionas: 56.67 per 10,000 peopleSostinės regionas56.67Norte: 56.54 per 10,000 peopleNorte56.54Budapest: 56.21 per 10,000 peopleBudapest56.21Sicilia: 55.49 per 10,000 peopleSicilia55.49Aragon: 55.18 per 10,000 peopleAragon55.18Anatoliki Makedonia, Thraki: 54.99 per 10,000 peopleAnatoliki Makedonia, Thraki54.99Friuli-Venezia Giulia: 54.88 per 10,000 peopleFriuli-Venezia Giulia54.88Prov. Brabant wallon: 54.21 per 10,000 peopleProv. Brabant wallon54.21Thessalia: 54.08 per 10,000 peopleThessalia54.08Lombardia: 53.31 per 10,000 peopleLombardia53.31Molise: 52.78 per 10,000 peopleMolise52.78Steiermark: 52.32 per 10,000 peopleSteiermark52.32Hovedstaden: 52.07 per 10,000 peopleHovedstaden52.07Basque Country: 51.8 per 10,000 peopleBasque Country51.8Ionia Nisia: 50.84 per 10,000 peopleIonia Nisia50.84
per 10,000 people. Source: Eurostat, Health personnel by NUTS 2 region, medical doctors per 100,000 inhabitants, divided by 10 (hlth_rs_physreg). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankRegions2021
per 10,000 people
1Attiki81.87
2Praha Estimated79.02
3Ceuta Estimated76.22
4Ipeiros74.62
5Bucureşti-Ilfov72.11
6Wien70.19
7Kentriki Makedonia66.66
8Bratislavský kraj65.74
9Lazio Series break65.33
10Navarre Estimated64.66
11Grad Zagreb63.39
12Kriti62.13
13Sardegna Series break60.98
14Liguria Series break60.74
15Cantabria Estimated59.75
16Emilia-Romagna Series break59.72
17Balearic Islands Estimated59.5
18Toscana Series break59.44
19Umbria Series break59.08
20Warszawski stołeczny58.9
21Salzburg58.83
22Tirol57.62
23Abruzzo Series break57.59
24Community of Madrid Estimated57.36
25Groningen56.85
26Sostinės regionas56.67
27Norte56.54
28Budapest56.21
29Sicilia Series break55.49
30Aragon Estimated55.18
31Anatoliki Makedonia, Thraki54.99
32Friuli-Venezia Giulia Series break54.88
33Prov. Brabant wallon54.21
34Thessalia54.08
35Lombardia Series break53.31
36Molise Series break52.78
37Steiermark52.32
38Hovedstaden52.07
39Basque Country Estimated51.8
40Ionia Nisia50.84
41Dytiki Elláda50.82
42Marche Series break50.36
43Região Autónoma da Madeira50.1
44Piemonte Series break49.76
45Noord-Holland49.73
46Campania Series break49.7
47Kärnten49.64
48Vest49.58
49Veneto Series break49.28
50Puglia Series break48.56
51Canary Islands Estimated48.47
52Severozapaden48.21
53Niederösterreich47.98
54Yugozapaden47.83
55Valle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste Series break47.75
56Calabria Series break47.56
57Stockholm46.47
58Övre Norrland46.22
59Östra Mellansverige46.11
60Sydsverige44.69
61Galicia Estimated44.66
62Burgenland44.63
63Jihovýchod Estimated44.49
64Asturias Estimated44.08
65Severoiztochen43.9
66Vorarlberg43.79
67Oberösterreich43.7
68Yuzhen tsentralen43.56
69Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur43.39
70Midtjylland43.34
71Västsverige43.3
72Ile-de-France43.29
73Valencian Community Estimated43.17
74Provincia Autonoma di Trento Series break42.91
75Syddanmark42.76
76Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano/Bozen Series break42.68
77Extremadura Estimated41.92
78Alsace41.79
79Catalonia Estimated41.63
80Prov. Vlaams-Brabant41.44
81Algarve41.41
82Mellersta Norrland41.25
83Łódzkie41.09
84Peloponnisos41.01
85Aquitaine40.79
86Basilicata Series break40.58
87Notio Aigaio40.17
88Střední Morava Estimated39.95
89Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/ Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest39.95
90Vidurio ir vakarų Lietuvos regionas39.73
91Podlaskie39.67
92Småland med öarna39.66
93Voreio Aigaio39.47
94Jihozápad Estimated39.4
95Castile and León Estimated39.26
95Moravskoslezsko Estimated39.26
97Languedoc-Roussillon38.93
98Gelderland38.93
99Zahodna Slovenija38.74
100Sjælland38.58
101Nordjylland38.56
102Rhône-Alpes38.48
103Região Autónoma dos Açores38.4
104Lubelskie37.89
105Limousin37.85
106Dytiki Makedonia37.81
107Andalusia Estimated37.77
108Region of Murcia Estimated37.68
109Limburg (NL)37.53
110Yugoiztochen37.47
111Dolnośląskie37.42
112Bretagne37.23
113Prov. Liège37.23
114Severovýchod Estimated36.69
115Midi-Pyrénées36.67
116Norra Mellansverige36.66
117Helsinki-Uusimaa36.65
118Nord-Pas de Calais36.64
119Śląskie36.48
120Franche-Comté36.35
121La Réunion36.31
122Nord-Vest36.22
123Severen tsentralen36.17
124Centru36.04
125Prov. Namur35.98
126Basse-Normandie35.96
127Auvergne35.7
128Jadranska Hrvatska35.6
129Małopolskie35.54
130La Rioja Estimated35.42
131Východné Slovensko35.38
132Pomorskie35.35
133Lorraine35.34
134Martinique35.26
135Stredné Slovensko34.94
136Pohjois- ja Itä-Suomi34.81
137Dél-Dunántúl34.81
138Sterea Elláda34.73
139Champagne-Ardenne34.72
140Bourgogne34.31
141Severozápad Estimated33.83
142Panonska Hrvatska33.35
143Zachodniopomorskie33.26
144Pays de la Loire33.22
145Poitou-Charentes33.18
146Sud-Vest Oltenia33.16
147Dél-Alföld33.11
148Haute-Normandie32.39
149Etelä-Suomi32.34
150Észak-Alföld32.32
151Länsi-Suomi31.98
152Corse31.49
153Guadeloupe31.37
154Świętokrzyskie31.27
155Drenthe30.74
156Kujawsko-pomorskie30.28
157Prov. Oost-Vlaanderen29.91
158Picardie29.63
159Wielkopolskie29.19
160Centre - Val de Loire28.76
161Vzhodna Slovenija28.65
162Overijssel28.52
163Podkarpackie28.15
164Západné Slovensko28.09
165Castilla-La Mancha Estimated27.83
166Prov. Antwerpen27.81
167Noord-Brabant27.55
168Střední Čechy Estimated27.3
169Nyugat-Dunántúl26.87
170Nord-Est26.68
170Prov. West-Vlaanderen26.68
172Prov. Limburg (BE)26.32
173Warmińsko-mazurskie26.28
174Prov. Hainaut25.92
175Opolskie25.66
176Friesland (NL)24.66
177Pest24.65
178Lubuskie23.95
179Prov. Luxembourg (BE)23.91
180Guyane23.82
181Sud-Est23.74
182Közép-Dunántúl23.32
183Sjeverna Hrvatska22.92
184Åland22.41
185Észak-Magyarország21.74
186Mazowiecki regionalny21.2
187Zeeland16.7
188Sud-Muntenia16.54
189Flevoland13.46
190Mayotte8.71

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About this ranking

Physicians per 10,000 population: generalists, specialist medical practitioners and medical doctors not further defined (ISCO-08 codes 221, 2211 and 2212).

More on how it is measured
  • Country figures are those reported to WHO's National Health Workforce Accounts; figures for EU regions come from Eurostat's regional health care staff statistics.
  • Depending on the source, the count covers practising physicians only or all registered physicians.

Countries count practising or registered physicians and do not report every year, so compare countries with care. WHO revises these series, past years included, when new national reports or estimates come in, so values can change between retrievals.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the regions are compared on one definition. 11 regions with data in other periods have no value for 2021 and are left out rather than filled from another source. Equal values share a rank.

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Eurostat. Health personnel by NUTS 2 region, medical doctors per 100,000 inhabitants, divided by 10 (hlth_rs_physreg). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/hlth_rs_physreg/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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Eurostat, European Commission. (2026). Health personnel by NUTS 2 region, medical doctors per 100,000 inhabitants, divided by 10 (hlth_rs_physreg) (EU regions (NUTS 2) by physicians per 10,000 people, 2021) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/hlth_rs_physreg/default/table

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Health personnel by NUTS 2 region, medical doctors per 100,000 inhabitants, divided by 10 (hlth_rs_physreg), EU regions (NUTS 2) by physicians per 10,000 people, 2021. Eurostat, European Commission, 13 July 2026, https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/hlth_rs_physreg/default/table. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/physicians-per-10000-people/eu-regions?period=2021. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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Eurostat, European Commission (2026) Health personnel by NUTS 2 region, medical doctors per 100,000 inhabitants, divided by 10 (hlth_rs_physreg), EU regions (NUTS 2) by physicians per 10,000 people, 2021 [Dataset]. Available at: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/hlth_rs_physreg/default/table, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/physicians-per-10000-people/eu-regions?period=2021 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which region has the highest physicians per 10,000 people?

Attiki, with 81.87 per 10,000 people in 2021, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which region has the lowest physicians per 10,000 people?

Mayotte, with 8.71 per 10,000 people in 2021.

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