Practicing nurses: number of employees in Lithuania 2001-2021

In 2021, the number of practicing nurses employed in Lithuania remained nearly unchanged at around 22,079 nurses. However, 2021 marked the second consecutive increase of the number of practicing nurses.
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.