[DSD_HEALTH_REAC_EMP@DF_HOSP_EMP] Hospital employment
Updated by provider on July 7, 2025 (5:31 PM).
This dataset provides data on total hospital employment (ie. persons employed in general and specialty hospitals) by category:
- Physicians
- Professional nurses and midwives
- Associate professional nurses
- Healthcare assistants
- Other health service providers
- Other staff
Data are presented by number of persons employed (head counts), and number of full-time equivalent (FTE) persons.
Please refer to the Sources and Methods for detailed country-specific information. [REF_AREA] Reference area
[AUS] Australia
[AUT] Austria
[BEL] Belgium
[BGR] Bulgaria
[CAN] Canada
[CHE] Switzerland
[CHL] Chile
[CRI] Costa Rica
[CZE] Czechia
[DEU] Germany
[DNK] Denmark
[ESP] Spain
[EST] Estonia
[FIN] Finland
[FRA] France
[GBR] United Kingdom
[GRC] Greece
[HRV] Croatia
[HUN] Hungary
[IRL] Ireland
[ISL] Iceland
[ISR] Israel
[ITA] Italy
[JPN] Japan
[KOR] Korea
[LTU] Lithuania
[LUX] Luxembourg
[LVA] Latvia
[MEX] Mexico
[NLD] Netherlands
[NOR] Norway
[NZL] New Zealand
[POL] Poland
[PRT] Portugal
[ROU] Romania
[SVK] Slovak Republic
[SVN] Slovenia
[TUR] Türkiye
[USA] United States
[MEASURE] Measure
[HE] Hospital employment
[UNIT_MEASURE] Unit of measure
[10P3HB] Per 1 000 inhabitants
[10P3PS_FTE] Per 1 000 full-time equivalent persons
[PS] Persons
[PS_FTE] Persons (full-time equivalent)
[PT_EMP_FT_HSPTL] Percentage of full-time hospital employment
[PT_EMP_HSPTL] Percentage of hospital employment
[AGE] Age
[_Z] Not applicable
[SEX] Sex
[_Z] Not applicable
[HEALTH_PROF] Health profession
[HOEMHHCA] Healthcare assistants
[HOEMHNUR] Professional nurses and midwives
[HOEMHOTH] Other health service providers employed in hospitals
[HOEMHOTS] Other staff employed in hospitals
[MINUASSO] Associate professional nurses
[PHYS] Physicians
[_T] Total
[WORKER_STATUS] Worker status
[_Z] Not applicable
[HEALTH_PROF_ACTIVITY_STATUS] Health profession activity status
[_Z] Not applicable
[PRICE_BASE] Price base
[_Z] Not applicable
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Reference area [REF_AREA] (39)
Measure [MEASURE] (1)
Unit of measure [UNIT_MEASURE] (6)
Age [AGE] (1)
Sex [SEX] (1)
Health profession [HEALTH_PROF] (7)
Worker status [WORKER_STATUS] (1)
Health profession activity status [HEALTH_PROF_ACTIVITY_STATUS] (1)
Price base [PRICE_BASE] (1)
This dataset has 1,109 series:
[AUS.HE.10P3HB._Z._Z._T._Z._Z._Z] Australia – Hospital employment – Per 1 000 inhabitants – Not applicable – Not applicable – Total – Not applicable – Not applicable – Not applicable
- from
- 1981=15.1
- to
- 1991=13.79
- min:
- 13.79
- max:
- 15.63
- avg:
- 14.84
- σ:
- 0.773
[AUS.HE.10P3PS_FTE._Z._Z.HOEMHNUR._Z._Z._Z] Australia – Hospital employment – Per 1 000 full-time equivalent persons – Not applicable – Not applicable – Professional nurses and midwives – Not applicable – Not applicable – Not applicable
- from
- 2000=5.81
- to
- 2022=7.16
- min:
- 5.81
- max:
- 7.82
- avg:
- 6.68
- σ:
- 0.546
[AUS.HE.10P3PS_FTE._Z._Z.HOEMHOTH._Z._Z._Z] Australia – Hospital employment – Per 1 000 full-time equivalent persons – Not applicable – Not applicable – Other health service providers employed in hospitals – Not applicable – Not applicable – Not applicable
- from
- 2000=1.25
- to
- 2022=2.87
- min:
- 1.25
- max:
- 2.87
- avg:
- 2.03
- σ:
- 0.507
[AUS.HE.10P3PS_FTE._Z._Z.HOEMHOTS._Z._Z._Z] Australia – Hospital employment – Per 1 000 full-time equivalent persons – Not applicable – Not applicable – Other staff employed in hospitals – Not applicable – Not applicable – Not applicable
- from
- 2000=3.87
- to
- 2022=5.03
- min:
- 3.87
- max:
- 5.53
- avg:
- 4.51
- σ:
- 0.5
[AUS.HE.10P3PS_FTE._Z._Z.PHYS._Z._Z._Z] Australia – Hospital employment – Per 1 000 full-time equivalent persons – Not applicable – Not applicable – Physicians – Not applicable – Not applicable – Not applicable
- from
- 2000=1.03
- to
- 2022=2.18
- min:
- 1.03
- max:
- 2.18
- avg:
- 1.594
- σ:
- 0.358
[AUS.HE.10P3PS_FTE._Z._Z._T._Z._Z._Z] Australia – Hospital employment – Per 1 000 full-time equivalent persons – Not applicable – Not applicable – Total – Not applicable – Not applicable – Not applicable
- from
- 1993=12.15
- to
- 2022=17.23
- min:
- 11.63
- max:
- 17.93
- avg:
- 14.122
- σ:
- 1.976
[AUS.HE.PS._Z._Z._T._Z._Z._Z] Australia – Hospital employment – Persons – Not applicable – Not applicable – Total – Not applicable – Not applicable – Not applicable
- from
- 1981=225,376
- to
- 1991=238,310
- min:
- 225,376
- max:
- 250,300
- avg:
- 237,995.333
- σ:
- 10,177.613
[AUS.HE.PS_FTE._Z._Z.HOEMHNUR._Z._Z._Z] Australia – Hospital employment – Persons (full-time equivalent) – Not applicable – Not applicable – Professional nurses and midwives – Not applicable – Not applicable – Not applicable
- from
- 2000=110,645
- to
- 2022=186,229
- min:
- 110,645
- max:
- 189,183
- avg:
- 151,142.741
- σ:
- 24,892.466
[AUS.HE.PS_FTE._Z._Z.HOEMHOTH._Z._Z._Z] Australia – Hospital employment – Persons (full-time equivalent) – Not applicable – Not applicable – Other health service providers employed in hospitals – Not applicable – Not applicable – Not applicable
- from
- 2000=23,803
- to
- 2022=74,601
- min:
- 23,803
- max:
- 74,601
- avg:
- 46,790.182
- σ:
- 16,097.324
[AUS.HE.PS_FTE._Z._Z.HOEMHOTS._Z._Z._Z] Australia – Hospital employment – Persons (full-time equivalent) – Not applicable – Not applicable – Other staff employed in hospitals – Not applicable – Not applicable – Not applicable
- from
- 2000=73,612
- to
- 2022=130,784
- min:
- 73,612
- max:
- 133,729
- avg:
- 102,338.305
- σ:
- 20,381.436
Series code | 1981 | 1986 | 1991 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
[AUS.HE.10P3HB._Z._Z._T._Z._Z._Z] | 15.1 | 15.63 | 13.79 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
[AUS.HE.10P3PS_FTE._Z._Z.HOEMHNUR._Z._Z._Z] | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5.81 | 5.89 | 5.88 | 6.09 | 6.18 | 6.25 | 6.44 | 6.61 | 6.66 | 6.83 | 6.88 | 6.9 | 7.07 | 7.4 | 7.73 | 7.82 | 6.4 | 6.54 | 6.55 | 6.81 | 7.05 | 7.16 |
[AUS.HE.10P3PS_FTE._Z._Z.HOEMHOTH._Z._Z._Z] | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1.25 | 1.34 | 1.41 | 1.48 | 1.53 | 1.7 | 1.78 | 1.79 | 1.76 | 1.81 | 1.79 | 1.83 | 1.91 | 2.11 | 2.53 | 2.66 | 2.51 | 2.54 | 2.57 | 2.65 | 2.84 | 2.87 |
[AUS.HE.10P3PS_FTE._Z._Z.HOEMHOTS._Z._Z._Z] | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3.87 | 4.06 | 3.98 | 4.02 | 4.01 | 4.21 | 4.29 | 4.14 | 4.17 | 4.31 | 4.29 | 4.24 | 4.3 | 5.28 | 5.52 | 5.53 | 4.59 | 4.63 | 4.71 | 4.95 | 5.09 | 5.03 |
[AUS.HE.10P3PS_FTE._Z._Z.PHYS._Z._Z._Z] | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1.03 | 1.11 | 1.13 | 1.18 | 1.23 | 1.18 | 1.24 | 1.41 | 1.46 | 1.52 | 1.58 | 1.59 | 1.65 | 1.84 | 1.92 | 1.91 | 1.88 | 1.93 | 1.96 | 2.04 | 2.1 | 2.18 |
[AUS.HE.10P3PS_FTE._Z._Z._T._Z._Z._Z] | - | - | - | 12.15 | 12.13 | 12.42 | 11.83 | 11.76 | 11.75 | 11.63 | 11.97 | 12.39 | 12.4 | 12.77 | 12.95 | 13.34 | 13.76 | 13.94 | 14.05 | 14.46 | 14.53 | 14.56 | 14.93 | 16.63 | 17.71 | 17.93 | 15.38 | 15.64 | 15.79 | 16.44 | 17.08 | 17.23 |
[AUS.HE.PS._Z._Z._T._Z._Z._Z] | 225376 | 250300 | 238310 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
[AUS.HE.PS_FTE._Z._Z.HOEMHNUR._Z._Z._Z] | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 110645 | 113480 | 114585 | 120143 | 123247 | 126023 | 131768 | 140398 | 144506 | 150410 | 153611 | 156934 | 163584 | 173830.3 | 184198 | 189183 | 157437 | 163271 | 166049 | 174574 | 181035 | 186229 |
[AUS.HE.PS_FTE._Z._Z.HOEMHOTH._Z._Z._Z] | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 23803 | 25847 | 27464 | 29103 | 30502 | 34282 | 36490 | 37966 | 38260 | 39805 | 40042 | 41599 | 44267 | 49519 | 60221 | 64439 | 61709 | 63385 | 65081 | 68081 | 72918 | 74601 |
[AUS.HE.PS_FTE._Z._Z.HOEMHOTS._Z._Z._Z] | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 73612 | 78246 | 77650 | 79359 | 79929 | 85006 | 87794 | 87933 | 90411 | 94988 | 95735 | 96286 | 99344 | 123866.7 | 131541 | 133729 | 112764 | 115647 | 119258 | 126867 | 130693 | 130784 |
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Reference area [REF_AREA] (39)
Measure [MEASURE] (1)
Unit of measure [UNIT_MEASURE] (6)
Age [AGE] (1)
Sex [SEX] (1)
Health profession [HEALTH_PROF] (7)
Worker status [WORKER_STATUS] (1)
Health profession activity status [HEALTH_PROF_ACTIVITY_STATUS] (1)
Price base [PRICE_BASE] (1)
This dataset has 1,109 series:
[AUS.HE.10P3HB._Z._Z._T._Z._Z._Z] Australia – Hospital employment – Per 1 000 inhabitants – Not applicable – Not applicable – Total – Not applicable – Not applicable – Not applicable
- from
- 1981=15.1
- to
- 1991=13.79
- min:
- 13.79
- max:
- 15.63
- avg:
- 14.84
- σ:
- 0.773
[AUS.HE.10P3PS_FTE._Z._Z.HOEMHNUR._Z._Z._Z] Australia – Hospital employment – Per 1 000 full-time equivalent persons – Not applicable – Not applicable – Professional nurses and midwives – Not applicable – Not applicable – Not applicable
- from
- 2000=5.81
- to
- 2022=7.16
- min:
- 5.81
- max:
- 7.82
- avg:
- 6.68
- σ:
- 0.546
[AUS.HE.10P3PS_FTE._Z._Z.HOEMHOTH._Z._Z._Z] Australia – Hospital employment – Per 1 000 full-time equivalent persons – Not applicable – Not applicable – Other health service providers employed in hospitals – Not applicable – Not applicable – Not applicable
- from
- 2000=1.25
- to
- 2022=2.87
- min:
- 1.25
- max:
- 2.87
- avg:
- 2.03
- σ:
- 0.507
[AUS.HE.10P3PS_FTE._Z._Z.HOEMHOTS._Z._Z._Z] Australia – Hospital employment – Per 1 000 full-time equivalent persons – Not applicable – Not applicable – Other staff employed in hospitals – Not applicable – Not applicable – Not applicable
- from
- 2000=3.87
- to
- 2022=5.03
- min:
- 3.87
- max:
- 5.53
- avg:
- 4.51
- σ:
- 0.5
[AUS.HE.10P3PS_FTE._Z._Z.PHYS._Z._Z._Z] Australia – Hospital employment – Per 1 000 full-time equivalent persons – Not applicable – Not applicable – Physicians – Not applicable – Not applicable – Not applicable
- from
- 2000=1.03
- to
- 2022=2.18
- min:
- 1.03
- max:
- 2.18
- avg:
- 1.594
- σ:
- 0.358
[AUS.HE.10P3PS_FTE._Z._Z._T._Z._Z._Z] Australia – Hospital employment – Per 1 000 full-time equivalent persons – Not applicable – Not applicable – Total – Not applicable – Not applicable – Not applicable
- from
- 1993=12.15
- to
- 2022=17.23
- min:
- 11.63
- max:
- 17.93
- avg:
- 14.122
- σ:
- 1.976
[AUS.HE.PS._Z._Z._T._Z._Z._Z] Australia – Hospital employment – Persons – Not applicable – Not applicable – Total – Not applicable – Not applicable – Not applicable
- from
- 1981=225,376
- to
- 1991=238,310
- min:
- 225,376
- max:
- 250,300
- avg:
- 237,995.333
- σ:
- 10,177.613
[AUS.HE.PS_FTE._Z._Z.HOEMHNUR._Z._Z._Z] Australia – Hospital employment – Persons (full-time equivalent) – Not applicable – Not applicable – Professional nurses and midwives – Not applicable – Not applicable – Not applicable
- from
- 2000=110,645
- to
- 2022=186,229
- min:
- 110,645
- max:
- 189,183
- avg:
- 151,142.741
- σ:
- 24,892.466
[AUS.HE.PS_FTE._Z._Z.HOEMHOTH._Z._Z._Z] Australia – Hospital employment – Persons (full-time equivalent) – Not applicable – Not applicable – Other health service providers employed in hospitals – Not applicable – Not applicable – Not applicable
- from
- 2000=23,803
- to
- 2022=74,601
- min:
- 23,803
- max:
- 74,601
- avg:
- 46,790.182
- σ:
- 16,097.324
[AUS.HE.PS_FTE._Z._Z.HOEMHOTS._Z._Z._Z] Australia – Hospital employment – Persons (full-time equivalent) – Not applicable – Not applicable – Other staff employed in hospitals – Not applicable – Not applicable – Not applicable
- from
- 2000=73,612
- to
- 2022=130,784
- min:
- 73,612
- max:
- 133,729
- avg:
- 102,338.305
- σ:
- 20,381.436
Series code | 1981 | 1986 | 1991 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
[AUS.HE.10P3HB._Z._Z._T._Z._Z._Z] | 15.1 | 15.63 | 13.79 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
[AUS.HE.10P3PS_FTE._Z._Z.HOEMHNUR._Z._Z._Z] | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5.81 | 5.89 | 5.88 | 6.09 | 6.18 | 6.25 | 6.44 | 6.61 | 6.66 | 6.83 | 6.88 | 6.9 | 7.07 | 7.4 | 7.73 | 7.82 | 6.4 | 6.54 | 6.55 | 6.81 | 7.05 | 7.16 |
[AUS.HE.10P3PS_FTE._Z._Z.HOEMHOTH._Z._Z._Z] | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1.25 | 1.34 | 1.41 | 1.48 | 1.53 | 1.7 | 1.78 | 1.79 | 1.76 | 1.81 | 1.79 | 1.83 | 1.91 | 2.11 | 2.53 | 2.66 | 2.51 | 2.54 | 2.57 | 2.65 | 2.84 | 2.87 |
[AUS.HE.10P3PS_FTE._Z._Z.HOEMHOTS._Z._Z._Z] | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3.87 | 4.06 | 3.98 | 4.02 | 4.01 | 4.21 | 4.29 | 4.14 | 4.17 | 4.31 | 4.29 | 4.24 | 4.3 | 5.28 | 5.52 | 5.53 | 4.59 | 4.63 | 4.71 | 4.95 | 5.09 | 5.03 |
[AUS.HE.10P3PS_FTE._Z._Z.PHYS._Z._Z._Z] | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1.03 | 1.11 | 1.13 | 1.18 | 1.23 | 1.18 | 1.24 | 1.41 | 1.46 | 1.52 | 1.58 | 1.59 | 1.65 | 1.84 | 1.92 | 1.91 | 1.88 | 1.93 | 1.96 | 2.04 | 2.1 | 2.18 |
[AUS.HE.10P3PS_FTE._Z._Z._T._Z._Z._Z] | - | - | - | 12.15 | 12.13 | 12.42 | 11.83 | 11.76 | 11.75 | 11.63 | 11.97 | 12.39 | 12.4 | 12.77 | 12.95 | 13.34 | 13.76 | 13.94 | 14.05 | 14.46 | 14.53 | 14.56 | 14.93 | 16.63 | 17.71 | 17.93 | 15.38 | 15.64 | 15.79 | 16.44 | 17.08 | 17.23 |
[AUS.HE.PS._Z._Z._T._Z._Z._Z] | 225376 | 250300 | 238310 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
[AUS.HE.PS_FTE._Z._Z.HOEMHNUR._Z._Z._Z] | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 110645 | 113480 | 114585 | 120143 | 123247 | 126023 | 131768 | 140398 | 144506 | 150410 | 153611 | 156934 | 163584 | 173830.3 | 184198 | 189183 | 157437 | 163271 | 166049 | 174574 | 181035 | 186229 |
[AUS.HE.PS_FTE._Z._Z.HOEMHOTH._Z._Z._Z] | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 23803 | 25847 | 27464 | 29103 | 30502 | 34282 | 36490 | 37966 | 38260 | 39805 | 40042 | 41599 | 44267 | 49519 | 60221 | 64439 | 61709 | 63385 | 65081 | 68081 | 72918 | 74601 |
[AUS.HE.PS_FTE._Z._Z.HOEMHOTS._Z._Z._Z] | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 73612 | 78246 | 77650 | 79359 | 79929 | 85006 | 87794 | 87933 | 90411 | 94988 | 95735 | 96286 | 99344 | 123866.7 | 131541 | 133729 | 112764 | 115647 | 119258 | 126867 | 130693 | 130784 |
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