Hospital beds per 1,000 people — all countries

Hospital beds per 1,000 people — Vietnam

Hospital beds per 1,000 people in Vietnam in 2017 — 2.52 per 1,000. Ranked 71 in the world out of 139. Since 1980, the indicator has fallen by 27.9%.

2017 2.52 per 1,000 +2.02% vs 2016
World rank 71of 139
Period maximum 3.83 per 1,0001990
Period minimum 1.43 per 1,0002000

Trend over time

1980–2017 · per 1,000 people

Hospital beds per 1,000 people — Vietnam, 1980–2017123419801984198819921996200020042008201220161980: 3.5 per 1,0001981: 3.7 per 1,0001989: 3.3 per 1,0001990: 3.83 per 1,0001997: 1.67 per 1,0002000: 1.43 per 1,0002001: 1.44 per 1,0002002: 1.45 per 1,0002003: 1.47 per 1,0002004: 1.55 per 1,0002005: 1.57 per 1,0002006: 1.6 per 1,0002007: 1.71 per 1,0002008: 1.78 per 1,0002009: 1.9 per 1,0002010: 2.02 per 1,0002011: 2.21 per 1,0002012: 2.27 per 1,0002013: 2.3 per 1,0002014: 2.42 per 1,0002015: 2.51 per 1,0002016: 2.47 per 1,0002017: 2.52 per 1,000
Change over the period: −0.98 (−27.94%) Average annual rate: -0.88 %

Comparison, 2017

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

Vietnam 2.52 per 1,000
World 3 per 1,000
East Asia & Pacific 4.17 per 1,000
South-Eastern Asia computed 1.43 per 1,000
Hospital beds per 1,000 people — Vietnam, by year Vietnam All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2017 2.52 +0.05 +2.02%
2016 2.47 −0.04 −1.59%
2015 2.51 +0.09 +3.72%
2014 2.42 +0.12 +5.22%
2013 2.3 +0.03 +1.32%
2012 2.27 +0.06 +2.71%
2011 2.21 +0.19 +9.41%
2010 2.02 +0.12 +6.32%
2009 1.9 +0.12 +6.74%
2008 1.78 +0.07 +4.09%
2007 1.71 +0.11 +6.87%
2006 1.6 +0.03 +1.91%
2005 1.57 +0.02 +1.29%
2004 1.55 +0.08 +5.44%
2003 1.47 +0.02 +1.38%
2002 1.45 +0.01 +0.69%
2001 1.44 +0.01 +0.7%
2000 1.43
1997 1.67
1990 3.83 +0.53 +16.09%
1989 3.3
1981 3.7 +0.2 +5.68%
1980 3.5

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.