In 2023, 21.343 people were employed in Serbia medical doctor, and 27 percent of them were 55 or older, according to the "Health and Statistical Yearbook of the Republic of Serbia" published on the website Institute of Public Health of Serbia "Dr Milan Jovanovic Batut".
A little more than half, 52 percent, were between 35 and 55 years old, and the rest, about 21 percent, were younger than 35 years old.
Almost 68 percent of medical doctors are women, and among them, about 27 percent were 55 years old or older, and 20 percent were younger than 35 years old.
Among men, about 27 percent of medical doctors were 55 or older, and 23 percent of them were younger than 35.
Vojvodina and Belgrade
In northern Serbia, which, according to the "Batut" Institute, includes Vojvodina and Belgrade, 11.301 doctors of medicine were employed, of whom 24 percent were 55 or older, and the same percent were under 35.
In the rest of Serbia in 2023, 10.042 medical doctors were employed, of which 30 percent were 55 or older, and 17 percent were younger than 35.
In total, at the end of 2023, 110.929 workers were employed in publicly owned healthcare institutions, and in addition to doctors of medicine, there were also 1616 doctors of dentistry and 1332 masters of pharmacy. There were 46.106 nurses, and 13.875 other health technicians.
The rest were non-medical workers, administrative and technical workers, a total of 23.043 of them.
There were 100.000 medical doctors and 2023 nurses per 322 inhabitants in 696.
When it comes to specializations, 20 percent of medical doctors had no specialization, 18 percent had specialization, and the rest were specialist doctors. Half of the dentists were specialists or on specialization, while 20 percent of pharmacists were with specialization or on specialization.