Conor Stewart
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Get in touch with us nowIn Germany, 23.4 kidney transplants procedures were carried out per million population in 2022. The rate of kidney transplant procedures has increased slightly since 2020. Liver transplants were the second most carried out transplant procedure in Germany in 2022 at 4.2 per million population.
Transplant waiting list
There were approximately 10 thousand patients waiting for a kidney transplant in Germany in 2021. In each of the preceding two years the number of active patients awaiting a kidney transplant has been decreasing. Additionally, the number of patients requiring either a heart or lung transplant has dropped since 2019.
Activity compared to Europe
The rate of kidney transplants in Germany in 2021 was low compared to other EU countries. In 2021, Spain had the highest rate of kidney transplants at 63.2 per million population. Additionally, Germany was in the lower half of EU nations when it came to liver transplant rates in 2021. With Croatia having the highest rate of procedures at 25.4 per million.
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