Autonomous communities of Spain by physicians per 10,000 people

Navarre had the highest physicians per 10,000 people of 18 autonomous communities in 2004, at 61.46 per 10,000 people. Castilla-La Mancha had the lowest, at 23.37 per 10,000 people. The median was 33.68 per 10,000 people. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest61.46Navarre
Median33.6818 autonomous communities

All autonomous communities, 2004

Navarre: 61.46 per 10,000 peopleNavarre61.46Aragon: 43.32 per 10,000 peopleAragon43.32Community of Madrid: 41.66 per 10,000 peopleCommunity of Madrid41.66Ceuta: 37.21 per 10,000 peopleCeuta37.21Basque Country: 36.98 per 10,000 peopleBasque Country36.98Region of Murcia: 34.75 per 10,000 peopleRegion of Murcia34.75Castile and León: 34.59 per 10,000 peopleCastile and León34.59Catalonia: 34.26 per 10,000 peopleCatalonia34.26Andalusia: 33.8 per 10,000 peopleAndalusia33.8Asturias: 33.57 per 10,000 peopleAsturias33.57Balearic Islands: 33.46 per 10,000 peopleBalearic Islands33.46Cantabria: 33.25 per 10,000 peopleCantabria33.25Valencian Community: 32.86 per 10,000 peopleValencian Community32.86La Rioja: 32.83 per 10,000 peopleLa Rioja32.83Extremadura: 31.55 per 10,000 peopleExtremadura31.55Canary Islands: 28.06 per 10,000 peopleCanary Islands28.06Galicia: 26.63 per 10,000 peopleGalicia26.63Castilla-La Mancha: 23.37 per 10,000 peopleCastilla-La Mancha23.37
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

RankAutonomous communities2004
per 10,000 people
Change on 2003
1Navarre Estimated61.46+14.7%
2Aragon Estimated43.32-12%
3Community of Madrid Estimated41.66+24.4%
4Ceuta Estimated37.21-11.5%
5Basque Country Estimated36.98-2.2%
6Region of Murcia Estimated34.75-4.8%
7Castile and León Estimated34.59+1.2%
8Catalonia Estimated34.26+10.3%
9Andalusia Estimated33.8+8.6%
10Asturias Estimated33.57+7%
11Balearic Islands Estimated33.46-5.1%
12Cantabria Estimated33.25+32.5%
13Valencian Community Estimated32.86-3.2%
14La Rioja Estimated32.83+18.1%
15Extremadura Estimated31.55-0.5%
16Canary Islands Estimated28.06+6.3%
17Galicia Estimated26.63+8.2%
18Castilla-La Mancha Estimated23.37+1.8%

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). 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 autonomous communities 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) (Autonomous communities of Spain by physicians per 10,000 people, 2004) [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), Autonomous communities of Spain by physicians per 10,000 people, 2004. 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/spain-regions?period=2004. 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). Autonomous communities of Spain by physicians per 10,000 people, 2004. 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/spain-regions?period=2004.

Harvard

Eurostat, European Commission (2026) Health personnel by NUTS 2 region, medical doctors per 100,000 inhabitants, divided by 10 (hlth_rs_physreg), Autonomous communities of Spain by physicians per 10,000 people, 2004 [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/spain-regions?period=2004 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which autonomous community has the highest physicians per 10,000 people?

Navarre, with 61.46 per 10,000 people in 2004, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which autonomous community has the lowest physicians per 10,000 people?

Castilla-La Mancha, with 23.37 per 10,000 people in 2004.

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