Number of generalist medical practitioners, or GMP rose 2.29% to 30,788 persons in Portugal in 2021, according to World Bank / WHO.
Historically, number of generalist medical practitioners, or GMP in Portugal reached an all time high of 30,788 persons in 2021 and an all time low of 13,867 persons in 1980.
Portugal has been ranked 18th within the group of 37 countries we follow in terms of number of generalist medical practitioners, or GMP, 1 place below the position seen 10 years ago.
| Number of Generalist Medical Practitioners (GMP) | Unit | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
| Algeria | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Belgium | persons | 12,929 | 12,992 | 13,178 | 13,425 | 13,697 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Canada | persons | 46,009 | 47,690 | 48,977 | 49,669 | 50,421 | ||||||||||||||||
| France | persons | 93,840 | 94,375 | 94,139 | 94,433 | 94,000 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Germany | persons | 79,004 | 79,999 | 80,778 | 82,689 | 84,827 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Iceland | persons | ... | ... | 213 | 209 | 218 | 215 | 216 | ||||||||||||||
| Ireland | persons | ... | ... | ... | 8,514 | 8,763 | 8,965 | 9,039 | 9,360 | ... | ||||||||||||
| Italy | persons | 54,063 | 53,691 | 52,998 | 52,555 | 50,354 | ||||||||||||||||
| Mauritania | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Morocco | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Portugal | persons | 26,100 | 27,076 | 27,664 | 29,079 | 30,098 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Spain | persons | ... | ... | ... | 34,797 | 35,378 | 41,727 | 43,131 | 43,302 | ... | ||||||||||||
| Tunisia | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| United Kingdom | persons | 50,080 | 49,824 | 49,569 | 51,096 | 52,034 |
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