Hospital beds per 1,000 people in Papua New Guinea in 2023 — 0.62 per 1,000. Ranked 67 in the world out of 73. Since 1970, the indicator has fallen by 90.6%.
1970–2023 · per 1,000 people
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Papua New Guinea
| Year | per 1,000 | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 0.62 | — | — |
| 2019 | 0.17 | — | — |
| 1990 | 4.02 | +0.69 | +20.85% |
| 1989 | 3.33 | — | — |
| 1985 | 4.74 | −0.26 | −5.26% |
| 1984 | 5 | — | — |
| 1980 | 5.54 | — | — |
| 1975 | 4.94 | — | — |
| 1970 | 6.6 | — | — |
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.
The number of physicians per 1,000 people.
Healthcare Nurses and midwives per 1,000 peopleHow many nurses and midwives there are per 1,000 people.
Healthcare Health expenditure (% of GDP)All current health spending — government and private — as a percent of GDP.
Demography Share of population aged 65 and overThe share of older people in the population — the main measure of a country's aging.
