Hospital beds per 1,000 people — all countries

Hospital beds per 1,000 people — Saint Lucia

Hospital beds per 1,000 people in Saint Lucia in 2022 — 1.09 per 1,000. Ranked 94 in the world out of 111. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 74.5%.

2022 1.09 per 1,000 −44.95% vs 2021
World rank 94of 111
Period maximum 5.05 per 1,0001970
Period minimum 1.09 per 1,0002022

Trend over time

1960–2022 · per 1,000 people

Hospital beds per 1,000 people — Saint Lucia, 1960–2022024619601967197419811988199520022009201620221960: 4.28 per 1,0001970: 5.05 per 1,0001990: 4 per 1,0001993: 4.35 per 1,0001995: 3.3 per 1,0001996: 3.38 per 1,0002011: 1.47 per 1,0002013: 1.21 per 1,0002015: 1.43 per 1,0002017: 1.32 per 1,0002020: 1.75 per 1,0002021: 1.98 per 1,0002022: 1.09 per 1,000
Change over the period: −3.19 (−74.54%) Average annual rate: -2.18 %

Comparison, 2022

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

Saint Lucia 1.09 per 1,000
Latin America & Caribbean computed 1.69 per 1,000
Upper-middle-income countries computed 4.17 per 1,000
Hospital beds per 1,000 people — Saint Lucia, by year Saint Lucia All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2022 1.09 −0.89 −44.95%
2021 1.98 +0.23 +13.14%
2020 1.75
2017 1.32
2015 1.43
2013 1.21
2011 1.47
1996 3.38 +0.08 +2.42%
1995 3.3
1993 4.35
1990 4
1970 5.05
1960 4.28

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.