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Hospital beds per 1,000 people — New Zealand

Hospital beds per 1,000 people in New Zealand in 2023 — 2.51 per 1,000. Ranked 39 in the world out of 73. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 78.5%.

2023 2.51 per 1,000 −2.33% vs 2022
World rank 39of 73
Period maximum 11.7 per 1,0001960
Period minimum 2.41 per 1,0002009

Trend over time

1960–2023 · per 1,000 people

Hospital beds per 1,000 people — New Zealand, 1960–202305101519601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 11.7 per 1,0001970: 10.8 per 1,0001980: 10.2 per 1,0001985: 9.5 per 1,0001990: 8.5 per 1,0001991: 7.4 per 1,0001992: 7.1 per 1,0001993: 6.5 per 1,0001994: 6.7 per 1,0001995: 6.2 per 1,0001996: 6.1 per 1,0001997: 6.1 per 1,0001998: 6.2 per 1,0002009: 2.41 per 1,0002010: 2.75 per 1,0002011: 2.82 per 1,0002012: 2.83 per 1,0002013: 2.78 per 1,0002014: 2.74 per 1,0002015: 2.7 per 1,0002016: 2.72 per 1,0002017: 2.7 per 1,0002018: 2.59 per 1,0002019: 2.54 per 1,0002020: 2.5 per 1,0002021: 2.67 per 1,0002022: 2.57 per 1,0002023: 2.51 per 1,000
Change over the period: −9.19 (−78.55%) Average annual rate: -2.41 %

Comparison, 2023

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

New Zealand 2.51 per 1,000
East Asia & Pacific 4.72 per 1,000
Hospital beds per 1,000 people — New Zealand, by year New Zealand All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2023 2.51 −0.06 −2.33%
2022 2.57 −0.1 −3.75%
2021 2.67 +0.17 +6.8%
2020 2.5 −0.04 −1.57%
2019 2.54 −0.05 −1.93%
2018 2.59 −0.11 −4.07%
2017 2.7 −0.02 −0.74%
2016 2.72 +0.02 +0.74%
2015 2.7 −0.04 −1.46%
2014 2.74 −0.04 −1.44%
2013 2.78 −0.05 −1.77%
2012 2.83 +0.01 +0.35%
2011 2.82 +0.07 +2.55%
2010 2.75 +0.34 +14.11%
2009 2.41 — —
1998 6.2 +0.1 +1.64%
1997 6.1 +0 +0%
1996 6.1 −0.1 −1.61%
1995 6.2 −0.5 −7.46%
1994 6.7 +0.2 +3.08%
1993 6.5 −0.6 −8.45%
1992 7.1 −0.3 −4.05%
1991 7.4 −1.1 −12.94%
1990 8.5 — —
1985 9.5 — —
1980 10.2 — —
1970 10.8 — —
1960 11.7 — —

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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