Country Comparison > Hospital bed density > TOP 20

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	Czech Republic	6.6
16	Lithuania	6.6
17	Poland	6.6
18	Gabon	6.3
19	Kazakhstan	6.1
20	Barbados	6

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