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
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
= 9
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
= 12
Azerbaijan :
8.3 per 1,000 people
2003
= 14
Hungary :
7.8 per 1,000 people
2003
= 14
Latvia :
7.8 per 1,000 people
2003
= 16
France :
7.7 per 1,000 people
2003
= 16
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
= 21
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
= 29
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
= 33
Tajikistan :
6.1 per 1,000 people
2003
= 33
Israel :
6.1 per 1,000 people
2003
= 36
Luxembourg :
6 per 1,000 people
2003
= 36
Indonesia :
6 per 1,000 people
1998
= 36
Serbia and Montenegro :
6 per 1,000 people
2002
= 36
Switzerland :
6 per 1,000 people
2002
= 36
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
= 43
Uzbekistan :
5.5 per 1,000 people
2003
= 43
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
5.5 per 1,000 people
2003
= 46
Kyrgyzstan :
5.3 per 1,000 people
2004
= 46
Macau :
5.3 per 1,000 people
1970
= 48
Slovenia :
5 per 1,000 people
2003
= 48
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
= 55
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
= 58
Armenia :
4.4 per 1,000 people
2003
= 58
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
= 62
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
= 67
Dominica :
3.9 per 1,000 people
2002
= 69
Norway :
3.8 per 1,000 people
2000
= 69
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
= 72
Portugal :
3.6 per 1,000 people
2002
= 72
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
= 76
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
= 81
Andorra :
3.3 per 1,000 people
2003
= 81
United States :
3.3 per 1,000 people
2003
= 84
Saint Lucia :
3.2 per 1,000 people
2002
= 84
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
= 87
Albania :
3.1 per 1,000 people
2003
= 87
Sri Lanka :
3.1 per 1,000 people
2002
= 87
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
3.1 per 1,000 people
2003
= 87
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
= 93
Cayman Islands :
3 per 1,000 people
1990
= 95
Guyana :
2.9 per 1,000 people
2001
= 95
Singapore :
2.9 per 1,000 people
2001
= 97
Bahrain :
2.8 per 1,000 people
2003
= 97
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
= 101
Chile :
2.6 per 1,000 people
2002
= 101
Turkey :
2.6 per 1,000 people
2005
= 101
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
= 106
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
= 109
Qatar :
2.4 per 1,000 people
2002
= 111
Saudi Arabia :
2.2 per 1,000 people
2001
= 111
Kuwait :
2.2 per 1,000 people
2002
= 111
United Arab Emirates :
2.2 per 1,000 people
2002
= 111
Thailand :
2.2 per 1,000 people
1999
= 111
Egypt :
2.2 per 1,000 people
2003
= 116
Marshall Islands :
2.1 per 1,000 people
1999
= 116
Dominican Republic :
2.1 per 1,000 people
2003
= 116
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
= 120
Malaysia :
1.9 per 1,000 people
2001
= 120
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
= 124
Maldives :
1.7 per 1,000 people
2000
= 124
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
= 128
Rwanda :
1.65 per 1,000 people
1990
= 128
Liberia :
1.65 per 1,000 people
1975
= 128
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
= 133
Djibouti :
1.6 per 1,000 people
2000
= 133
Bhutan :
1.6 per 1,000 people
1999
= 136
Cape Verde :
1.58 per 1,000 people
1992
= 136
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
= 139
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
= 145
Jamaica :
1.4 per 1,000 people
2003
= 145
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
= 149
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
= 153
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
= 156
Honduras :
1 per 1,000 people
2002
= 156
Mexico :
1 per 1,000 people
2003
= 156
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
= 161
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
= 164
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
= 167
Venezuela :
0.8 per 1,000 people
2001
= 167
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
= 171
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
= 176
Burma :
0.6 per 1,000 people
2000
= 176
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
= 183
Afghanistan :
0.4 per 1,000 people
2001
= 183
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
= 187
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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