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Rate of kidney transplant procedures per million population in Europe in 2023 and 2024, by country

Characteristic	2024	2023
Spain	85.2	77.7
Netherlands	63.6	58
France	57.9	54.4
Finland	57.1	58.4
Portugal	52.7	53.6
Denmark	51.7	50.5
Czechia	49.9	46.5
Sweden	47.9	49.3
United Kingdom	47.8	49.8
Norway	46.4	43.1
Belgium	44.7	45.2
Switzerland	44.4	45.5
Italy	40.3	38.1
Lithuania	40	38.1
Croatia	35.7	35.3
Austria	35.4	36.3
Ireland	34.3	37.1
Poland	31.3	26.2
Latvia	31.1	25.6
Cyprus	30.8	26.9
Slovakia	27.7	22.4
Hungary	27.2	26
Greece	27	23.4
Germany	24.9	25.5
Estonia	21.5	39.2
Slovenia	20.5	25.2
Bulgaria	3.3	4

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October 2025

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Europe

Survey time period

2023 and 2024

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In 2024, Spain had the highest rate of kidney transplant procedures at 85.2 per million population. This was an increase from 2023, when the rate was 77.7 per million. The Netherlands followed with the second-highest rate at 63.6 kidney transplants per million. Third-placed France recorded a rate of nearly 58 procedures per million population.

Transplant activity in Spain

In comparison to the rest of Europe, Spain had the fourth-highest rate of liver transplants in 2024 with 28.3 liver transplants per million population carried out in the country. Additionally, that same year, Spain had a heart transplant rate of 7.3 per million population, based on this figure, Spain placed within the top five in Europe

Transplant waiting list

In 2024, there were more than 8,400 patients in Spain waiting for a kidney with a further over 1,800 patients on the liver transplant list. Furthermore, there were nearly 60 patients who died on the transplant list waiting for an organ transplant.