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Hospital beds per 1,000 people — Saudi Arabia

Hospital beds per 1,000 people in Saudi Arabia in 2023 — 2.41 per 1,000. Ranked 42 in the world out of 73. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 211.1%.

2023 2.41 per 1,000 −1.23% vs 2022
World rank 42of 73
Period maximum 2.63 per 1,0002002
Period minimum 0.77 per 1,0001960

Trend over time

1960–2023 · per 1,000 people

Hospital beds per 1,000 people — Saudi Arabia, 1960–2023012319601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 0.77 per 1,0001970: 1.18 per 1,0001981: 1.46 per 1,0001990: 2.5 per 1,0001997: 2.3 per 1,0002002: 2.63 per 1,0002003: 2.62 per 1,0002004: 2.6 per 1,0002005: 2.59 per 1,0002006: 2.49 per 1,0002007: 2.39 per 1,0002008: 2.31 per 1,0002009: 2.31 per 1,0002010: 2.31 per 1,0002011: 2.25 per 1,0002012: 2.26 per 1,0002013: 2.31 per 1,0002014: 2.34 per 1,0002015: 2.32 per 1,0002016: 2.31 per 1,0002017: 2.37 per 1,0002018: 2.48 per 1,0002019: 2.53 per 1,0002020: 2.54 per 1,0002021: 2.46 per 1,0002022: 2.44 per 1,0002023: 2.41 per 1,000
Change over the period: +1.64 (+211.08%) Average annual rate: 1.82 %
Hospital beds per 1,000 people — Saudi Arabia, by year Saudi Arabia All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2023 2.41 −0.03 −1.23%
2022 2.44 −0.02 −0.81%
2021 2.46 −0.08 −3.15%
2020 2.54 +0.01 +0.4%
2019 2.53 +0.05 +2.02%
2018 2.48 +0.11 +4.64%
2017 2.37 +0.06 +2.6%
2016 2.31 −0.01 −0.43%
2015 2.32 −0.02 −0.85%
2014 2.34 +0.03 +1.3%
2013 2.31 +0.05 +2.21%
2012 2.26 +0.01 +0.44%
2011 2.25 −0.06 −2.6%
2010 2.31 +0 +0%
2009 2.31 +0 +0%
2008 2.31 −0.08 −3.35%
2007 2.39 −0.1 −4.02%
2006 2.49 −0.1 −3.86%
2005 2.59 −0.01 −0.38%
2004 2.6 −0.02 −0.76%
2003 2.62 −0.01 −0.38%
2002 2.63 — —
1997 2.3 — —
1990 2.5 — —
1981 1.46 — —
1970 1.18 — —
1960 0.77 — —

Western Asia, 2023

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

AM Armenia 4.24 GE Georgia 4.04 AZ Azerbaijan 3.68 IL Israel 3.14 TR Türkiye 3.05 SA Saudi Arabia 2.41 JO Jordan 1.41 OM Oman 0.99 YE Yemen 0.46
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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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