Nurse to hospital bed ratio - Country rankings

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Nurse to hospital bed ratio, 2019:

The average for 2019 based on 20 countries was 1.38 nurse to bed ratio. The highest value was in the United Kingdom: 3.09 nurse to bed ratio and the lowest value was in Hungary: 0.51 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
Switzerland 1.96 4 2003 - 2019
Ireland 1.86 5 1990 - 2019
Netherlands 1.44 6 1999 - 2019
Italy 1.42 7 2003 - 2019
Portugal 1.26 8 1999 - 2019
Spain 1.22 9 2000 - 2019
Slovenia 1.15 10 2000 - 2019
Austria 1 11 2000 - 2019
Estonia 1 12 2006 - 2019
France 0.98 13 1997 - 2019
Turkey 0.91 14 2002 - 2019
Czechia 0.89 15 2004 - 2019
Germany 0.88 16 2000 - 2019
Greece 0.87 17 1999 - 2019
Lithuania 0.82 18 2000 - 2019
Latvia 0.55 19 2012 - 2019
Hungary 0.51 20 2006 - 2019



Definition: The ratio of the number of professional and associate professional nurses to the number of hospital beds.

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1. UK
2. Iceland
3. Norway
4. Switzerland
5. Ireland
6. Netherlands
7. Italy
8. Portugal
9. Spain
10. Slovenia
11. Austria
12. Estonia
13. France
14. Turkey
15. Czechia
16. Germany
17. Greece
18. Lithuania
19. Latvia
20. Hungary
3.09
3.07
2.64
1.96
1.86
1.44
1.42
1.26
1.22
1.15
1.00
1.00
0.98
0.91
0.89
0.88
0.87
0.82
0.55
0.51
0
0.8
1.5
2.3
3.09


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