Hospital beds in Liberia

Liberia had 1.6 hospital beds per 1,000 people in 2021.

Measure: Hospital beds per 1,000 people (WHO) Unit: Beds per 1,000 people Data: 1960 to 2021 Source: World Bank
Liberia, 2021 1.6 Beds per 1,000 people
Change from 2018 0per 1,000 people 2018: 1.6 per 1,000 people
World, 2021 3.3 per 1,000 people Official aggregate
Position in 2021 91st of 125 See the full ranking

Hospital beds in Liberia 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 LiberiaWorld
2021 1.6 per 1,000 people 3.3 per 1,000 people
2020 – 3.1 per 1,000 people
2019 – 3.0 per 1,000 people
2018 1.6 per 1,000 people 3.1 per 1,000 people
2017 – 3.0 per 1,000 people
2016 0.6 per 1,000 people 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 0.8 per 1,000 people 2.8 per 1,000 people
2009 0.7 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 1.6 per 1,000 people in 2018, a change of 0.
  • Since 1960, when it was 1.3 per 1,000 people, the figure has changed by +0.3.
  • Among the 125 countries with data for 2021, Liberia has the 91st highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2021 was 3.3 per 1,000 people.

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 2021 for Liberia
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