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Hospital beds per 1,000 people — Japan

Hospital beds per 1,000 people in Japan in 2022 — 12.59 per 1,000. Ranked 2 in the world out of 111. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 39.9%.

2022 12.59 per 1,000 −0.08% vs 2021
World rank 2of 111
Period maximum 15.6 per 1,0001993
Period minimum 9 per 1,0001960

Trend over time

1960–2022 · per 1,000 people

Hospital beds per 1,000 people — Japan, 1960–202281012141619601967197419811988199520022009201620221960: 9 per 1,0001970: 12.5 per 1,0001980: 13.7 per 1,0001985: 14.7 per 1,0001993: 15.6 per 1,0001994: 15.5 per 1,0001995: 15.4 per 1,0001996: 15.2 per 1,0001997: 15.1 per 1,0001998: 15 per 1,0001999: 14.8 per 1,0002000: 14.67 per 1,0002001: 14.59 per 1,0002002: 14.43 per 1,0002003: 14.26 per 1,0002004: 14.18 per 1,0002005: 14.06 per 1,0002006: 13.96 per 1,0002007: 13.86 per 1,0002008: 13.7 per 1,0002009: 13.6 per 1,0002010: 13.5 per 1,0002011: 13.37 per 1,0002012: 13.32 per 1,0002013: 13.27 per 1,0002014: 13.18 per 1,0002015: 13.15 per 1,0002016: 13.09 per 1,0002017: 13.01 per 1,0002018: 12.93 per 1,0002019: 12.79 per 1,0002020: 12.62 per 1,0002021: 12.6 per 1,0002022: 12.59 per 1,000
Change over the period: +3.59 (+39.89%) Average annual rate: 0.54 %

Comparison, 2022

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Japan

Japan 12.59 per 1,000
East Asia & Pacific 5.27 per 1,000
Hospital beds per 1,000 people — Japan, by year Japan All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2022 12.59 −0.01 −0.08%
2021 12.6 −0.02 −0.16%
2020 12.62 −0.17 −1.33%
2019 12.79 −0.14 −1.08%
2018 12.93 −0.08 −0.61%
2017 13.01 −0.08 −0.61%
2016 13.09 −0.06 −0.46%
2015 13.15 −0.03 −0.23%
2014 13.18 −0.09 −0.68%
2013 13.27 −0.05 −0.38%
2012 13.32 −0.05 −0.37%
2011 13.37 −0.13 −0.96%
2010 13.5 −0.1 −0.74%
2009 13.6 −0.1 −0.73%
2008 13.7 −0.16 −1.15%
2007 13.86 −0.1 −0.72%
2006 13.96 −0.1 −0.71%
2005 14.06 −0.12 −0.85%
2004 14.18 −0.08 −0.56%
2003 14.26 −0.17 −1.18%
2002 14.43 −0.16 −1.1%
2001 14.59 −0.08 −0.55%
2000 14.67 −0.13 −0.88%
1999 14.8 −0.2 −1.33%
1998 15 −0.1 −0.66%
1997 15.1 −0.1 −0.66%
1996 15.2 −0.2 −1.3%
1995 15.4 −0.1 −0.65%
1994 15.5 −0.1 −0.64%
1993 15.6 — —
1985 14.7 — —
1980 13.7 — —
1970 12.5 — —
1960 9 — —

Eastern Asia, 2022

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

KR South Korea 12.81 JP Japan 12.59 MN Mongolia 8.75 CN China 5.38
Full table for all countries

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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