Hospital beds - Country rankings

* indicates monthly or quarterly data series

Hospital beds, 2020:

The average for 2020 based on 36 countries was 356986 hospital beds. The highest value was in China: 7131200 hospital beds and the lowest value was in Iceland: 1039 hospital beds. The indicator is available from 1960 to 2021. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

Measure: hospital beds; Source: OECD
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Countries Hospital beds, 2020 Global rank Available data
China 7131200 1 1978 - 2020
Japan 1593572 2 1993 - 2020
South Korea 655888 3 1990 - 2020
Germany 650167 4 1991 - 2020
Brazil 518900 5 1993 - 2021
France 386918 6 1997 - 2020
Turkey 251182 7 1994 - 2020
Poland 234617 8 2003 - 2020
Italy 189351 9 1960 - 2020
UK 162723 10 2000 - 2021
Spain 139933 11 1970 - 2020
Mexico 126449 12 1990 - 2020
Canada 96849 13 1976 - 2020
Colombia 86027 14 2010 - 2020
Czechia 69490 15 1980 - 2020
Hungary 65886 16 2000 - 2021
Belgium 63847 17 1988 - 2021
Austria 62873 18 1985 - 2020
Netherlands 50777 19 1965 - 2020
Chile 39119 20 1999 - 2021
Switzerland 38705 21 1998 - 2020
Portugal 36332 22 1985 - 2020
Slovakia 31016 23 1996 - 2020
Israel 26902 24 1988 - 2021
Sweden 21217 25 1960 - 2020
Norway 18281 26 1980 - 2020
Lithuania 16802 27 1960 - 2020
Finland 15626 28 1993 - 2020
Denmark 15089 29 1997 - 2021
Ireland 14412 30 1980 - 2020
New Zealand 12684 31 2009 - 2021
Latvia 10045 32 1970 - 2020
Slovenia 8994 33 1980 - 2020
Estonia 5934 34 1965 - 2020
Luxembourg 2644 35 2004 - 2021
Iceland 1039 36 2007 - 2020


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Definition: The total number of hospital beds in the country.

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1. China
2. Japan
3. South Korea
4. Germany
5. Brazil
6. France
7. Turkey
8. Poland
9. Italy
10. UK
11. Spain
12. Mexico
13. Canada
14. Colombia
15. Czechia
16. Hungary
17. Belgium
18. Austria
19. Netherlands
20. Chile
21. Switzerland
22. Portugal
23. Slovakia
24. Israel
25. Sweden
26. Norway
27. Lithuania
28. Finland
29. Denmark
30. Ireland
31. New Zealand
32. Latvia
33. Slovenia
34. Estonia
35. Luxembourg
36. Iceland
7131200
1593572
655888
650167
518900
386918
251182
234617
189351
162723
139933
126449
96849
86027
69490
65886
63847
62873
50777
39119
38705
36332
31016
26902
21217
18281
16802
15626
15089
14412
12684
10045
8994
5934
2644
1039
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