Number of practicing nurses employed in Denmark 2006-2020

The number of practicing nurses employed in Denmark saw no significant changes in 2020 in comparison to the previous year 2019 and remained at around 59707 nurses. Nevertheless, 2020 still represents a peak in the number of practicing nurses in Denmark.
Practising nurses are defined as nurses who provide services directly to patients. It includes professional nurses and associate professional nurses as well as foreign nurses with a license to work in a certain country. Retired and unemployed nurses are excluded from the number of practising nurses, as well as nurses who are not in direct contact with patients, midwives, nurses working abroad, students who have not yet graduated, and nurses without a recognized certification.