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Regions of Italy (NUTS 2) by physicians per 10,000 people

Lazio had the highest physicians per 10,000 people of 21 regions in 2008, at 46.72 per 10,000 people. Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano/Bozen had the lowest, at 29.97 per 10,000 people. The median was 36.32 per 10,000 people. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

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Highest46.72Lazio
Lowest29.97Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano/Bozen
Median36.3221 regions

All regions, 2008

Lazio: 46.72 per 10,000 peopleLazio46.72Sardegna: 45.22 per 10,000 peopleSardegna45.22Liguria: 41.88 per 10,000 peopleLiguria41.88Umbria: 41.85 per 10,000 peopleUmbria41.85Toscana: 41.32 per 10,000 peopleToscana41.32Sicilia: 40.73 per 10,000 peopleSicilia40.73Emilia-Romagna: 40.58 per 10,000 peopleEmilia-Romagna40.58Abruzzo: 39.65 per 10,000 peopleAbruzzo39.65Friuli-Venezia Giulia: 36.89 per 10,000 peopleFriuli-Venezia Giulia36.89Molise: 36.61 per 10,000 peopleMolise36.61Campania: 36.32 per 10,000 peopleCampania36.32Calabria: 36.06 per 10,000 peopleCalabria36.06Lombardia: 35.69 per 10,000 peopleLombardia35.69Valle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste: 34.99 per 10,000 peopleValle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste34.99Puglia: 34.52 per 10,000 peoplePuglia34.52Marche: 34.39 per 10,000 peopleMarche34.39Piemonte: 33.94 per 10,000 peoplePiemonte33.94Basilicata: 32.11 per 10,000 peopleBasilicata32.11Provincia Autonoma di Trento: 32 per 10,000 peopleProvincia Autonoma di Trento32Veneto: 31.89 per 10,000 peopleVeneto31.89Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano/Bozen: 29.97 per 10,000 peopleProvincia Autonoma di Bolzano/Boz…29.97Lazio: 46.72 per 10,000 peopleLazio46.72Sardegna: 45.22 per 10,000 peopleSardegna45.22Liguria: 41.88 per 10,000 peopleLiguria41.88Umbria: 41.85 per 10,000 peopleUmbria41.85Toscana: 41.32 per 10,000 peopleToscana41.32Sicilia: 40.73 per 10,000 peopleSicilia40.73Emilia-Romagna: 40.58 per 10,000 peopleEmilia-Romagna40.58Abruzzo: 39.65 per 10,000 peopleAbruzzo39.65Friuli-Venezia Giulia: 36.89 per 10,000 peopleFriuli-Venezia Giulia36.89Molise: 36.61 per 10,000 peopleMolise36.61Campania: 36.32 per 10,000 peopleCampania36.32Calabria: 36.06 per 10,000 peopleCalabria36.06Lombardia: 35.69 per 10,000 peopleLombardia35.69Valle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste: 34.99 per 10,000 peopleValle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste34.99Puglia: 34.52 per 10,000 peoplePuglia34.52Marche: 34.39 per 10,000 peopleMarche34.39Piemonte: 33.94 per 10,000 peoplePiemonte33.94Basilicata: 32.11 per 10,000 peopleBasilicata32.11Provincia Autonoma di Trento: 32 per 10,000 peopleProvincia Autonoma di Trento32Veneto: 31.89 per 10,000 peopleVeneto31.89Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano/Bozen: 29.97 per 10,000 peopleProvincia Autonoma di Bolzano/Bozen29.97
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

RankRegions2008
per 10,000 people		Change on 2007
1Lazio Estimated46.72-0.7%
2Sardegna Estimated45.22+0.2%
3Liguria Estimated41.88+0.3%
4Umbria Estimated41.85-0.7%
5Toscana Estimated41.32-0.4%
6Sicilia Estimated40.73+0.2%
7Emilia-Romagna Estimated40.58-0.8%
8Abruzzo Estimated39.65-0.4%
9Friuli-Venezia Giulia Estimated36.89-0.2%
10Molise Estimated36.61+0.5%
11Campania Estimated36.32+0.3%
12Calabria Estimated36.06+0.4%
13Lombardia Estimated35.69-0.4%
14Valle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste Estimated34.99-0.2%
15Puglia Estimated34.52+0.3%
16Marche Estimated34.39-0.6%
17Piemonte Estimated33.94-0.4%
18Basilicata Estimated32.11+0.6%
19Provincia Autonoma di Trento Estimated32-0.7%
20Veneto Estimated31.89-0.6%
21Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano/Bozen Estimated29.97-0.6%

Other periods

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. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

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) (Regions of Italy (NUTS 2) by physicians per 10,000 people, 2008) [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), Regions of Italy (NUTS 2) by physicians per 10,000 people, 2008. 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/italy-regions?period=2008. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

Eurostat, European Commission. 2026. Health personnel by NUTS 2 region, medical doctors per 100,000 inhabitants, divided by 10 (hlth_rs_physreg). Regions of Italy (NUTS 2) by physicians per 10,000 people, 2008. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/hlth_rs_physreg/default/table. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/physicians-per-10000-people/italy-regions?period=2008.

Harvard

Eurostat, European Commission (2026) Health personnel by NUTS 2 region, medical doctors per 100,000 inhabitants, divided by 10 (hlth_rs_physreg), Regions of Italy (NUTS 2) by physicians per 10,000 people, 2008 [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/italy-regions?period=2008 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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

Lazio, with 46.72 per 10,000 people in 2008, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

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

Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano/Bozen, with 29.97 per 10,000 people in 2008.

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