Hospital beds in Australia
Australia had 3.8 hospital beds per 1,000 people in 2016. The value for 2016 is the highest since 2006.
The latest value for Australia is for 2016. Most countries have figures for 2021.
Australia, 2016
3.8
Change from 2015
0per 1,000 people
World, 2016
2.9 per 1,000 people
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2016
3.8 per 1,000 people
Hospital beds in Australia over time
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The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
Beds per 1,000 people. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Australia | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | – | 3.3 per 1,000 people |
| 2020 | – | 3.1 per 1,000 people |
| 2019 | – | 3.0 per 1,000 people |
| 2018 | – | 3.1 per 1,000 people |
| 2017 | – | 3.0 per 1,000 people |
| 2016 | 3.8 per 1,000 people | 2.9 per 1,000 people |
| 2015 | 3.8 per 1,000 people | 2.9 per 1,000 people |
| 2014 | 3.8 per 1,000 people | 2.9 per 1,000 people |
| 2013 | 3.7 per 1,000 people | 2.8 per 1,000 people |
| 2012 | 3.7 per 1,000 people | 2.9 per 1,000 people |
| 2011 | 3.8 per 1,000 people | 2.7 per 1,000 people |
| 2010 | 3.8 per 1,000 people | 2.8 per 1,000 people |
| 2009 | 3.8 per 1,000 people | 2.8 per 1,000 people |
| 2008 | 3.8 per 1,000 people | 2.7 per 1,000 people |
| 2007 | – | 2.8 per 1,000 people |
| 2006 | 3.9 per 1,000 people | 2.8 per 1,000 people |
| 2005 | 3.9 per 1,000 people | 2.9 per 1,000 people |
| 2004 | 4.0 per 1,000 people | 2.9 per 1,000 people |
| 2003 | 4.0 per 1,000 people | 2.9 per 1,000 people |
| 2002 | 3.9 per 1,000 people | 3.0 per 1,000 people |
| 2001 | 3.9 per 1,000 people | 3.0 per 1,000 people |
| 2000 | 4.0 per 1,000 people | 3.1 per 1,000 people |
| 1999 | 7.9 per 1,000 people | – |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of 0 from 3.8 per 1,000 people in 2015.
- Since 2005, when it was 3.9 per 1,000 people, the figure has changed by −0.1.
- The figure for the world in 2016 was 2.9 per 1,000 people.
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