Germany’s Healthcare Staff Shortage Crisis to Further Deepen Without Foreign Doctors

Germany emerged among EU countries with the lowest rate of doctor graduates per inhabitant in 2022, according to the latest Eurostat statistics.

More specifically, Germany recorded 12.4 medical doctor graduates per 100,000 inhabitants. Considering that Germany’s population in 2022 was 84.4 million, it is estimated that only about 10,500 doctors graduated that year, Schengen.News reports.

Meanwhile, the rate of dentist graduates in Germany in 2022 was almost three per 100,000 inhabitants.

In addition to the low rate of medical graduates,