Number of health care workers in Czechia 2017-2022, by occupation
The number of healthcare professionals in Czechia increased in the observed period. Nurses and midwives constituted the largest share, with a total number of almost 83 thousand in 2022. That same year, there were nearly 45 thousand physicians in the country. However, dentists were the only prominent healthcare professionals whose number decreased. In 2017, there were 7,541 of them. This number dropped to 7,386 in 2022.