Autonomous communities of Spain by physicians per 10,000 people

Navarre had the highest physicians per 10,000 people of 18 autonomous communities in 2005, at 58.36 per 10,000 people. Extremadura had the lowest, at 27.04 per 10,000 people. The median was 33.72 per 10,000 people. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest58.36Navarre

Lowest27.04Extremadura

Median33.7218 autonomous communities

All autonomous communities, 2005

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

Rank	Autonomous communities	2005 per 10,000 people	Change on 2004
1	Navarre Estimated	58.36	-5%
2	Community of Madrid Estimated	43.2	+3.7%
3	Basque Country Estimated	41.01	+10.9%
4	Balearic Islands Estimated	39.78	+18.9%
5	Cantabria Estimated	38.85	+16.8%
6	Aragon Estimated	38.76	-10.5%
7	Catalonia Estimated	36.26	+5.8%
8	Asturias Estimated	34.17	+1.8%
9	Valencian Community Estimated	33.88	+3.1%
10	Andalusia Estimated	33.56	-0.7%
11	Castile and León Estimated	32.01	-7.4%
12	Canary Islands Estimated	31.97	+13.9%
13	Galicia Estimated	31.07	+16.7%
14	Region of Murcia Estimated	30.02	-13.6%
15	La Rioja Estimated	28.86	-12.1%
16	Ceuta Estimated	27.63	-25.8%
17	Castilla-La Mancha Estimated	27.43	+17.4%
18	Extremadura Estimated	27.04	-14.3%

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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). 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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Questions

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

Navarre, with 58.36 per 10,000 people in 2005, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

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

Extremadura, with 27.04 per 10,000 people in 2005.

Where does this ranking come from?

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.