The study has revealed that at country level, Romania had the highest rate with 9.9 per 100,000 inhabitants, ahead of Portugal (9.1) and Bulgaria (7.8).
By contrast, Malta (less than 0.1), Italy (1.4) and the Netherlands (1.5) reported the lowest rates, all below 1.5 dentist graduates per 100,000 inhabitants.
In 2022, 69,279 medical doctors graduated in the EU, which in relative terms is 15.5 medical doctor graduates for every 100,000 inhabitants.
This represents a slight decrease compared with 2021, where there was a ratio of 15.7 medical doctor graduates per 100,000 inhabitants.
The highest rates were recorded in Bulgaria (29.5 per 100,000 inhabitants), Malta (27.7) and Latvia (27.5).
At the other end of the scale, Slovenia had the lowest rate at 11.4 per 100,000 inhabitants, almost a third of the rate in Bulgaria. Slovenia was followed by Estonia (12.2) and Germany (12.4).