Hospital beds in China
China had 5.6 hospital beds per 1,000 people in 2023. The value for 2023 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1965.
China, 2023
5.6
Change from 2022
+0.3per 1,000 people
World, 2021
3.3 per 1,000 people
Median of G20 countries, 2023
4.3 per 1,000 people
Hospital beds in China 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 | China | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 5.6 per 1,000 people | – |
| 2022 | 5.4 per 1,000 people | – |
| 2021 | 5.2 per 1,000 people | 3.3 per 1,000 people |
| 2020 | 5.0 per 1,000 people | 3.1 per 1,000 people |
| 2019 | 4.8 per 1,000 people | 3.0 per 1,000 people |
| 2018 | 4.6 per 1,000 people | 3.1 per 1,000 people |
| 2017 | 4.3 per 1,000 people | 3.0 per 1,000 people |
| 2016 | 4.1 per 1,000 people | 2.9 per 1,000 people |
| 2015 | 3.8 per 1,000 people | 2.9 per 1,000 people |
| 2014 | 3.6 per 1,000 people | 2.9 per 1,000 people |
| 2013 | 3.3 per 1,000 people | 2.8 per 1,000 people |
| 2012 | 3.0 per 1,000 people | 2.9 per 1,000 people |
| 2011 | 2.7 per 1,000 people | 2.7 per 1,000 people |
| 2010 | 2.5 per 1,000 people | 2.8 per 1,000 people |
| 2009 | 2.3 per 1,000 people | 2.8 per 1,000 people |
| 2008 | 2.2 per 1,000 people | 2.7 per 1,000 people |
| 2007 | 2.0 per 1,000 people | 2.8 per 1,000 people |
| 2006 | 1.9 per 1,000 people | 2.8 per 1,000 people |
| 2005 | 1.9 per 1,000 people | 2.9 per 1,000 people |
| 2004 | 1.8 per 1,000 people | 2.9 per 1,000 people |
| 2003 | 1.8 per 1,000 people | 2.9 per 1,000 people |
| 2002 | 1.7 per 1,000 people | 3.0 per 1,000 people |
| 2001 | 1.7 per 1,000 people | 3.0 per 1,000 people |
| 2000 | 1.7 per 1,000 people | 3.1 per 1,000 people |
| 1999 | 2.5 per 1,000 people | – |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +0.3 from 5.4 per 1,000 people in 2022.
- Since 2013, when it was 3.3 per 1,000 people, the figure has changed by +2.3.
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