Autonomous communities of Spain by physicians per 10,000 people

Ceuta had the highest physicians per 10,000 people of 18 autonomous communities in 2008, at 56.91 per 10,000 people. Extremadura had the lowest, at 24.42 per 10,000 people. The median was 36.88 per 10,000 people. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest56.91Ceuta

Lowest24.42Extremadura

Median36.8818 autonomous communities

All autonomous communities, 2008

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	2008 per 10,000 people	Change on 2007
1	Ceuta Estimated	56.91	+59.2%
2	Aragon Estimated	53.22	+10.1%
3	Region of Murcia Estimated	42.41	+5%
4	La Rioja Estimated	41.92	+9%
5	Community of Madrid Estimated	40.1	+7.4%
6	Navarre Estimated	39.66	-4.5%
7	Basque Country Estimated	38.15	-15.4%
8	Cantabria Estimated	37.87	-9.6%
9	Catalonia Estimated	37.14	-1.7%
10	Asturias Estimated	36.63	+7.7%
11	Galicia Estimated	34.53	-8.2%
12	Castilla-La Mancha Estimated	34.49	+2.5%
13	Valencian Community Estimated	32.43	-5.3%
14	Andalusia Estimated	31.92	+1.2%
15	Canary Islands Estimated	31.03	-10.2%
16	Balearic Islands Estimated	30.6	-6.9%
17	Castile and León Estimated	30.25	+9.8%
18	Extremadura Estimated	24.42	-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?

Ceuta, with 56.91 per 10,000 people in 2008, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

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

Extremadura, with 24.42 per 10,000 people in 2008.

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.