# Regions of Portugal (NUTS 2) by physicians per 10,000 people, 2023

All 9 values come from Eurostat, European Commission for 2023, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `physicians_per_10k`
- Unit: per 10,000 people
- Definition: Physicians per 10,000 population: generalists, specialist medical practitioners and medical doctors not further defined (ISCO-08 codes 221, 2211 and 2212). 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.
- Source: Eurostat, European Commission, 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)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/eurostat
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: 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.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/physicians-per-10000-people/portugal-regions

| Rank | Place | per 10,000 people |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Grande Lisboa | 81.28 |
| 2 | Centro (PT) | 66.17 |
| 3 | Norte | 60.14 |
| 4 | Região Autónoma da Madeira | 53.65 |
| 5 | Algarve | 42.88 |
| 6 | Região Autónoma dos Açores | 40.4 |
| 7 | Alentejo | 35.44 |
| 8 | Península de Setúbal | 35.01 |
| 9 | Oeste e Vale do Tejo | 25.24 |