Nurse to hospital bed ratio - Country rankings

* indicates monthly or quarterly data series

Nurse to hospital bed ratio, 2019:

The average for 2019 based on 15 countries was 1.06 nurse to bed ratio. The highest value was in Ireland: 1.86 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
Ireland 1.86 1 1990 - 2019
Netherlands 1.44 2 1999 - 2019
Italy 1.42 3 2003 - 2019
Portugal 1.26 4 1999 - 2019
Spain 1.22 5 2000 - 2019
Slovenia 1.15 6 2000 - 2019
Austria 1 7 2000 - 2019
Estonia 1 8 2006 - 2019
France 0.98 9 1997 - 2019
Czechia 0.89 10 2004 - 2019
Germany 0.88 11 2000 - 2019
Greece 0.87 12 1999 - 2019
Lithuania 0.82 13 2000 - 2019
Latvia 0.55 14 2012 - 2019
Hungary 0.51 15 2006 - 2019


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

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1. Ireland
2. Netherlands
3. Italy
4. Portugal
5. Spain
6. Slovenia
7. Austria
8. Estonia
9. France
10. Czechia
11. Germany
12. Greece
13. Lithuania
14. Latvia
15. Hungary
1.86
1.44
1.42
1.26
1.22
1.15
1.00
1.00
0.98
0.89
0.88
0.87
0.82
0.55
0.51
0
0.5
0.9
1.4
1.86


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