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Hospital beds per 1,000 people — Sweden

Hospital beds per 1,000 people in Sweden in 2022 — 1.9 per 1,000. Ranked 79 in the world out of 111. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 86.6%.

2022 1.9 per 1,000 −5% vs 2021
World rank 79of 111
Period maximum 15.3 per 1,0001970
Period minimum 1.9 per 1,0002022

Trend over time

1960–2022 · per 1,000 people

Hospital beds per 1,000 people — Sweden, 1960–20220510152019601967197419811988199520022009201620221960: 14.2 per 1,0001970: 15.3 per 1,0001980: 15.1 per 1,0001985: 14.6 per 1,0001990: 12.4 per 1,0001991: 11.9 per 1,0001992: 7.6 per 1,0001993: 7 per 1,0001994: 6.5 per 1,0001995: 4.9 per 1,0001996: 4.4 per 1,0001997: 5.2 per 1,0001998: 3.8 per 1,0001999: 3.7 per 1,0002000: 3.58 per 1,0002001: 3.27 per 1,0002002: 3.13 per 1,0002003: 3.05 per 1,0002004: 3.01 per 1,0002005: 2.93 per 1,0002006: 2.89 per 1,0002007: 2.86 per 1,0002008: 2.81 per 1,0002009: 2.76 per 1,0002010: 2.73 per 1,0002011: 2.7 per 1,0002012: 2.66 per 1,0002013: 2.59 per 1,0002014: 2.54 per 1,0002015: 2.44 per 1,0002016: 2.34 per 1,0002017: 2.21 per 1,0002018: 2.13 per 1,0002019: 2.07 per 1,0002020: 2.05 per 1,0002021: 2 per 1,0002022: 1.9 per 1,000
Change over the period: −12.3 (−86.62%) Average annual rate: -3.19 %

Comparison, 2022

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

Sweden 1.9 per 1,000
Europe & Central Asia 5.04 per 1,000
Northern Europe computed 2.61 per 1,000
Hospital beds per 1,000 people — Sweden, by year Sweden All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2022 1.9 −0.1 −5%
2021 2 −0.05 −2.44%
2020 2.05 −0.02 −0.97%
2019 2.07 −0.06 −2.82%
2018 2.13 −0.08 −3.62%
2017 2.21 −0.13 −5.56%
2016 2.34 −0.1 −4.1%
2015 2.44 −0.1 −3.94%
2014 2.54 −0.05 −1.93%
2013 2.59 −0.07 −2.63%
2012 2.66 −0.04 −1.48%
2011 2.7 −0.03 −1.1%
2010 2.73 −0.03 −1.09%
2009 2.76 −0.05 −1.78%
2008 2.81 −0.05 −1.75%
2007 2.86 −0.03 −1.04%
2006 2.89 −0.04 −1.37%
2005 2.93 −0.08 −2.66%
2004 3.01 −0.04 −1.31%
2003 3.05 −0.08 −2.56%
2002 3.13 −0.14 −4.28%
2001 3.27 −0.31 −8.66%
2000 3.58 −0.12 −3.24%
1999 3.7 −0.1 −2.63%
1998 3.8 −1.4 −26.92%
1997 5.2 +0.8 +18.18%
1996 4.4 −0.5 −10.2%
1995 4.9 −1.6 −24.62%
1994 6.5 −0.5 −7.14%
1993 7 −0.6 −7.89%
1992 7.6 −4.3 −36.13%
1991 11.9 −0.5 −4.03%
1990 12.4 — —
1985 14.6 — —
1980 15.1 — —
1970 15.3 — —
1960 14.2 — —

Northern Europe, 2022

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

LT Lithuania 5.71 LV Latvia 5.02 EE Estonia 4.19 NO Norway 3.35 IE Ireland 2.94 FI Finland 2.61 DK Denmark 2.48 GB United Kingdom 2.42 SE Sweden 1.9
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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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