Hospital beds by hospital ownership by country

Countries reporting
31
Highest
249,389
Germany
Lowest
35
Liechtenstein
Median
16,429
Years covered
66
1960–2025
Data points
912

What the numbers show

Hospital beds by hospital ownership is currently reported for 31 countries. The highest value is 249,389 in Germany; the lowest is 35 in Liechtenstein.

The median across all reporting countries is 16,429, and the mean is 52,253.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 7,125.

Over the past decade 4 countries rose and 26 fell. The largest increase was in Malta (up 5.3%), and the largest decrease in Finland (down 43.9%).

Hospital beds by hospital ownership: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Germany 249,389 2024 down 8.0% falling
2 France 224,057 2024 down 12.5% falling
3 Poland 178,933 2024 down 3.0% falling
4 United Kingdom 163,873 2019 down 19.4% falling
5 Romania 127,219 2024 down 0.0% falling
6 Italy 118,289 2024 down 10.2% falling
7 Spain 95,875 2024 up 1.4% falling
8 Hungary 69,427 2011 down 10.8% falling
9 Czechia 58,918 2024 down 2.2% falling
10 Austria 40,530 2024 down 9.6% falling
11 Serbia 39,922 2024 up 1.4% flat
12 Bulgaria 39,682 2024 down 3.8% falling
13 Greece 29,162 2024 down 3.3% falling
14 Portugal 24,280 2024 up 0.3% falling
15 Croatia 21,170 2024 down 14.0% falling
16 Moldova 16,429 2024 down 16.9% falling
17 Belgium 15,539 2025 down 9.7% falling
18 Lithuania 15,189 2024 down 28.2% falling
19 Ireland 13,896 2024 rising
20 Norway 13,658 2024 down 9.8% falling
21 Finland 13,357 2024 down 43.9% falling
22 Denmark 13,166 2024 down 1.9% falling
23 Latvia 8,760 2024 down 13.9% falling
24 Slovenia 8,412 2024 down 9.1% falling
25 North Macedonia 8,363 2021 down 7.0% falling
26 Estonia 5,432 2024 down 9.4% falling
27 Montenegro 2,411 2024 down 1.4% falling
28 Malta 1,990 2024 up 5.3% rising
29 Cyprus 1,475 2024 down 3.4% falling
30 Iceland 992 2023 down 4.9% falling
31 Liechtenstein 35 2024 down 38.6% falling

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Indicator
Hospital beds by hospital ownership
Source
Eurostat
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Eurostat)
Coverage
32 places, 912 data points, 1960–2025
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