Nurse to hospital bed ratio - Country rankings

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Nurse to hospital bed ratio, 2019 - Country rankings:

The average for 2019 based on 26 countries was 1.41 nurse to bed ratio.The highest value was in the United Kingdom: 3.09 nurse to bed ratio and the lowest value was in South Korea: 0.42 nurse to bed ratio. The indicator is available from 1980 to 2020. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

Measure: nurse to bed ratio; Source: OECD
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Countries Nurse to hospital bed ratio, 2019 Global rank Available data
UK 3.09 1 2009 - 2020
Iceland 3.07 2 2007 - 2020
Norway 2.64 3 2002 - 2019
Canada 2.52 4 1980 - 2019
New Zealand 2.42 5 2010 - 2020
Mexico 2.29 6 2012 - 2019
Switzerland 1.96 7 2003 - 2019
Ireland 1.86 8 1990 - 2019
Netherlands 1.44 9 1999 - 2019
Italy 1.42 10 2003 - 2019
Portugal 1.26 11 1999 - 2019
Spain 1.22 12 2000 - 2019
Slovenia 1.15 13 2000 - 2019
Israel 1.04 14 1995 - 2020
Austria 1 15 2000 - 2019
Estonia 1 16 2006 - 2019
France 0.98 17 1997 - 2019
Turkey 0.91 18 2002 - 2019
Czechia 0.89 19 2004 - 2019
Germany 0.88 20 2000 - 2019
Greece 0.87 21 1999 - 2019
Lithuania 0.82 22 2000 - 2019
Latvia 0.55 23 2012 - 2019
Hungary 0.51 24 2006 - 2019
Chile 0.49 25 2010 - 2020
South Korea 0.42 26 2004 - 2019

Economic outlook around the world

Definition: The ratio of the number of professional and associate professional nurses to the number of hospital beds.
1. UK
2. Iceland
3. Norway
4. Canada
5. New Zealand
6. Mexico
7. Switzerland
8. Ireland
9. Netherlands
10. Italy
11. Portugal
12. Spain
13. Slovenia
14. Israel
15. Austria
16. Estonia
17. France
18. Turkey
19. Czechia
20. Germany
21. Greece
22. Lithuania
23. Latvia
24. Hungary
25. Chile
26. South Korea
3.09
3.07
2.64
2.52
2.42
2.29
1.96
1.86
1.44
1.42
1.26
1.22
1.15
1.04
1.00
1.00
0.98
0.91
0.89
0.88
0.87
0.82
0.55
0.51
0.49
0.42
0
0.8
1.5
2.3
3.09
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