Hospital beds in Guinea-Bissau

Guinea-Bissau had 1.0 hospital beds per 1,000 people in 2009. The value for 2009 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1960.

Measure: Hospital beds per 1,000 people (WHO) Unit: Beds per 1,000 people Data: 1960 to 2009 Source: World Bank
The latest value for Guinea-Bissau is for 2009. Most countries have figures for 2021.
Guinea-Bissau, 2009 1.0 Beds per 1,000 people
Change from 1990 −0.5per 1,000 people 1990: 1.5 per 1,000 people
World, 2009 2.8 per 1,000 people Official aggregate

Hospital beds in Guinea-Bissau over time

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Beds per 1,000 people. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Hospital beds per 1,000 people (WHO) (beds per 1,000 people), 2000 to 2021
Period Guinea-BissauWorld
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 – 2.9 per 1,000 people
2015 – 2.9 per 1,000 people
2014 – 2.9 per 1,000 people
2013 – 2.8 per 1,000 people
2012 – 2.9 per 1,000 people
2011 – 2.7 per 1,000 people
2010 – 2.8 per 1,000 people
2009 1.0 per 1,000 people 2.8 per 1,000 people
2008 – 2.7 per 1,000 people
2007 – 2.8 per 1,000 people
2006 – 2.8 per 1,000 people
2005 – 2.9 per 1,000 people
2004 – 2.9 per 1,000 people
2003 – 2.9 per 1,000 people
2002 – 3.0 per 1,000 people
2001 – 3.0 per 1,000 people
2000 – 3.1 per 1,000 people

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • The previous available figure was 1.5 per 1,000 people in 1990, a change of −0.5.
  • Since 1960, when it was 1.6 per 1,000 people, the figure has changed by −0.6.
  • The figure for the world in 2009 was 2.8 per 1,000 people.

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Source and dates

Original producer
World Health Organization
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SH.MED.BEDS.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1960 to 2009 for Guinea-Bissau
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: World Health Organization