Kidney transplants in Brazil 2013-2022
In 2022, Brazil performed 5,306 kidney transplants, up from the 4,777 interventions reported a year prior. Although the number of kidney transplants suddenly dropped after the COVID-19 outbreak, the figure attained a maximum of 6,302 kidney procedures in 2019. With more than 31 thousand people on a transplant waiting list, the kidney was the organ with the highest number of waiting patients in the South American country in 2021.
