Women make up 78% of the healthcare workforce in the European Union.

Omissions

• The 78% figure is confirmed only by a single non-official source (the European Institute of Women's Health manifesto), which refers to 'Europe' rather than specifically the European Union.
• Eurostat publishes disaggregated data (e.g. the share of women among nurses and caring professionals is very high, around 84-88%, while among physicians it is roughly 50%), but does not publish a single headline '78% of the healthcare workforce' aggregate; the 78% therefore reflects an aggregate often quoted in advocacy and policy literature.
• No source published before the session date of 2026-09-17 could be located that provides a more recent (2025/2026) official Eurostat figure for the overall share of women in the EU healthcare workforce, so the claim cannot be dated to a specific reference period.

Sources

• PrimaryEurostat — Healthcare personnel statistics: nursing and caring professionals (Statistics Explained)Data extracted in July 2025. The nursing and caring professions are overwhelmingly female-dominated (shares of women among nurses and caring professionals typically in the range of 84-88% across the EU), while the overall health workforce aggregate is not published as a single headline figure.
• SecondaryEuropean Institute of Women's Health (EIWH) — Manifesto for Women's HealthIn Europe 78% of healthcare workers are women. Broken down, 51.5% of doctors are female and 84% of nurses and midwives are women.