Hospital beds per 1,000 people — all countries

Hospital beds per 1,000 people — North Korea

Hospital beds per 1,000 people in North Korea in 2018 — 12.8 per 1,000. Ranked 2 in the world out of 138. Since 2010, the indicator has fallen by 10.5%.

2018 12.8 per 1,000 −3.03% vs 2012
World rank 2of 138
Period maximum 14.3 per 1,0002010
Period minimum 12.8 per 1,0002018

Trend over time

2010–2018 · per 1,000 people

Hospital beds per 1,000 people — North Korea, 2010–201812.51313.51414.52010201120122013201420152016201720182010: 14.3 per 1,0002012: 13.2 per 1,0002018: 12.8 per 1,000
Change over the period: −1.5 (−10.49%) Average annual rate: -1.38 %

Comparison, 2018

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

North Korea 12.8 per 1,000
World 3.07 per 1,000
East Asia & Pacific 4.5 per 1,000
Eastern Asia computed 5.64 per 1,000
Hospital beds per 1,000 people — North Korea, by year North Korea All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2018 12.8
2012 13.2
2010 14.3

Eastern Asia, 2018

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

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.