Nurse to hospital bed ratio - Country rankings
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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 |
Definition: The ratio of the number of professional and associate professional nurses to the number of hospital beds.
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