Canada vs Spain: Hospital average length of stay by diagnostic categories

Canada
8 Days
in 2024
Spain
7.9 Days
in 2024
Canada rank
10th
Spain rank
11th

Hospital average length of stay by diagnostic categories over time

  • Canada
  • Spain
051015198020022024

How they compare

Canada currently reports 8 Days against 7.9 Days in Spain, a difference of 0.1 Days.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 45 shared years of data; in 1980 it was Spain ahead.

Canada ranks 10th and Spain ranks 11th of 32 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, Canada averaged higher in 1 and Spain in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade Canada Spain Difference Ahead
1980s 10.22 Days 13.77 Days 3.55 Days Spain
1990s 8.27 Days 10.62 Days 2.35 Days Spain
2000s 7.36 Days 7.39 Days 0.03 Days Spain
2010s 7.2 Days 7.1 Days 0.1 Days Canada
2020s 7.84 Days 8.24 Days 0.4 Days Spain

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher hospital average length of stay by diagnostic categories, Canada or Spain?
Canada, at 8 Days against 7.9 Days in Spain as of 2024.
What is the difference in hospital average length of stay by diagnostic categories between Canada and Spain?
0.1 Days, with Canada ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Canada and Spain?
45 years are reported by both, from 1980 to 2024.
How do Canada and Spain rank globally for hospital average length of stay by diagnostic categories?
Canada ranks 10th and Spain ranks 11th of 32 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as Hospital average length of stay by diagnostic categories. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Canada vs Spain: Hospital average length of stay by diagnostic categories. Statizoid, drawing on Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Retrieved 06 September 2026, from https://health.statizoid.com/compare/hospital-average-length-of-stay-by-diagnostic-categories/canada/spain/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under OECD Terms and Conditions (attribution required); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://health.statizoid.com/compare/hospital-average-length-of-stay-by-diagnostic-categories/canada/spain/">Canada vs Spain: Hospital average length of stay by diagnostic categories</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Hospital average length of stay by diagnostic categories
Unit
Days
Source
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Licence
OECD Terms and Conditions (attribution required)
Coverage
42 places, 1,093 data points, 1970–2025
Last refreshed

Average length of stay (ALOS) is calculated by dividing the number of bed-days by the number of discharges during the year. The list of diagnostic categories is based on the International Shortlist for Hospital Morbidity Tabulation (ISHMT). Click here to see the complete shortlist with ICD-10 and ICD-9 codes. Please refer to the Sources and Methods for detailed country-specific information.