Portugal (2024)
17.2
per 100,000 inhabitants
+3.1% YoY
YoY Change
+3.1%
per 100,000 inhabitants
Trend
up
Series length
4
years of data

Data

Portugal Practising Midwives per 100,000 Inhabitants (2024) — source data. Eurostat.
Year per 100,000 inhabitants YoY Change
2024 17.2 +3.1%
2023 16.7 +5.3%
2022 15.9 unchanged
2021 15.9 n/a

About this Dataset

Portugal recorded 17.2 per 100,000 inhabitants in 2024. The latest change was +0.5. Across 2021–2024 the series ranges from 15.9 in 2022 to 17.2 in 2024.

This page tracks the number of practising midwives per 100,000 inhabitants in Portugal from 2005 to present.

Data sourced from Eurostat via SDMX REST API. Values use harmonised methodology intended for cross-country comparison.

Frequently Asked Questions

This page tracks the number of practising midwives per 100,000 inhabitants in Portugal from 2005 to present. It is published by Eurostat and updated annually.

The most recent observation covers 2024. Eurostat typically publishes this series with a lag of several months after the reference period. The series runs 2021–2024 (4 observations).

The series peaked at 17.2 per 100,000 inhabitants in 2024 and reached its lowest recorded value of 15.9 in 2022. The latest reading of 17.2 in 2024 represents a change of +0.5.