Spain faces a rapid envejecimiento of its population, and with it, a growing demand for professionals specialized in geriatrics. In this context, the profile of the student that was formed in this ambito has evolved, most of the characteristics are very defined, some data of Faro Edtech, a company specializing in health training and technological innovation.
An informant from the National Institute of State reflects that Spain has a new maximum history, of 142.3% o, where it is the same, there are 142 people aged 64 years old or about 100 men older than 16 years old. EdTech presents information with the professionals most in demand in health from 2025 between those who specialize in geriatrics.
The 82% of geriatric students is for women
The majority of graduates in geriatrics and gerontology are women, a 82% near the 18% of men, who informed the online health training company that they carried out an analysis with the students of their courses, experts and masters in these materials.
In the meantime, you can see a media of 43 years, with previos studies in health that need to be updated or changed in specialization with the aim of improving your employability. “Many new students need to have a better training in the material and keep it up to date,” explained Francisco Javier Muñoz, Marketing Manager of Faro Edtech. “In addition, there are studies that are available and available in positions, but there is a great deal of interest between professionals who want to improve their position in the lists.”.
For another reason, this demographic study shows that the provinces have the largest number of geriatric students, in this order: Granada, Seville, Madrid, Zaragoza and Málaga.
This year it became one of the most sought-after professions in the health sector in 2025, a Faro EdTech training company that also announced that the 82% of its female geriatric students.
Therefore, the map of envejecimiento en España reflects a growing demand from these professionals. Asturias, Galicia and Castilla y León lists the ranking of autónomas comunidades más envejecidas, con índices superiores al 220%, which implies that there are more than two people aged 64 or younger than 16. Sin embargo, la distribución de geriatras y la offera formativa no Our companionship is necessary.
The health sector continues to be one of the fundamental pillars of the labor market in Spain, because the profile of the students who dedicate themselves to a program with high demand, results from great interests in understanding the demographics of the sector.
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