Hospital beds in Denmark
Denmark had 2.4 hospital beds per 1,000 people in 2023. The value for 2023 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1970.
Denmark, 2023
2.4
Change from 2022
0per 1,000 people
European Union, 2022
5.1 per 1,000 people
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2023
5.0 per 1,000 people
Hospital beds in Denmark 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 | Denmark | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 2.4 per 1,000 people | – |
| 2022 | 2.5 per 1,000 people | 5.1 per 1,000 people |
| 2021 | 2.5 per 1,000 people | 5.2 per 1,000 people |
| 2020 | 2.6 per 1,000 people | 5.3 per 1,000 people |
| 2019 | 2.6 per 1,000 people | 5.3 per 1,000 people |
| 2018 | 2.6 per 1,000 people | 5.4 per 1,000 people |
| 2017 | 2.6 per 1,000 people | 5.4 per 1,000 people |
| 2016 | 2.6 per 1,000 people | 5.5 per 1,000 people |
| 2015 | 2.5 per 1,000 people | 5.5 per 1,000 people |
| 2014 | – | 5.6 per 1,000 people |
| 2013 | 3.1 per 1,000 people | 5.6 per 1,000 people |
| 2012 | – | 5.7 per 1,000 people |
| 2011 | 3.1 per 1,000 people | 5.7 per 1,000 people |
| 2010 | 3.5 per 1,000 people | 5.7 per 1,000 people |
| 2009 | 3.5 per 1,000 people | 5.8 per 1,000 people |
| 2008 | 3.6 per 1,000 people | 5.9 per 1,000 people |
| 2007 | 3.7 per 1,000 people | 6.0 per 1,000 people |
| 2006 | 3.8 per 1,000 people | 6.1 per 1,000 people |
| 2005 | 3.9 per 1,000 people | 6.1 per 1,000 people |
| 2004 | 4.0 per 1,000 people | 6.2 per 1,000 people |
| 2003 | 4.1 per 1,000 people | 6.3 per 1,000 people |
| 2002 | 4.3 per 1,000 people | 6.5 per 1,000 people |
| 2001 | 4.2 per 1,000 people | 6.6 per 1,000 people |
| 2000 | 4.3 per 1,000 people | 6.7 per 1,000 people |
| 1999 | 4.3 per 1,000 people | 6.7 per 1,000 people |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of 0 from 2.5 per 1,000 people in 2022.
- Since 2011, when it was 3.1 per 1,000 people, the figure has changed by −0.7.
More for Denmark
All statistics for Denmark
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207 per 100,000 people
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Physicians
4.50 per 1,000 people
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Life expectancy at birth
82.0 years
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Infant mortality rate
4.3 per 1,000 live births
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Practising physicians
466 per 100,000 people
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People reporting good or very good health
68.8%
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