Hospital beds per 1000 people by country
Countries reporting
179
Highest
21.99
Monaco
Lowest
0.15
Chad
Median
2.33
Years covered
64
1960–2023
Data points
4,661
What the numbers show
Hospital beds per 1000 people is currently reported for 179 countries. The highest value is 21.99 in Monaco; the lowest is 0.15 in Chad.
The median across all reporting countries is 2.33, and the mean is 2.82.
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 per 1000 people: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Monaco | 21.99 | 2014 | up 49.2% | falling |
| 2 | Korea | 12.81 | 2022 | up 23.4% | rising |
| 3 | Japan | 12.59 | 2022 | down 5.5% | flat |
| 4 | Belarus | 9.77 | 2023 | down 6.9% | falling |
| 5 | Mongolia | 8.58 | 2023 | up 23.3% | falling |
| 6 | Bulgaria | 8.2 | 2023 | up 20.2% | falling |
| 7 | Germany | 7.55 | 2023 | down 8.4% | falling |
| 8 | Romania | 7.23 | 2022 | up 10.2% | falling |
| 9 | Russia | 6.81 | 2023 | down 15.7% | falling |
| 10 | Austria | 6.7 | 2022 | down 12.6% | falling |
| 11 | Hungary | 6.63 | 2022 | down 5.3% | falling |
| 12 | Czechia | 6.54 | 2022 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 12 | Kazakhstan | 6.54 | 2020 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 14 | Barbados | 6.4 | 2023 | down 0.8% | falling |
| 15 | Ukraine | 6.14 | 2022 | down 29.8% | falling |
| 16 | Poland | 6.04 | 2022 | down 8.5% | rising |
| 17 | Serbia | 5.78 | 2022 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 18 | Lithuania | 5.71 | 2022 | down 23.3% | falling |
| 19 | France | 5.65 | 2022 | down 12.8% | falling |
| 20 | China (People’s Republic of) | 5.63 | 2023 | up 69.6% | rising |
| 21 | Croatia | 5.6 | 2023 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 22 | Slovak Republic | 5.57 | 2023 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 23 | Republic of Moldova | 5.54 | 2023 | down 9.0% | falling |
| 24 | Belgium | 5.42 | 2023 | down 8.6% | falling |
| 25 | Latvia | 4.95 | 2023 | down 14.7% | falling |
| 26 | Haiti | 4.9 | 2023 | up 580.6% | volatile |
| 27 | Hong Kong, China | 4.89 | 1985 | down 3.0% | rising |
| 28 | Uzbekistan | 4.89 | 2023 | up 8.4% | falling |
| 29 | North Macedonia | 4.74 | 2021 | up 4.2% | falling |
| 30 | Maldives | 4.56 | 2021 | up 16.6% | rising |
| 31 | Switzerland | 4.38 | 2023 | down 9.7% | volatile |
| 32 | Cuba | 4.33 | 2023 | up 7.2% | falling |
| 33 | Greece | 4.27 | 2022 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 34 | Armenia | 4.24 | 2023 | up 1.0% | falling |
| 35 | Estonia | 4.13 | 2023 | down 15.7% | falling |
| 36 | Slovenia | 4.11 | 2022 | down 9.7% | falling |
| 37 | Malta | 4.09 | 2022 | down 11.7% | falling |
| 38 | Georgia | 4.04 | 2023 | up 32.5% | falling |
| 38 | Tajikistan | 4.04 | 2023 | down 14.0% | falling |
| 40 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 3.98 | 2023 | down 21.7% | falling |
| 41 | Dominica | 3.97 | 2023 | up 0.3% | falling |
| 42 | Luxembourg | 3.95 | 2023 | down 23.6% | falling |
| 43 | Sri Lanka | 3.93 | 2023 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 44 | Australia | 3.82 | 2016 | down 2.1% | falling |
| 44 | Montenegro | 3.82 | 2022 | down 1.8% | falling |
| 46 | Mauritius | 3.8 | 2023 | up 10.1% | flat |
| 47 | Kyrgyzstan | 3.73 | 2023 | down 21.6% | falling |
| 48 | Azerbaijan | 3.68 | 2023 | down 12.0% | falling |
| 49 | Turkmenistan | 3.6 | 2021 | down 1.4% | volatile |
| 50 | Brunei Darussalam | 3.58 | 2023 | up 29.2% | falling |
| 51 | Libya | 3.5 | 2022 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 52 | Portugal | 3.48 | 2022 | up 2.1% | falling |
| 53 | Antigua and Barbuda | 3.42 | 2023 | down 14.5% | falling |
| 54 | Argentina | 3.36 | 2022 | down 26.6% | falling |
| 55 | San Marino | 3.35 | 2014 | — | falling |
| 56 | Norway | 3.3 | 2023 | down 14.5% | falling |
| 57 | Guyana | 3.24 | 2023 | up 88.4% | falling |
| 58 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 3.21 | 2022 | up 32.6% | falling |
| 59 | Israel | 3.14 | 2023 | down 2.5% | falling |
| 60 | Italy | 3.06 | 2022 | down 9.2% | falling |
| 61 | Türkiye | 3.05 | 2023 | up 15.5% | rising |
| 62 | Grenada | 3.01 | 2023 | down 15.4% | falling |
| 63 | Ireland | 2.96 | 2023 | up 15.6% | falling |
| 64 | Spain | 2.91 | 2023 | down 1.4% | falling |
| 65 | Albania | 2.9 | 2020 | down 2.4% | falling |
| 66 | Suriname | 2.87 | 2022 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 67 | Iceland | 2.83 | 2020 | down 20.9% | volatile |
| 68 | Singapore | 2.81 | 2023 | up 28.3% | falling |
| 69 | Solomon Islands | 2.75 | 1992 | down 51.6% | volatile |
| 70 | Lebanon | 2.73 | 2021 | down 20.9% | falling |
| 71 | United States | 2.68 | 2022 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 72 | Cameroon | 2.65 | 2016 | — | rising |
| 73 | Seychelles | 2.63 | 2023 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 74 | Finland | 2.61 | 2022 | down 50.7% | falling |
| 75 | Andorra | 2.56 | 2008 | down 17.2% | falling |
| 76 | Canada | 2.54 | 2022 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 77 | Brazil | 2.52 | 2021 | down 1.2% | falling |
| 77 | Viet Nam | 2.52 | 2017 | up 47.4% | falling |
| 79 | New Zealand | 2.51 | 2023 | down 9.7% | volatile |
| 80 | Tonga | 2.48 | 2010 | — | flat |
| 81 | Uruguay | 2.44 | 2023 | down 3.9% | falling |
| 82 | Denmark | 2.43 | 2023 | down 20.8% | falling |
| 83 | United Kingdom | 2.42 | 2022 | down 13.6% | falling |
| 83 | Netherlands | 2.42 | 2022 | down 35.3% | falling |
| 85 | Saudi Arabia | 2.41 | 2023 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 86 | Thailand | 2.39 | 2023 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 87 | Trinidad and Tobago | 2.37 | 2023 | down 8.1% | falling |
| 88 | Botswana | 2.36 | 2022 | down 5.6% | rising |
| 89 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2.35 | 2019 | up 8.3% | falling |
| 90 | Kuwait | 2.33 | 2020 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 91 | South Africa | 2.25 | 2010 | down 24.7% | falling |
| 92 | Cape Verde | 2.21 | 2022 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 93 | Bahamas | 2.17 | 2023 | down 23.3% | falling |
| 94 | Bhutan | 2.16 | 2023 | up 22.7% | rising |
| 95 | Cyprus | 2.15 | 2022 | down 16.3% | falling |
| 96 | Zambia | 2 | 2010 | — | falling |
| 97 | Malaysia | 1.96 | 2023 | up 2.6% | falling |
| 98 | Gabon | 1.95 | 2011 | — | volatile |
| 98 | Panama | 1.95 | 2023 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 98 | Zimbabwe | 1.95 | 2014 | up 7.7% | falling |
| 101 | Chile | 1.94 | 2023 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 102 | Sweden | 1.9 | 2022 | down 28.6% | volatile |
| 103 | Fiji | 1.89 | 2017 | down 1.6% | falling |
| 104 | United Arab Emirates | 1.87 | 2022 | up 45.0% | falling |
| 105 | Kiribati | 1.86 | 2016 | up 40.9% | volatile |
| 106 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 1.85 | 2019 | up 23.3% | rising |
| 107 | Bahrain | 1.84 | 2022 | down 8.9% | falling |
| 108 | Tunisia | 1.82 | 2023 | up 0.6% | falling |
| 109 | Isle of Man | 1.75 | 1990 | down 0.2% | falling |
| 110 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 1.71 | 2023 | up 55.5% | rising |
| 111 | Colombia | 1.7 | 2020 | up 12.6% | falling |
| 112 | Jamaica | 1.65 | 2023 | down 1.8% | falling |
| 113 | Algeria | 1.61 | 2017 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 114 | India | 1.59 | 2021 | down 11.2% | rising |
| 114 | Liberia | 1.59 | 2021 | up 98.8% | falling |
| 116 | Peru | 1.56 | 2023 | up 0.6% | falling |
| 117 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 1.49 | 2023 | up 36.7% | falling |
| 118 | Syrian Arab Republic | 1.43 | 2021 | down 7.7% | rising |
| 119 | Jordan | 1.41 | 2023 | down 6.6% | falling |
| 120 | Djibouti | 1.4 | 2018 | up 27.3% | volatile |
| 121 | Indonesia | 1.37 | 2023 | up 42.7% | rising |
| 122 | Kenya | 1.33 | 2019 | down 5.0% | rising |
| 123 | Ecuador | 1.32 | 2023 | down 12.0% | falling |
| 124 | Malawi | 1.3 | 2011 | down 3.0% | flat |
| 124 | Palestine, State of | 1.3 | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 126 | Qatar | 1.25 | 2022 | down 4.6% | volatile |
| 127 | El Salvador | 1.21 | 2023 | up 11.0% | falling |
| 128 | Costa Rica | 1.14 | 2022 | down 5.0% | volatile |
| 129 | Gambia | 1.11 | 2023 | up 5.7% | falling |
| 130 | Saint Lucia | 1.09 | 2022 | down 25.9% | volatile |
| 131 | Myanmar | 1.07 | 2020 | up 23.0% | rising |
| 132 | Egypt | 1.06 | 2021 | down 24.3% | falling |
| 132 | Iraq | 1.06 | 2018 | down 4.5% | falling |
| 134 | Paraguay | 1.04 | 2022 | up 22.4% | falling |
| 135 | Eritrea | 1.02 | 2023 | down 18.4% | falling |
| 136 | Mexico | 1.01 | 2022 | down 1.0% | falling |
| 137 | Belize | 1 | 2023 | down 8.3% | volatile |
| 137 | Central African Republic | 1 | 2011 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 137 | Guinea-Bissau | 1 | 2009 | — | falling |
| 140 | Oman | 0.99 | 2023 | down 21.4% | falling |
| 140 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 0.99 | 2020 | up 5.3% | volatile |
| 142 | Nicaragua | 0.97 | 2022 | up 6.6% | falling |
| 142 | Philippines | 0.97 | 2021 | down 6.7% | falling |
| 144 | Samoa | 0.95 | 2005 | — | falling |
| 145 | Bangladesh | 0.92 | 2023 | up 58.6% | rising |
| 146 | Somalia | 0.87 | 2019 | unchanged | falling |
| 147 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 0.84 | 2022 | up 10.5% | falling |
| 148 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 0.8 | 2006 | — | volatile |
| 149 | Dominican Republic | 0.75 | 2023 | down 56.4% | falling |
| 149 | Rwanda | 0.75 | 2023 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 151 | Mozambique | 0.74 | 2021 | down 12.9% | falling |
| 152 | Cambodia | 0.73 | 2018 | up 14.1% | volatile |
| 152 | Morocco | 0.73 | 2023 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 154 | Senegal | 0.71 | 2019 | — | falling |
| 155 | Burundi | 0.69 | 2014 | — | falling |
| 155 | Ghana | 0.69 | 2015 | down 1.4% | falling |
| 157 | Sudan | 0.66 | 2021 | down 21.4% | falling |
| 158 | Pakistan | 0.63 | 2020 | up 50.0% | falling |
| 159 | Papua New Guinea | 0.62 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 160 | Nepal | 0.54 | 2023 | up 107.7% | rising |
| 161 | Honduras | 0.53 | 2023 | down 17.2% | falling |
| 162 | Nigeria | 0.5 | 2004 | down 70.0% | volatile |
| 162 | Uganda | 0.5 | 2010 | — | falling |
| 164 | Yemen | 0.46 | 2023 | down 16.4% | falling |
| 165 | Guatemala | 0.45 | 2023 | down 27.4% | volatile |
| 166 | Benin | 0.43 | 2021 | down 8.5% | volatile |
| 167 | Côte d'Ivoire | 0.4 | 2006 | — | falling |
| 167 | Mauritania | 0.4 | 2006 | — | rising |
| 167 | Sierra Leone | 0.4 | 2006 | — | falling |
| 170 | Timor-Leste | 0.38 | 2023 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 171 | Afghanistan | 0.35 | 2023 | down 23.9% | rising |
| 172 | Ethiopia | 0.33 | 2016 | up 65.0% | falling |
| 172 | Togo | 0.33 | 2022 | down 47.6% | falling |
| 174 | Madagascar | 0.32 | 2014 | down 17.9% | volatile |
| 175 | Guinea | 0.3 | 2011 | unchanged | volatile |
| 176 | Niger | 0.28 | 2020 | down 36.4% | falling |
| 177 | Mali | 0.25 | 2018 | up 25.0% | volatile |
| 178 | Burkina Faso | 0.2 | 2020 | — | volatile |
| 179 | Chad | 0.15 | 2020 | down 68.1% | volatile |