Hospital beds per 1,000 people — all countries

Hospital beds per 1,000 people — Lesotho

Hospital beds per 1,000 people in Lesotho in 2006 — 1.3 per 1,000. Ranked 96 in the world out of 120. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 17.8%.

2006 1.3 per 1,000 −20.17% vs 1975
World rank 96of 120
Period maximum 1.74 per 1,0001970
Period minimum 1.1 per 1,0001960

Trend over time

1960–2006 · per 1,000 people

Hospital beds per 1,000 people — Lesotho, 1960–200611.21.41.61.819601965197019751980198519901995200020051960: 1.1 per 1,0001970: 1.74 per 1,0001975: 1.63 per 1,0002006: 1.3 per 1,000
Change over the period: +0.2 (+17.78%) Average annual rate: 0.36 %

Comparison, 2006

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

Lesotho 1.3 per 1,000
World 2.82 per 1,000
Hospital beds per 1,000 people — Lesotho, by year Lesotho All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2006 1.3
1975 1.63
1970 1.74
1960 1.1

Southern Africa, 2006

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

BW Botswana 2.17 LS Lesotho 1.3

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.