Country Comparison > Hospital bed density

Rank	Country	Hospital bed density (beds/1,000 population)
1	Greenland	14
2	Monaco	13.8
3	Korea, North	13.2
4	Japan	13.1
5	Korea, South	12.3
6	Belarus	10.8
7	Russia	8.1
8	Germany	8
9	Mongolia	8
10	Bulgaria	7.5
11	Ukraine	7.5
12	Austria	7.4
13	Hungary	7
14	Romania	6.9
15	Poland	6.6
16	Lithuania	6.6
17	Czech Republic	6.6
18	Gabon	6.3
19	Kazakhstan	6.1
20	France	6
21	Barbados	6
22	Slovakia	5.8
23	Moldova	5.8
24	Belgium	5.7
25	Serbia	5.6
26	Latvia	5.6
27	Croatia	5.5
28	Hong Kong	5.4
29	Cuba	5.3
30	Argentina	5
31	Nauru	5
32	Palau	4.8
33	Azerbaijan	4.8
34	Saint Kitts and Nevis	4.8
35	Switzerland	4.7
36	Tajikistan	4.7
37	Estonia	4.7
38	Luxembourg	4.7
39	Malta	4.5
40	Slovenia	4.5
41	Kyrgyzstan	4.4
42	Macedonia	4.3
43	Maldives	4.3
44	China	4.3
45	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	4.3
46	Sri Lanka	4.2
47	Greece	4.2
48	Armenia	4.2
49	Faroe Islands	4.1
50	Uzbekistan	4
51	Turkmenistan	4
52	Montenegro	3.9
53	Dominica	3.8
54	Australia	3.8
55	San Marino	3.8
56	Seychelles	3.6
57	Grenada	3.6
58	Norway	3.6
59	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3.5
60	Mauritius	3.4
61	Portugal	3.4
62	Netherlands	3.3
63	Finland	3.3
64	Micronesia, Federated States of	3.2
65	Italy	3.2
66	Libya	3.2
67	Iceland	3.1
68	Israel	3
69	Suriname	3
70	Ireland	3
71	Bahamas, The	3
72	Spain	3
73	Trinidad and Tobago	3
74	Sao Tome and Principe	2.9
75	Albania	2.9
76	Antigua and Barbuda	2.9
77	Brunei	2.9
78	Georgia	2.9
79	Turkey	2.8
80	Namibia	2.7
81	New Zealand	2.7
82	Marshall Islands	2.7
83	Lebanon	2.7
84	Denmark	2.6
85	Vietnam	2.6
86	Tonga	2.6
87	United Kingdom	2.5
88	Singapore	2.5
89	Canada	2.5
90	Andorra	2.5
91	Uruguay	2.4
92	South Africa	2.3
93	Panama	2.3
94	Comoros	2.2
95	Saudi Arabia	2.2
96	Sweden	2.2
97	Tunisia	2.2
98	Thailand	2.1
99	Swaziland	2.1
100	Brazil	2.1
101	Equatorial Guinea	2.1
102	Chile	2.1
103	Cape Verde	2.1
104	Fiji	2
105	Kuwait	2
106	Zambia	2
107	Kiribati	1.9
108	Malaysia	1.9
109	Cambodia	1.9
110	Algeria	1.9
111	Botswana	1.8
112	Bahrain	1.7
113	Colombia	1.7
114	Bhutan	1.7
115	Guyana	1.7
116	Jamaica	1.7
117	Zimbabwe	1.7
118	Iran	1.6
119	Peru	1.6
120	Dominican Republic	1.6
121	Mexico	1.5
122	Oman	1.5
123	Jordan	1.5
124	Laos	1.5
125	Kenya	1.4
126	Ecuador	1.4
127	Egypt	1.4
128	Djibouti	1.4
129	Solomon Islands	1.4
130	Syria	1.4
131	United Arab Emirates	1.4
132	Saint Lucia	1.3
133	West Bank	1.3
134	Bolivia	1.3
135	Cameroon	1.3
136	Gaza Strip	1.3
137	Iraq	1.3
138	Malawi	1.3
139	Qatar	1.3
140	El Salvador	1.2
141	Gambia, The	1.1
142	Costa Rica	1.1
143	Central African Republic	1
144	Burma	1
145	Belize	1
146	Guinea-Bissau	1
147	Philippines	1
148	Morocco	1
149	Indonesia	1
150	Nicaragua	0.9
151	Ghana	0.9
152	Somalia	0.9
153	Venezuela	0.9
154	Bangladesh	0.8
155	Burundi	0.8
156	Paraguay	0.8
157	Liberia	0.8
158	Mozambique	0.7
159	Haiti	0.7
160	Eritrea	0.7
161	Togo	0.7
162	Tanzania	0.7
163	Sudan	0.7
164	Yemen	0.7
165	Pakistan	0.6
166	Honduras	0.6
167	India	0.5
168	Benin	0.5
169	Uganda	0.5
170	Burkina Faso	0.4
171	Afghanistan	0.4
172	Guatemala	0.4
173	Niger	0.4
174	Nepal	0.3
175	Guinea	0.3
176	Ethiopia	0.3
177	Senegal	0.3
178	Madagascar	0.2
179	Mali	0.1

Definition: This entry provides the number of hospital beds per 1,000 people; it serves as a general measure of inpatient service availability. 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. Because the level of inpatient services required for individual countries depends on several factors - such as demographic issues and the burden of disease - there is no global target for the number of hospital beds per country. So, while 2 beds per 1,000 in one country may be sufficient, 2 beds per 1,000 in another may be woefully inadequate because of the number of people hospitalized by disease.

Source: CIA World Factbook - Unless otherwise noted, information in this page is accurate as of January 1, 2020

See also: Hospital bed density map

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