This statistic displays a comparison of domestic and foreign-trained doctors as a percentage of the total number of doctors in selected European countries in the year 2016 (or the closest year with available data). Ireland currently has the highest percentage of foreign-trained doctors working in their health service with 41.6 percent of their doctors coming from overseas. In contrast Italy has the smallest reliance on foreign-trained doctors, as 99.2 percent of their doctors were trained domestically in 2016.
Percentage of domestic and foreign-trained doctors in European countries in 2016*
Country (year if not 2016)
Domestic-trained
Foreign-trained
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* 2016 or nearest available data to that year.
Data from 2011: Spain.
Data from 2012: Finland and Switzerland.
Data from 2014: Denmark, The Netherlands and Sweden.
Data from 2015: Germany and Norway.
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Deloitte. (November 1, 2017). Percentage of domestic and foreign-trained doctors in European countries in 2016* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/881908/domestic-and-foreign-trained-doctors-in-european-countries/
Deloitte. "Percentage of domestic and foreign-trained doctors in European countries in 2016*." Chart. November 1, 2017. Statista. Accessed July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/881908/domestic-and-foreign-trained-doctors-in-european-countries/
Deloitte. (2017). Percentage of domestic and foreign-trained doctors in European countries in 2016*. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/881908/domestic-and-foreign-trained-doctors-in-european-countries/
Deloitte. "Percentage of Domestic and Foreign-trained Doctors in European Countries in 2016*." Statista, Statista Inc., 1 Nov 2017, https://www.statista.com/statistics/881908/domestic-and-foreign-trained-doctors-in-european-countries/
Deloitte, Percentage of domestic and foreign-trained doctors in European countries in 2016* Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/881908/domestic-and-foreign-trained-doctors-in-european-countries/ (last visited July 22, 2024)
Percentage of domestic and foreign-trained doctors in European countries in 2016* [Graph], Deloitte, November 1, 2017. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/881908/domestic-and-foreign-trained-doctors-in-european-countries/
