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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 2021, at 65.33 per 10,000 people. Basilicata had the lowest, at 40.58 per 10,000 people. The median was 52.78 per 10,000 people. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

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Highest65.33Lazio
Lowest40.58Basilicata
Median52.7821 regions

All regions, 2021

Lazio: 65.33 per 10,000 peopleLazio65.33Sardegna: 60.98 per 10,000 peopleSardegna60.98Liguria: 60.74 per 10,000 peopleLiguria60.74Emilia-Romagna: 59.72 per 10,000 peopleEmilia-Romagna59.72Toscana: 59.44 per 10,000 peopleToscana59.44Umbria: 59.08 per 10,000 peopleUmbria59.08Abruzzo: 57.59 per 10,000 peopleAbruzzo57.59Sicilia: 55.49 per 10,000 peopleSicilia55.49Friuli-Venezia Giulia: 54.88 per 10,000 peopleFriuli-Venezia Giulia54.88Lombardia: 53.31 per 10,000 peopleLombardia53.31Molise: 52.78 per 10,000 peopleMolise52.78Marche: 50.36 per 10,000 peopleMarche50.36Piemonte: 49.76 per 10,000 peoplePiemonte49.76Campania: 49.7 per 10,000 peopleCampania49.7Veneto: 49.28 per 10,000 peopleVeneto49.28Puglia: 48.56 per 10,000 peoplePuglia48.56Valle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste: 47.75 per 10,000 peopleValle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste47.75Calabria: 47.56 per 10,000 peopleCalabria47.56Provincia Autonoma di Trento: 42.91 per 10,000 peopleProvincia Autonoma di Trento42.91Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano/Bozen: 42.68 per 10,000 peopleProvincia Autonoma di Bolzano/Boz…42.68Basilicata: 40.58 per 10,000 peopleBasilicata40.58Lazio: 65.33 per 10,000 peopleLazio65.33Sardegna: 60.98 per 10,000 peopleSardegna60.98Liguria: 60.74 per 10,000 peopleLiguria60.74Emilia-Romagna: 59.72 per 10,000 peopleEmilia-Romagna59.72Toscana: 59.44 per 10,000 peopleToscana59.44Umbria: 59.08 per 10,000 peopleUmbria59.08Abruzzo: 57.59 per 10,000 peopleAbruzzo57.59Sicilia: 55.49 per 10,000 peopleSicilia55.49Friuli-Venezia Giulia: 54.88 per 10,000 peopleFriuli-Venezia Giulia54.88Lombardia: 53.31 per 10,000 peopleLombardia53.31Molise: 52.78 per 10,000 peopleMolise52.78Marche: 50.36 per 10,000 peopleMarche50.36Piemonte: 49.76 per 10,000 peoplePiemonte49.76Campania: 49.7 per 10,000 peopleCampania49.7Veneto: 49.28 per 10,000 peopleVeneto49.28Puglia: 48.56 per 10,000 peoplePuglia48.56Valle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste: 47.75 per 10,000 peopleValle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste47.75Calabria: 47.56 per 10,000 peopleCalabria47.56Provincia Autonoma di Trento: 42.91 per 10,000 peopleProvincia Autonoma di Trento42.91Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano/Bozen: 42.68 per 10,000 peopleProvincia Autonoma di Bolzano/Bozen42.68Basilicata: 40.58 per 10,000 peopleBasilicata40.58
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
1Lazio Series break65.33
2Sardegna Series break60.98
3Liguria Series break60.74
4Emilia-Romagna Series break59.72
5Toscana Series break59.44
6Umbria Series break59.08
7Abruzzo Series break57.59
8Sicilia Series break55.49
9Friuli-Venezia Giulia Series break54.88
10Lombardia Series break53.31
11Molise Series break52.78
12Marche Series break50.36
13Piemonte Series break49.76
14Campania Series break49.7
15Veneto Series break49.28
16Puglia Series break48.56
17Valle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste Series break47.75
18Calabria Series break47.56
19Provincia Autonoma di Trento Series break42.91
20Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano/Bozen Series break42.68
21Basilicata Series break40.58

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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. 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, 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), Regions of Italy (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/italy-regions?period=2021. 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, 2021. 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=2021.

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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, 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/italy-regions?period=2021 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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

Lazio, with 65.33 per 10,000 people in 2021, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

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

Basilicata, with 40.58 per 10,000 people in 2021.

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Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: Eurostat, European Commission, Health personnel by NUTS 2 region, medical doctors per 100,000 inhabitants, divided by 10 (hlth_rs_physreg). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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