Autonomous communities of Spain by physicians per 10,000 people

Ceuta had the highest physicians per 10,000 people of 18 autonomous communities in 2009, at 76.81 per 10,000 people. Extremadura had the lowest, at 23.4 per 10,000 people. The median was 35.46 per 10,000 people. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest76.81Ceuta

Lowest23.4Extremadura

Median35.4618 autonomous communities

All autonomous communities, 2009

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	2009 per 10,000 people	Change on 2008
1	Ceuta Estimated	76.81	+35%
2	Aragon Estimated	55.33	+4%
3	Community of Madrid Estimated	44.35	+10.6%
4	Navarre Estimated	43.91	+10.7%
5	Region of Murcia Estimated	40.76	-3.9%
6	Asturias Estimated	37.46	+2.3%
7	Basque Country Estimated	37.36	-2.1%
8	Castilla-La Mancha Estimated	35.66	+3.4%
9	Valencian Community Estimated	35.5	+9.5%
10	La Rioja Estimated	35.42	-15.5%
11	Cantabria Estimated	34.66	-8.5%
12	Catalonia Estimated	34.65	-6.7%
13	Castile and León Estimated	34.4	+13.7%
14	Andalusia Estimated	32.59	+2.1%
15	Galicia Estimated	31.89	-7.6%
16	Canary Islands Estimated	28.01	-9.7%
17	Balearic Islands Estimated	27.55	-10%
18	Extremadura Estimated	23.4	-4.2%

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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 76.81 per 10,000 people in 2009, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

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

Extremadura, with 23.4 per 10,000 people in 2009.

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.