Number of patients active on organ transplant waiting list in Spain 2017-2021
transplant patients were waiting for in Spain in 2021. Approximately 6.9 thousand patients were on the organ transplant waiting list for a kidney, followed by far by patients that were on the list for a liver, who amounted to over 1.6 thousand. In 2021, the latest figures reveal that 45 patients died while they were waiting for their liver transplant in the European country.
Kidneys were the most common organ that