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Hospital beds per 1,000 people — all countries

Hospital beds per 1,000 people — G7

Hospital beds per 1,000 people in the G7 in 2022 — 5.07 per 1,000. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 46%.

2022 5.07 per 1,000 −0.91% vs 2021
World rank —
Period maximum 9.76 per 1,0001970
Period minimum 5.07 per 1,0002022

Trend over time

1960–2022 · per 1,000 people

Hospital beds per 1,000 people — G7, 1960–20224681019601967197419811988199520022009201620221960: 9.38 per 1,0001970: 9.76 per 1,0001980: 9.18 per 1,0001985: 8.86 per 1,0001990: 6.67 per 1,0001991: 6.47 per 1,0001992: 6.29 per 1,0001993: 7.91 per 1,0001994: 7.85 per 1,0001995: 7.58 per 1,0001996: 7.41 per 1,0001997: 7.23 per 1,0001998: 7.08 per 1,0001999: 6.89 per 1,0002000: 6.75 per 1,0002001: 6.68 per 1,0002002: 6.56 per 1,0002003: 6.43 per 1,0002004: 6.32 per 1,0002005: 6.21 per 1,0002006: 6.11 per 1,0002007: 6.03 per 1,0002008: 5.95 per 1,0002009: 5.86 per 1,0002010: 5.76 per 1,0002011: 5.66 per 1,0002012: 5.6 per 1,0002013: 5.54 per 1,0002014: 5.46 per 1,0002015: 5.39 per 1,0002016: 5.34 per 1,0002017: 5.33 per 1,0002018: 5.28 per 1,0002019: 5.21 per 1,0002020: 5.15 per 1,0002021: 5.12 per 1,0002022: 5.07 per 1,000
Change over the period: −4.31 (−45.98%) Average annual rate: -0.99 %
Hospital beds per 1,000 people — G7, by year G7 All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2022 5.07 −0.05 −0.91%
2021 5.12 −0.03 −0.67%
2020 5.15 −0.06 −1.13%
2019 5.21 −0.07 −1.32%
2018 5.28 −0.06 −1.03%
2017 5.33 −0.01 −0.16%
2016 5.34 −0.05 −0.97%
2015 5.39 −0.06 −1.17%
2014 5.46 −0.08 −1.41%
2013 5.54 −0.06 −1.13%
2012 5.6 −0.06 −1.03%
2011 5.66 −0.1 −1.79%
2010 5.76 −0.1 −1.73%
2009 5.86 −0.09 −1.47%
2008 5.95 −0.08 −1.41%
2007 6.03 −0.08 −1.27%
2006 6.11 −0.09 −1.52%
2005 6.21 −0.11 −1.78%
2004 6.32 −0.11 −1.77%
2003 6.43 −0.13 −1.96%
2002 6.56 −0.12 −1.73%
2001 6.68 −0.07 −1.06%
2000 6.75 −0.14 −1.97%
1999 6.89 −0.19 −2.69%
1998 7.08 −0.16 −2.21%
1997 7.23 −0.17 −2.33%
1996 7.41 −0.17 −2.21%
1995 7.58 −0.28 −3.52%
1994 7.85 −0.06 −0.71%
1993 7.91 +1.61 +25.65%
1992 6.29 −0.18 −2.77%
1991 6.47 −0.19 −2.92%
1990 6.67 — —
1985 8.86 — —
1980 9.18 — —
1970 9.76 — —
1960 9.38 — —

About the indicator

The number of hospital beds, including beds in public, private, general and specialized inpatient facilities and rehabilitation centers, per 1,000 people. The indicator is declining in many advanced countries not because their systems are degrading but because of the shift to day hospitals and outpatient treatment — yet it is the very thing that turned out to be the binding constraint in the COVID-19 pandemic.

Source: Global Health Observatory (WHO), license CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO.

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