Hospital beds (per 1,000 people) by country
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.
Countries reporting
179
Highest
21.99 per 1,000 people
Monaco
Lowest
0.15 per 1,000 people
Chad
Median
2.33 per 1,000 people
Years covered
64
1960–2023
Data points
5,758
What the numbers show
Hospital beds (per 1,000 people) is currently reported for 179 countries. The highest value is 21.99 per 1,000 people in Monaco; the lowest is 0.15 per 1,000 people in Chad.
The median across all reporting countries is 2.33 per 1,000 people, and the mean is 2.82 per 1,000 people.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 147.
Over the past decade 56 countries rose and 104 fell. The largest increase was in Haiti (up 580.6%), and the largest decrease in Nigeria (down 70.0%).
Hospital beds: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Monaco | 21.99 per 1,000 people | 2014 | up 49.2% | falling |
| 2 | South Korea | 12.81 per 1,000 people | 2022 | up 23.4% | rising |
| 3 | Japan | 12.59 per 1,000 people | 2022 | down 5.5% | flat |
| 4 | Belarus | 9.77 per 1,000 people | 2023 | down 6.9% | falling |
| 5 | Mongolia | 8.58 per 1,000 people | 2023 | up 23.3% | falling |
| 6 | Bulgaria | 8.2 per 1,000 people | 2023 | up 20.2% | falling |
| 7 | Germany | 7.55 per 1,000 people | 2023 | down 8.4% | falling |
| 8 | Romania | 7.23 per 1,000 people | 2022 | up 10.2% | falling |
| 9 | Russia | 6.81 per 1,000 people | 2023 | down 15.7% | falling |
| 10 | Austria | 6.7 per 1,000 people | 2022 | down 12.6% | falling |
| 11 | Hungary | 6.63 per 1,000 people | 2022 | down 5.3% | falling |
| 12 | Czechia | 6.54 per 1,000 people | 2022 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 12 | Kazakhstan | 6.54 per 1,000 people | 2020 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 14 | Barbados | 6.4 per 1,000 people | 2023 | down 0.8% | falling |
| 15 | Ukraine | 6.14 per 1,000 people | 2022 | down 29.8% | falling |
| 16 | Poland | 6.04 per 1,000 people | 2022 | down 8.5% | rising |
| 17 | Serbia | 5.78 per 1,000 people | 2022 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 18 | Lithuania | 5.71 per 1,000 people | 2022 | down 23.3% | falling |
| 19 | France | 5.65 per 1,000 people | 2022 | down 12.8% | falling |
| 20 | China | 5.63 per 1,000 people | 2023 | up 69.6% | rising |
| 21 | Croatia | 5.6 per 1,000 people | 2023 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 22 | Slovakia | 5.57 per 1,000 people | 2023 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 23 | Moldova | 5.54 per 1,000 people | 2023 | down 9.0% | falling |
| 24 | Belgium | 5.42 per 1,000 people | 2023 | down 8.6% | falling |
| 25 | Latvia | 4.95 per 1,000 people | 2023 | down 14.7% | falling |
| 26 | Haiti | 4.9 per 1,000 people | 2023 | up 580.6% | volatile |
| 27 | Hong Kong | 4.89 per 1,000 people | 1985 | down 3.0% | rising |
| 28 | Uzbekistan | 4.89 per 1,000 people | 2023 | up 8.4% | falling |
| 29 | North Macedonia | 4.74 per 1,000 people | 2021 | up 4.2% | falling |
| 30 | Maldives | 4.56 per 1,000 people | 2021 | up 16.6% | rising |
| 31 | Switzerland | 4.38 per 1,000 people | 2023 | down 9.7% | volatile |
| 32 | Cuba | 4.33 per 1,000 people | 2023 | up 7.2% | falling |
| 33 | Greece | 4.27 per 1,000 people | 2022 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 34 | Armenia | 4.24 per 1,000 people | 2023 | up 1.0% | falling |
| 35 | Estonia | 4.13 per 1,000 people | 2023 | down 15.7% | falling |
| 36 | Slovenia | 4.11 per 1,000 people | 2022 | down 9.7% | falling |
| 37 | Malta | 4.09 per 1,000 people | 2022 | down 11.7% | falling |
| 38 | Georgia | 4.04 per 1,000 people | 2023 | up 32.5% | falling |
| 38 | Tajikistan | 4.04 per 1,000 people | 2023 | down 14.0% | falling |
| 40 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 3.98 per 1,000 people | 2023 | down 21.7% | falling |
| 41 | Dominica | 3.97 per 1,000 people | 2023 | up 0.3% | falling |
| 42 | Luxembourg | 3.95 per 1,000 people | 2023 | down 23.6% | falling |
| 43 | Sri Lanka | 3.93 per 1,000 people | 2023 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 44 | Australia | 3.82 per 1,000 people | 2016 | down 2.1% | falling |
| 44 | Montenegro | 3.82 per 1,000 people | 2022 | down 1.8% | falling |
| 46 | Mauritius | 3.8 per 1,000 people | 2023 | up 10.1% | flat |
| 47 | Kyrgyzstan | 3.73 per 1,000 people | 2023 | down 21.6% | falling |
| 48 | Azerbaijan | 3.68 per 1,000 people | 2023 | down 12.0% | falling |
| 49 | Turkmenistan | 3.6 per 1,000 people | 2021 | down 1.4% | volatile |
| 50 | Brunei | 3.58 per 1,000 people | 2023 | up 29.2% | falling |
| 51 | Libya | 3.5 per 1,000 people | 2022 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 52 | Portugal | 3.48 per 1,000 people | 2022 | up 2.1% | falling |
| 53 | Antigua and Barbuda | 3.42 per 1,000 people | 2023 | down 14.5% | falling |
| 54 | Argentina | 3.36 per 1,000 people | 2022 | down 26.6% | falling |
| 55 | San Marino | 3.35 per 1,000 people | 2014 | — | falling |
| 56 | Norway | 3.3 per 1,000 people | 2023 | down 14.5% | falling |
| 57 | Guyana | 3.24 per 1,000 people | 2023 | up 88.4% | falling |
| 58 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 3.21 per 1,000 people | 2022 | up 32.6% | falling |
| 59 | Israel | 3.14 per 1,000 people | 2023 | down 2.5% | falling |
| 60 | Italy | 3.06 per 1,000 people | 2022 | down 9.2% | falling |
| 61 | Turkey | 3.05 per 1,000 people | 2023 | up 15.5% | rising |
| 62 | Grenada | 3.01 per 1,000 people | 2023 | down 15.4% | falling |
| 63 | Ireland | 2.96 per 1,000 people | 2023 | up 15.6% | falling |
| 64 | Spain | 2.91 per 1,000 people | 2023 | down 1.4% | falling |
| 65 | Albania | 2.9 per 1,000 people | 2020 | down 2.4% | falling |
| 66 | Suriname | 2.87 per 1,000 people | 2022 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 67 | Iceland | 2.83 per 1,000 people | 2020 | down 20.9% | volatile |
| 68 | Singapore | 2.81 per 1,000 people | 2023 | up 28.3% | falling |
| 69 | Solomon Islands | 2.75 per 1,000 people | 1992 | down 51.6% | volatile |
| 70 | Lebanon | 2.73 per 1,000 people | 2021 | down 20.9% | falling |
| 71 | United States | 2.68 per 1,000 people | 2022 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 72 | Cameroon | 2.65 per 1,000 people | 2016 | — | rising |
| 73 | Seychelles | 2.63 per 1,000 people | 2023 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 74 | Finland | 2.61 per 1,000 people | 2022 | down 50.7% | falling |
| 75 | Andorra | 2.56 per 1,000 people | 2008 | down 17.2% | falling |
| 76 | Canada | 2.54 per 1,000 people | 2022 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 77 | Brazil | 2.52 per 1,000 people | 2021 | down 1.2% | falling |
| 77 | Vietnam | 2.52 per 1,000 people | 2017 | up 47.4% | falling |
| 79 | New Zealand | 2.51 per 1,000 people | 2023 | down 9.7% | volatile |
| 80 | Tonga | 2.48 per 1,000 people | 2010 | — | flat |
| 81 | Uruguay | 2.44 per 1,000 people | 2023 | down 3.9% | falling |
| 82 | Denmark | 2.43 per 1,000 people | 2023 | down 20.8% | falling |
| 83 | United Kingdom | 2.42 per 1,000 people | 2022 | down 13.6% | falling |
| 83 | Netherlands | 2.42 per 1,000 people | 2022 | down 35.3% | falling |
| 85 | Saudi Arabia | 2.41 per 1,000 people | 2023 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 86 | Thailand | 2.39 per 1,000 people | 2023 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 87 | Trinidad and Tobago | 2.37 per 1,000 people | 2023 | down 8.1% | falling |
| 88 | Botswana | 2.36 per 1,000 people | 2022 | down 5.6% | rising |
| 89 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2.35 per 1,000 people | 2019 | up 8.3% | falling |
| 90 | Kuwait | 2.33 per 1,000 people | 2020 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 91 | South Africa | 2.25 per 1,000 people | 2010 | down 24.7% | falling |
| 92 | Cape Verde | 2.21 per 1,000 people | 2022 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 93 | Bahamas | 2.17 per 1,000 people | 2023 | down 23.3% | falling |
| 94 | Bhutan | 2.16 per 1,000 people | 2023 | up 22.7% | rising |
| 95 | Cyprus | 2.15 per 1,000 people | 2022 | down 16.3% | falling |
| 96 | Zambia | 2 per 1,000 people | 2010 | — | falling |
| 97 | Malaysia | 1.96 per 1,000 people | 2023 | up 2.6% | falling |
| 98 | Gabon | 1.95 per 1,000 people | 2011 | — | volatile |
| 98 | Panama | 1.95 per 1,000 people | 2023 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 98 | Zimbabwe | 1.95 per 1,000 people | 2014 | up 7.7% | falling |
| 101 | Chile | 1.94 per 1,000 people | 2023 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 102 | Sweden | 1.9 per 1,000 people | 2022 | down 28.6% | volatile |
| 103 | Fiji | 1.89 per 1,000 people | 2017 | down 1.6% | falling |
| 104 | United Arab Emirates | 1.87 per 1,000 people | 2022 | up 45.0% | falling |
| 105 | Kiribati | 1.86 per 1,000 people | 2016 | up 40.9% | volatile |
| 106 | Iran | 1.85 per 1,000 people | 2019 | up 23.3% | rising |
| 107 | Bahrain | 1.84 per 1,000 people | 2022 | down 8.9% | falling |
| 108 | Tunisia | 1.82 per 1,000 people | 2023 | up 0.6% | falling |
| 109 | Isle of Man | 1.75 per 1,000 people | 1990 | down 0.2% | falling |
| 110 | Laos | 1.71 per 1,000 people | 2023 | up 55.5% | rising |
| 111 | Colombia | 1.7 per 1,000 people | 2020 | up 12.6% | falling |
| 112 | Jamaica | 1.65 per 1,000 people | 2023 | down 1.8% | falling |
| 113 | Algeria | 1.61 per 1,000 people | 2017 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 114 | India | 1.59 per 1,000 people | 2021 | down 11.2% | rising |
| 114 | Liberia | 1.59 per 1,000 people | 2021 | up 98.8% | falling |
| 116 | Peru | 1.56 per 1,000 people | 2023 | up 0.6% | falling |
| 117 | Bolivia | 1.49 per 1,000 people | 2023 | up 36.7% | falling |
| 118 | Syria | 1.43 per 1,000 people | 2021 | down 7.7% | rising |
| 119 | Jordan | 1.41 per 1,000 people | 2023 | down 6.6% | falling |
| 120 | Djibouti | 1.4 per 1,000 people | 2018 | up 27.3% | volatile |
| 121 | Indonesia | 1.37 per 1,000 people | 2023 | up 42.7% | rising |
| 122 | Kenya | 1.33 per 1,000 people | 2019 | down 5.0% | rising |
| 123 | Ecuador | 1.32 per 1,000 people | 2023 | down 12.0% | falling |
| 124 | Malawi | 1.3 per 1,000 people | 2011 | down 3.0% | flat |
| 124 | Palestine | 1.3 per 1,000 people | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 126 | Qatar | 1.25 per 1,000 people | 2022 | down 4.6% | volatile |
| 127 | El Salvador | 1.21 per 1,000 people | 2023 | up 11.0% | falling |
| 128 | Costa Rica | 1.14 per 1,000 people | 2022 | down 5.0% | volatile |
| 129 | Gambia | 1.11 per 1,000 people | 2023 | up 5.7% | falling |
| 130 | Saint Lucia | 1.09 per 1,000 people | 2022 | down 25.9% | volatile |
| 131 | Myanmar | 1.07 per 1,000 people | 2020 | up 23.0% | rising |
| 132 | Egypt | 1.06 per 1,000 people | 2021 | down 24.3% | falling |
| 132 | Iraq | 1.06 per 1,000 people | 2018 | down 4.5% | falling |
| 134 | Paraguay | 1.04 per 1,000 people | 2022 | up 22.4% | falling |
| 135 | Eritrea | 1.02 per 1,000 people | 2023 | down 18.4% | falling |
| 136 | Mexico | 1.01 per 1,000 people | 2022 | down 1.0% | falling |
| 137 | Belize | 1 per 1,000 people | 2023 | down 8.3% | volatile |
| 137 | Central African Republic | 1 per 1,000 people | 2011 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 137 | Guinea-Bissau | 1 per 1,000 people | 2009 | — | falling |
| 140 | Oman | 0.99 per 1,000 people | 2023 | down 21.4% | falling |
| 140 | Venezuela | 0.99 per 1,000 people | 2020 | up 5.3% | volatile |
| 142 | Nicaragua | 0.97 per 1,000 people | 2022 | up 6.6% | falling |
| 142 | Philippines | 0.97 per 1,000 people | 2021 | down 6.7% | falling |
| 144 | Samoa | 0.95 per 1,000 people | 2005 | — | falling |
| 145 | Bangladesh | 0.92 per 1,000 people | 2023 | up 58.6% | rising |
| 146 | Somalia | 0.87 per 1,000 people | 2019 | unchanged | falling |
| 147 | Tanzania | 0.84 per 1,000 people | 2022 | up 10.5% | falling |
| 148 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 0.8 per 1,000 people | 2006 | — | volatile |
| 149 | Dominican Republic | 0.75 per 1,000 people | 2023 | down 56.4% | falling |
| 149 | Rwanda | 0.75 per 1,000 people | 2023 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 151 | Mozambique | 0.74 per 1,000 people | 2021 | down 12.9% | falling |
| 152 | Cambodia | 0.73 per 1,000 people | 2018 | up 14.1% | volatile |
| 152 | Morocco | 0.73 per 1,000 people | 2023 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 154 | Senegal | 0.71 per 1,000 people | 2019 | — | falling |
| 155 | Burundi | 0.69 per 1,000 people | 2014 | — | falling |
| 155 | Ghana | 0.69 per 1,000 people | 2015 | down 1.4% | falling |
| 157 | Sudan | 0.66 per 1,000 people | 2021 | down 21.4% | falling |
| 158 | Pakistan | 0.63 per 1,000 people | 2020 | up 50.0% | falling |
| 159 | Papua New Guinea | 0.62 per 1,000 people | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 160 | Nepal | 0.54 per 1,000 people | 2023 | up 107.7% | rising |
| 161 | Honduras | 0.53 per 1,000 people | 2023 | down 17.2% | falling |
| 162 | Nigeria | 0.5 per 1,000 people | 2004 | down 70.0% | volatile |
| 162 | Uganda | 0.5 per 1,000 people | 2010 | — | falling |
| 164 | Yemen | 0.46 per 1,000 people | 2023 | down 16.4% | falling |
| 165 | Guatemala | 0.45 per 1,000 people | 2023 | down 27.4% | volatile |
| 166 | Benin | 0.43 per 1,000 people | 2021 | down 8.5% | volatile |
| 167 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.4 per 1,000 people | 2006 | — | falling |
| 167 | Mauritania | 0.4 per 1,000 people | 2006 | — | rising |
| 167 | Sierra Leone | 0.4 per 1,000 people | 2006 | — | falling |
| 170 | East Timor | 0.38 per 1,000 people | 2023 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 171 | Afghanistan | 0.35 per 1,000 people | 2023 | down 23.9% | rising |
| 172 | Ethiopia | 0.33 per 1,000 people | 2016 | up 65.0% | falling |
| 172 | Togo | 0.33 per 1,000 people | 2022 | down 47.6% | falling |
| 174 | Madagascar | 0.32 per 1,000 people | 2014 | down 17.9% | volatile |
| 175 | Guinea | 0.3 per 1,000 people | 2011 | unchanged | volatile |
| 176 | Niger | 0.28 per 1,000 people | 2020 | down 36.4% | falling |
| 177 | Mali | 0.25 per 1,000 people | 2018 | up 25.0% | volatile |
| 178 | Burkina Faso | 0.2 per 1,000 people | 2020 | — | volatile |
| 179 | Chad | 0.15 per 1,000 people | 2020 | down 68.1% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Central Europe and the Baltics 6.38 per 1,000 people
- Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) 5.37 per 1,000 people
- Post-demographic dividend 5.32 per 1,000 people
- Late-demographic dividend 5.28 per 1,000 people
- High income 5.24 per 1,000 people
- European Union 5.14 per 1,000 people
- Europe & Central Asia 5.04 per 1,000 people
- Euro area 5 per 1,000 people
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 4.73 per 1,000 people
- East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 4.73 per 1,000 people
- East Asia & Pacific 4.72 per 1,000 people
- OECD members 4.62 per 1,000 people
About this data
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.