Specialist medical practitioners in Luxembourg

Luxembourg: Specialist medical practitioners was 1,246 in 2017. ▲ Rising

Latest (2017)
1,246
Change on year
up 5.8%
World rank
70th
of 95 countries
All-time high
1,246
in 2017
All-time low
826
in 2005
Years of data
13
2005–2017

Specialist medical practitioners in Luxembourg, 2005–2017

02505007501.0k1.2k2005201120172005: 8262006: 8532007: 9012008: 9312009: 9542010: 9922011: 1.0k2012: 1.0k2013: 1.1k2014: 1.1k2015: 1.2k2016: 1.2k2017: 1.2k

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory.

Analysis

In 2017, specialist medical practitioners in Luxembourg stood at 1,246. That is the highest value across all 13 years on record.

That represents a change of up 5.8% on the previous year and up 38.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, specialist medical practitioners in Luxembourg peaked at 1,246 in 2017 and was at its lowest, 826, in 2005.

Luxembourg ranks 70th of 95 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 13 years of available data.

Specialist medical practitioners in Luxembourg, year by year

Annual values for Specialist medical practitioners (number) in Luxembourg, 2005 to 2017.
Year Value Change
2005 826
2006 853 +3.3%
2007 901 +5.6%
2008 931 +3.3%
2009 954 +2.5%
2010 992 +4.0%
2011 1,010 +1.8%
2012 1,048 +3.8%
2013 1,070 +2.1%
2014 1,113 +4.0%
2015 1,158 +4.0%
2016 1,178 +1.7%
2017 1,246 +5.8%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 893 826 954 5
2010s 1,102 992 1,246 8

Countries ranked near Luxembourg

  1. 67 Senegal 1,621
  2. 68 Montenegro 1,437 compare
  3. 69 Malta 1,417 compare
  4. 71 Burkina Faso 1,144
  5. 72 Benin 1,003 compare
  6. 73 Cameroon 1,001 compare

See the full ranking of 96 places →

More health data for Luxembourg

All data for Luxembourg →

Frequently asked questions

What is specialist medical practitioners in Luxembourg?
Specialist medical practitioners in Luxembourg was 1,246 in 2017, according to World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory.
What is the highest specialist medical practitioners recorded in Luxembourg?
The highest recorded value was 1,246 in 2017.
What is the lowest specialist medical practitioners recorded in Luxembourg?
The lowest recorded value was 826 in 2005.
How does Luxembourg rank for specialist medical practitioners?
Luxembourg ranks 70th out of 95 countries with data for 2017.
Is specialist medical practitioners rising or falling in Luxembourg?
Over the last ten years it is up 38.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Luxembourg data come from?
The figures come from World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory, published as part of Specialist medical practitioners (number). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 13 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (WHO).

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Specialist medical practitioners in Luxembourg. Statizoid, drawing on World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory. Retrieved 23 August 2026, from https://health.statizoid.com/stat/specialist-medical-practitioners-number/luxembourg/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (WHO); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://health.statizoid.com/stat/specialist-medical-practitioners-number/luxembourg/">Specialist medical practitioners in Luxembourg</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Specialist medical practitioners (number)
Source
World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (WHO)
Coverage
96 places, 1,643 data points, 1980–2024
Last refreshed