Hospitals by country
This dataset provides data on the number of hospitals by sector: Publicly owned hospitals Not-for-profit privately owned hospitals For-profit privately owned hospitals General hospitals Please refer to the Sources and Methods for detailed country-specific information.
What the numbers show
Hospitals is currently reported for 35 countries. The highest value is 205.76 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants in Colombia; the lowest is 7.99 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants in Costa Rica.
The median across all reporting countries is 24.94 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants, and the mean is 31.92 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 26.
Over the past decade 10 countries rose and 25 fell. The largest increase was in Albania (up 79.9%), and the largest decrease in Cyprus (down 39.0%).
Hospitals: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Colombia | 205.76 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2025 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 2 | Japan | 65.1 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2024 | down 2.5% | falling |
| 3 | Cyprus | 59.51 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2024 | down 39.0% | falling |
| 4 | Bulgaria | 52.94 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2024 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 5 | Australia | 48.42 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2025 | down 13.4% | falling |
| 6 | France | 43.07 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2024 | down 8.2% | falling |
| 7 | Mexico | 38.47 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2025 | up 5.6% | flat |
| 8 | Finland | 36.83 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2024 | down 22.0% | falling |
| 9 | Germany | 34.82 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2024 | down 10.1% | falling |
| 10 | North Macedonia | 32.81 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2020 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 11 | New Zealand | 32.14 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2025 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 12 | Serbia | 32.04 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2024 | up 46.4% | rising |
| 13 | Romania | 30.07 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2024 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 14 | Switzerland | 29.98 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2024 | down 15.0% | falling |
| 15 | Austria | 27.89 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2024 | down 14.6% | falling |
| 16 | Albania | 27.34 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2024 | up 79.9% | volatile |
| 17 | Greece | 25.64 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2024 | down 1.6% | falling |
| 18 | Czechia | 24.94 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2024 | up 2.1% | flat |
| 19 | Portugal | 22.63 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2024 | up 4.8% | flat |
| 20 | Iceland | 20.57 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2025 | down 14.9% | volatile |
| 21 | Malta | 19.34 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2024 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 22 | United States | 18.32 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2022 | up 0.6% | falling |
| 23 | Peru | 17.96 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2025 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 24 | Italy | 17.89 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2024 | down 3.7% | falling |
| 25 | Montenegro | 17.64 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2024 | down 0.3% | falling |
| 26 | Canada | 17.09 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2024 | down 15.9% | falling |
| 27 | Chile | 16.63 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2025 | down 17.7% | falling |
| 28 | Hungary | 16.21 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2024 | down 8.4% | flat |
| 29 | Ireland | 15.63 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2025 | down 13.5% | falling |
| 30 | Spain | 15.35 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2024 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 31 | Luxembourg | 14.66 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2025 | down 30.4% | falling |
| 32 | Belgium | 13.63 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2025 | down 14.2% | falling |
| 33 | Sweden | 9.04 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2003 | down 36.4% | falling |
| 34 | Israel | 8.82 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2025 | down 12.0% | falling |
| 35 | Costa Rica | 7.99 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2025 | down 7.4% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Korea 81.54 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants
- Moldova 37.05 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants
- Slovak Republic 27.11 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants
- Croatia 17.58 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants
About this data
This dataset provides data on the number of hospitals by sector: Publicly owned hospitals Not-for-profit privately owned hospitals For-profit privately owned hospitals General hospitals Please refer to the Sources and Methods for detailed country-specific information.