PT | EN

UPDATES

Statistical Data

PUBLICATIONS

2030 AGENDA SDG

Statistical Data

Portugal

Municipalities

Europe

PUBLICATIONS

Infographics

Books

Portraits

See All

2030 AGENDA SDG

Themes Summary Table Glossary 2030 Agenda

PORTUGAL

Graduates in year, in higher education in the area of health: total, by area of education and training and sex

Indicator

2021

13,855

Individuals

1994

2,736

Individuals

Operations

View Static Chart

Click here to see the graphic in detail

Individual

see full table

Years	Area of education and training and sex
	Total	Medicine			General nursing and obstetric nursing			Dental studies			Medical diagnostic and treatment technology			Therapy and rehabilitation			Pharmacy			Traditional and complementary medicine and therapy			Health Programmes not elsewhere classified			Health without precise definition
	Total	Total	Males	Females	Total	Males	Females	Total	Males	Females	Total	Males	Females	Total	Males	Females	Total	Males	Females	Total	Males	Females	Total	Males	Females	Total	Males	Females
1994	2,736	426	160	266	1,804	276	1,528	105	49	56	-	-	-	128	23	105	273	45	228	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1995	3,216	452	182	270	1,715	292	1,423	197	93	104	303	65	238	266	39	227	283	45	238	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1996	3,494	518	192	326	1,893	345	1,548	236	103	133	270	53	217	227	49	178	350	63	287	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1997	4,126	570	203	367	2,479	434	2,045	249	101	148	229	56	173	287	49	238	312	57	255	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1998	3,707	602	217	385	1,984	390	1,594	341	156	185	182	47	135	271	43	228	327	57	270	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1999	4,348	608	207	401	2,411	509	1,902	374	176	198	223	46	177	289	49	240	443	82	361	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2000	6,088	700	249	451	3,079	618	2,461	416	181	235	643	143	500	627	110	517	623	144	479	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2001	9,102	683	231	452	5,843	1,122	4,721	425	177	248	804	202	602	743	149	594	604	126	478	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2002	8,655	667	270	397	4,974	950	4,024	436	178	258	1,143	290	853	804	145	659	631	151	480	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2003	9,125	774	285	489	4,995	907	4,088	344	148	196	1,368	284	1,084	987	198	789	657	164	493	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2004	9,880	885	341	544	4,813	896	3,917	446	178	268	1,807	402	1,405	1,324	259	1,065	603	132	471	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	-
2005	11,541	936	355	581	5,437	1,010	4,427	493	200	293	2,317	519	1,798	1,614	319	1,295	744	190	554	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2006	13,173	999	364	635	5,929	1,113	4,816	633	262	371	2,721	635	2,086	2,026	406	1,620	860	169	691	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	1	4
2007	14,017	1,442	458	984	5,904	1,095	4,809	637	241	396	3,001	688	2,313	2,132	410	1,722	893	189	704	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	1	7
2008	15,139	1,442	468	974	5,263	1,018	4,245	893	319	574	2,796	618	2,178	2,382	496	1,886	1,495	313	1,182	-	-	-	-	-	-	868	296	572
2009	14,224	1,551	533	1,018	5,667	1,033	4,634	982	316	666	1,752	428	1,324	1,933	409	1,524	1,835	409	1,426	19	10	9	15	2	13	470	161	309
2010	14,505	2,225	735	1,490	5,344	987	4,357	1,071	370	701	1,565	348	1,217	1,804	348	1,456	1,816	397	1,419	15	7	8	21	3	18	644	204	440
2011	14,718	2,396	775	1,621	5,427	987	4,440	1,024	336	688	1,587	335	1,252	1,751	333	1,418	1,774	405	1,369	36	9	27	1	0	1	722	220	502
2012	13,474	2,511	839	1,672	4,481	773	3,708	872	261	611	1,408	277	1,131	1,759	287	1,472	1,911	429	1,482	46	10	36	40	16	24	446	153	293
2013	13,207	2,517	828	1,689	4,030	622	3,408	851	274	577	1,187	243	944	1,758	282	1,476	1,855	422	1,433	28	8	20	35	13	22	946	347	599
2014	12,977	2,329	760	1,569	3,974	647	3,327	842	256	586	1,167	217	950	1,833	313	1,520	1,915	455	1,460	34	10	24	25	10	15	858	277	581
2015	13,156	2,505	820	1,685	3,933	646	3,287	945	296	649	1,064	194	870	1,778	294	1,484	1,840	405	1,435	42	17	25	37	20	17	1,012	340	672
2016	12,754	2,758	929	1,829	3,678	661	3,017	984	324	660	1,003	195	808	1,579	256	1,323	1,789	374	1,415	32	11	21	44	17	27	887	269	618
2017	12,416	2,752	898	1,854	3,690	668	3,022	949	294	655	886	184	702	1,541	313	1,228	1,701	336	1,365	30	5	25	39	10	29	828	241	587
2018	12,992	2,789	924	1,865	4,156	656	3,500	956	283	673	995	181	814	1,548	325	1,223	1,566	302	1,264	19	7	12	84	17	67	879	273	606
2019	13,237	2,674	851	1,823	4,399	721	3,678	1,164	357	807	818	117	701	1,611	309	1,302	1,585	301	1,284	15	4	11	83	13	70	888	267	621
2020	13,173	2,706	894	1,812	3,992	653	3,339	1,321	445	876	867	166	701	1,774	396	1,378	1,596	318	1,278	6	2	4	112	26	86	799	204	595
2021	13,855	2,698	811	1,887	4,626	764	3,862	1,250	376	874	920	156	764	1,785	412	1,373	1,644	318	1,326	0	0	0	165	31	134	767	210	557

Sources/Entities: DGEEC/ME-MCTES, PORDATA
Last updated: 2022-07-18

More options and data

Deepen your analysis. See and compare data and years.

Graduates in higher education: total and by area of education and training in Portugal

Healthcare personnel: doctors, dentists, odontologists, nurses and pharmacists in Portugal