Numbers of veterinary assistants relative to the number of veterinary surgeries

The ratio of the number of veterinary assistants over the number of veterinary surgeries is indicative of the number of potential jobs for veterinary assistants.

There is a large variation in the capacity of "veterinary practices" as employers from country to country. In France, Slovenia and the United Kingdom practices systematically have assistants on their staff. In other countries, assistants are not employed systematically at all. It varies from 7 assistants for 10 practices in Romania to less than one assistant for 10 practices in Finland