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Hospital beds in Iceland

Iceland had 2.8 hospital beds per 1,000 people in 2020.

Hospital beds per 1,000 people (WHO) Beds per 1,000 people Data: 1960 to 2020 Source: World Bank

Iceland, 2020 2.8 Beds per 1,000 people

Change from 2019 0per 1,000 people 2019: 2.8 per 1,000 people

World, 2020 3.1 per 1,000 people Official aggregate

Median of OECD (38 countries), 2020 3.4 per 1,000 people Middle value of 37 countries

Hospital beds in Iceland 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	Iceland	World
2021	–	3.3 per 1,000 people
2020	2.8 per 1,000 people	3.1 per 1,000 people
2019	2.8 per 1,000 people	3.0 per 1,000 people
2018	2.9 per 1,000 people	3.1 per 1,000 people
2017	3.1 per 1,000 people	3.0 per 1,000 people
2016	3.1 per 1,000 people	2.9 per 1,000 people
2015	3.1 per 1,000 people	2.9 per 1,000 people
2014	3.2 per 1,000 people	2.9 per 1,000 people
2013	3.2 per 1,000 people	2.8 per 1,000 people
2012	3.2 per 1,000 people	2.9 per 1,000 people
2011	3.3 per 1,000 people	2.7 per 1,000 people
2010	3.6 per 1,000 people	2.8 per 1,000 people
2009	3.7 per 1,000 people	2.8 per 1,000 people
2008	3.9 per 1,000 people	2.7 per 1,000 people
2007	4.1 per 1,000 people	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.

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In short

That is a change of 0 from 2.8 per 1,000 people in 2019.
Since 2010, when it was 3.6 per 1,000 people, the figure has changed by −0.8.
The figure for the world in 2020 was 3.1 per 1,000 people.

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All statistics for Iceland

Hospital beds 257 per 100,000 people 2023 · Eurostat Physicians 4.37 per 1,000 people 2023 · World Bank Life expectancy at birth 82.8 years 2024 · Eurostat Infant mortality rate 1.4 per 1,000 live births 2024 · Eurostat Practising physicians 466d per 100,000 people 2024 · Eurostat People reporting good or very good health 72.0% 2021 · Eurostat

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 2020 for Iceland
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