DEFINITION
Hospital beds include inpatient beds available in public, private, general, and specialized hospitals and rehabilitation centers. In most cases beds for both acute and chronic care are included.
Health Statistics > Hospital beds > per 1,000 people (most recent) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
(top to bottom)
Date
#1 Monaco :
19.57 per 1,000 people
1995 ...
#2 Virgin Islands :
18.68 per 1,000 people
1996 ...
#3 Greenland :
14.35 per 1,000 people
1970 ...
#4 Japan :
14.3 per 1,000 people
2003 ...
#5 Mongolia :
11.49 per 1,000 people
1991 ...
#6 Belarus :
11.3 per 1,000 people
2003 ...
#7 Russia :
10.5 per 1,000 people
2003 ...
#8 Germany :
8.9 per 1,000 people
2002 ...
#9 Ukraine :
8.8 per 1,000 people
2003 ...
#10 Czech Republic :
8.8 per 1,000 people
2003 ...
#11 Lithuania :
8.7 per 1,000 people
2003 ...
#12 Austria :
8.3 per 1,000 people
2003 ...
#13 Azerbaijan :
8.3 per 1,000 people
2003 ...
#14 Hungary :
7.8 per 1,000 people
2003 ...
#15 Latvia :
7.8 per 1,000 people
2003 ...
#16 France :
7.7 per 1,000 people
2003 ...
#17 Kazakhstan :
7.7 per 1,000 people
2003 ...
#18 Iceland :
7.6 per 1,000 people
2002 ...
#19 Barbados :
7.56 per 1,000 people
1996 ...
#20 Australia :
7.4 per 1,000 people
2002 ...
#21 Slovakia :
7.2 per 1,000 people
2003 ...
#22 Finland :
7.2 per 1,000 people
2003 ...
#23 San Marino :
7.16 per 1,000 people
1990 ...
#24 Turkmenistan :
7.11 per 1,000 people
1997 ...
#25 Korea, South :
7.1 per 1,000 people
2003 ...
#26 Belgium :
6.9 per 1,000 people
2002 ...
#27 Moldova :
6.7 per 1,000 people
2003 ...
#28 Romania :
6.6 per 1,000 people
2003 ...
#29 Bermuda :
6.3 per 1,000 people
1996 ...
#30 Bulgaria :
6.3 per 1,000 people
2003 ...
#31 Seychelles :
6.28 per 1,000 people
1989 ...
#32 Netherlands Antilles :
6.15 per 1,000 people
1996 ...
#33 New Zealand :
6.1 per 1,000 people
2002 ...
#34 Tajikistan :
6.1 per 1,000 people
2003 ...
#35 Israel :
6.1 per 1,000 people
2003 ...
#36 Luxembourg :
6 per 1,000 people
2003 ...
#37 Indonesia :
6 per 1,000 people
1998 ...
#38 Serbia and Montenegro :
6 per 1,000 people
2002 ...
#39 Switzerland :
6 per 1,000 people
2002 ...
#40 Estonia :
6 per 1,000 people
2002 ...
#41 Grenada :
5.7 per 1,000 people
2003 ...
#42 Poland :
5.6 per 1,000 people
2002 ...
#43 Croatia :
5.5 per 1,000 people
2004 ...
#44 Uzbekistan :
5.5 per 1,000 people
2003 ...
#45 Saint Kitts and Nevis :
5.5 per 1,000 people
2003 ...
#46 Kyrgyzstan :
5.3 per 1,000 people
2004 ...
#47 Macau :
5.3 per 1,000 people
1970 ...
#48 Slovenia :
5 per 1,000 people
2003 ...
#49 Palau :
5 per 1,000 people
1998 ...
#50 Cuba :
4.9 per 1,000 people
2003 ...
#51 Hong Kong :
4.89 per 1,000 people
1985 ...
#52 Macedonia, Republic of :
4.83 per 1,000 people
2002 ...
#53 Malta :
4.8 per 1,000 people
2003 ...
#54 São Tomé and Príncipe :
4.74 per 1,000 people
1991 ...
#55 Netherlands :
4.7 per 1,000 people
2001 ...
#56 Greece :
4.7 per 1,000 people
2000 ...
#57 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
4.5 per 1,000 people
2003 ...
#58 Cyprus :
4.4 per 1,000 people
2002 ...
#59 Armenia :
4.4 per 1,000 people
2003 ...
#60 Italy :
4.4 per 1,000 people
2002 ...
#61 Ireland :
4.3 per 1,000 people
2003 ...
#62 Georgia :
4.2 per 1,000 people
2003 ...
#63 United Kingdom :
4.2 per 1,000 people
2003 ...
#64 Argentina :
4.1 per 1,000 people
2000 ...
#65 Papua New Guinea :
4.02 per 1,000 people
1990 ...
#66 Denmark :
4 per 1,000 people
2003 ...
#67 Libya :
3.9 per 1,000 people
2002 ...
#68 Dominica :
3.9 per 1,000 people
2002 ...
#69 Norway :
3.8 per 1,000 people
2000 ...
#70 Spain :
3.8 per 1,000 people
2003 ...
#71 Canada :
3.7 per 1,000 people
2002 ...
#72 Sweden :
3.6 per 1,000 people
2000 ...
#73 Portugal :
3.6 per 1,000 people
2002 ...
#74 Suriname :
3.6 per 1,000 people
2001 ...
#75 Zambia :
3.48 per 1,000 people
1981 ...
#76 Trinidad and Tobago :
3.4 per 1,000 people
2001 ...
#77 Bahamas, The :
3.4 per 1,000 people
2002 ...
#78 Swaziland :
3.37 per 1,000 people
1970 ...
#79 Congo, Republic of the :
3.35 per 1,000 people
1990 ...
#80 Puerto Rico :
3.32 per 1,000 people
1996 ...
#81 Samoa :
3.3 per 1,000 people
2000 ...
#82 Andorra :
3.3 per 1,000 people
2003 ...
#83 United States :
3.3 per 1,000 people
2003 ...
#84 Saint Lucia :
3.2 per 1,000 people
2002 ...
#85 Tonga :
3.2 per 1,000 people
2001 ...
#86 Gabon :
3.19 per 1,000 people
1990 ...
#87 Vanuatu :
3.1 per 1,000 people
2001 ...
#88 Albania :
3.1 per 1,000 people
2003 ...
#89 Sri Lanka :
3.1 per 1,000 people
2002 ...
#90 Bosnia and Herzegovina :
3.1 per 1,000 people
2003 ...
#91 Micronesia, Federated States of :
3.1 per 1,000 people
2000 ...
#92 Mauritius :
3.07 per 1,000 people
1994 ...
#93 Lebanon :
3 per 1,000 people
2001 ...
#94 Cayman Islands :
3 per 1,000 people
1990 ...
#95 Guyana :
2.9 per 1,000 people
2001 ...
#96 Singapore :
2.9 per 1,000 people
2001 ...
#97 Bahrain :
2.8 per 1,000 people
2003 ...
#98 Equatorial Guinea :
2.8 per 1,000 people
1988 ...
#99 Comoros :
2.76 per 1,000 people
1990 ...
#100 Brazil :
2.7 per 1,000 people
2002 ...
#101 Brunei :
2.6 per 1,000 people
2000 ...
#102 Chile :
2.6 per 1,000 people
2002 ...
#103 Turkey :
2.6 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#104 Fiji :
2.6 per 1,000 people
1999 ...
#105 Cameroon :
2.55 per 1,000 people
1990 ...
#106 Antigua and Barbuda :
2.5 per 1,000 people
2003 ...
#107 Panama :
2.5 per 1,000 people
2002 ...
#108 China :
2.45 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#109 Vietnam :
2.4 per 1,000 people
2001 ...
#110 Qatar :
2.4 per 1,000 people
2002 ...
#111 Saudi Arabia :
2.2 per 1,000 people
2001 ...
#112 Kuwait :
2.2 per 1,000 people
2002 ...
#113 United Arab Emirates :
2.2 per 1,000 people
2002 ...
#114 Thailand :
2.2 per 1,000 people
1999 ...
#115 Egypt :
2.2 per 1,000 people
2003 ...
#116 Marshall Islands :
2.1 per 1,000 people
1999 ...
#117 Dominican Republic :
2.1 per 1,000 people
2003 ...
#118 Algeria :
2.1 per 1,000 people
1998 ...
#119 Oman :
2 per 1,000 people
2002 ...
#120 Uruguay :
1.9 per 1,000 people
2003 ...
#121 Malaysia :
1.9 per 1,000 people
2001 ...
#122 Solomon Islands :
1.9 per 1,000 people
2003 ...
#123 Kiribati :
1.8 per 1,000 people
1998 ...
#124 Jordan :
1.7 per 1,000 people
2003 ...
#125 Maldives :
1.7 per 1,000 people
2000 ...
#126 Tunisia :
1.7 per 1,000 people
2002 ...
#127 Nigeria :
1.67 per 1,000 people
1990 ...
#128 Kenya :
1.65 per 1,000 people
1990 ...
#129 Rwanda :
1.65 per 1,000 people
1990 ...
#130 Liberia :
1.65 per 1,000 people
1975 ...
#131 El Salvador :
1.65 per 1,000 people
1996 ...
#132 Lesotho :
1.63 per 1,000 people
1975 ...
#133 Iran :
1.6 per 1,000 people
2001 ...
#134 Djibouti :
1.6 per 1,000 people
2000 ...
#135 Bhutan :
1.6 per 1,000 people
1999 ...
#136 Cape Verde :
1.58 per 1,000 people
1992 ...
#137 Botswana :
1.58 per 1,000 people
1990 ...
#138 Togo :
1.51 per 1,000 people
1990 ...
#139 Syria :
1.5 per 1,000 people
2003 ...
#140 Ecuador :
1.5 per 1,000 people
2002 ...
#141 Guinea-Bissau :
1.48 per 1,000 people
1990 ...
#142 Ghana :
1.46 per 1,000 people
1990 ...
#143 Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
1.43 per 1,000 people
1990 ...
#144 Burkina Faso :
1.42 per 1,000 people
1996 ...
#145 Costa Rica :
1.4 per 1,000 people
2003 ...
#146 Jamaica :
1.4 per 1,000 people
2003 ...
#147 Peru :
1.4 per 1,000 people
2003 ...
#148 Malawi :
1.34 per 1,000 people
1998 ...
#149 Belize :
1.3 per 1,000 people
2003 ...
#150 Iraq :
1.3 per 1,000 people
2003 ...
#151 Angola :
1.29 per 1,000 people
1990 ...
#152 Sierra Leone :
1.21 per 1,000 people
1980 ...
#153 Laos :
1.2 per 1,000 people
2002 ...
#154 Paraguay :
1.2 per 1,000 people
2002 ...
#155 Colombia :
1.1 per 1,000 people
2003 ...
#156 Philippines :
1 per 1,000 people
2001 ...
#157 Honduras :
1 per 1,000 people
2002 ...
#158 Mexico :
1 per 1,000 people
2003 ...
#159 Bolivia :
1 per 1,000 people
2003 ...
#160 Uganda :
0.92 per 1,000 people
1991 ...
#161 India :
0.9 per 1,000 people
2003 ...
#162 Nicaragua :
0.9 per 1,000 people
2003 ...
#163 Tanzania :
0.89 per 1,000 people
1992 ...
#164 Mozambique :
0.87 per 1,000 people
1990 ...
#165 Central African Republic :
0.87 per 1,000 people
1990 ...
#166 Côte d'Ivoire :
0.81 per 1,000 people
1990 ...
#167 Haiti :
0.8 per 1,000 people
2000 ...
#168 Venezuela :
0.8 per 1,000 people
2001 ...
#169 Morocco :
0.8 per 1,000 people
2002 ...
#170 Chad :
0.72 per 1,000 people
1991 ...
#171 Sudan :
0.7 per 1,000 people
2002 ...
#172 Pakistan :
0.7 per 1,000 people
2003 ...
#173 Mauritania :
0.67 per 1,000 people
1990 ...
#174 Burundi :
0.66 per 1,000 people
1991 ...
#175 Gambia, The :
0.61 per 1,000 people
1990 ...
#176 Yemen :
0.6 per 1,000 people
2001 ...
#177 Burma :
0.6 per 1,000 people
2000 ...
#178 Cambodia :
0.6 per 1,000 people
2004 ...
#179 Guinea :
0.55 per 1,000 people
1990 ...
#180 Zimbabwe :
0.51 per 1,000 people
1990 ...
#181 Guatemala :
0.5 per 1,000 people
2002 ...
#182 Madagascar :
0.42 per 1,000 people
2002 ...
#183 Senegal :
0.4 per 1,000 people
1998 ...
#184 Afghanistan :
0.4 per 1,000 people
2001 ...
#185 Somalia :
0.4 per 1,000 people
1997 ...
#186 Bangladesh :
0.3 per 1,000 people
1999 ...
#187 Ethiopia :
0.24 per 1,000 people
1990 ...
#188 Mali :
0.24 per 1,000 people
1998 ...
#189 Benin :
0.23 per 1,000 people
1994 ...
#190 Nepal :
0.2 per 1,000 people
1999 ...
#191 Niger :
0.12 per 1,000 people
1998 ...
Weighted average:
3.6 per 1,000 people
DEFINITION: Hospital beds include inpatient beds available in public, private, general, and specialized hospitals and rehabilitation centers. In most cases beds for both acute and chronic care are included.
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