Hospital beds in European Union

The European Union had 507 hospital beds per 100,000 people in 2024. The value for 2024 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 2009.

Measure: Hospital beds Unit: Beds per 100,000 inhabitants Data: 2009 to 2024 Source: Eurostat
European Union is a group: European Union, 27 member states (composition from February 2020). The value is the aggregate published by Eurostat, not an average calculated on this site.
European Union, 2024 507 Beds per 100,000 inhabitants
Change from 2023 −3per 100,000 people 2023: 511 per 100,000 people

Hospital beds in European Union over time

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Beds per 100,000 inhabitants. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Hospital beds (beds per 100,000 inhabitants), 2009 to 2024
Period European Union
2024 507 per 100,000 people
2023 511 per 100,000 people
2022 517 per 100,000 people
2021 525 per 100,000 people
2020 528 per 100,000 people
2019 532 per 100,000 people
2018 539 per 100,000 people
2017 543 per 100,000 people
2016 546 per 100,000 people
2015 550 per 100,000 peoplee (estimated)
2014 553 per 100,000 peoplee (estimated)
2013 557 per 100,000 people
2012 562 per 100,000 peoplee (estimated)
2011 567 per 100,000 people
2010 574 per 100,000 people
2009 582 per 100,000 people

Flags: e estimated . A dash means no value was published.

In short

  • That is a change of −3 from 511 per 100,000 people in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 553 per 100,000 people, the figure has changed by −46.

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Eurostat
Source
Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union
Dataset or series code
hlth_rs_bds1 · dataset details · view at source
Selection
freq=A unit=P_HTHAB facility=HBEDT hlthcare=TOTAL
Observation period
2009 to 2024 for European Union
Provider update
13 July 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
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Eurostat reuse policy (attribution)
Attribution
Source: Eurostat