Hospital beds in Norway
Norway had 3.3 hospital beds per 1,000 people in 2023. The value for 2023 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1986.
Norway, 2023
3.3
Change from 2022
−0.1per 1,000 people
World, 2021
3.3 per 1,000 people
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2023
3.3 per 1,000 people
Hospital beds in Norway 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 | Norway | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 3.3 per 1,000 people | – |
| 2022 | 3.4 per 1,000 people | – |
| 2021 | 3.4 per 1,000 people | 3.3 per 1,000 people |
| 2020 | 3.4 per 1,000 people | 3.1 per 1,000 people |
| 2019 | 3.5 per 1,000 people | 3.0 per 1,000 people |
| 2018 | 3.5 per 1,000 people | 3.1 per 1,000 people |
| 2017 | 3.6 per 1,000 people | 3.0 per 1,000 people |
| 2016 | 3.7 per 1,000 people | 2.9 per 1,000 people |
| 2015 | 3.8 per 1,000 people | 2.9 per 1,000 people |
| 2014 | 3.8 per 1,000 people | 2.9 per 1,000 people |
| 2013 | 3.9 per 1,000 people | 2.8 per 1,000 people |
| 2012 | 4.0 per 1,000 people | 2.9 per 1,000 people |
| 2011 | 4.2 per 1,000 people | 2.7 per 1,000 people |
| 2010 | 4.3 per 1,000 people | 2.8 per 1,000 people |
| 2009 | 4.5 per 1,000 people | 2.8 per 1,000 people |
| 2008 | 4.6 per 1,000 people | 2.7 per 1,000 people |
| 2007 | 4.9 per 1,000 people | 2.8 per 1,000 people |
| 2006 | 5.0 per 1,000 people | 2.8 per 1,000 people |
| 2005 | 5.2 per 1,000 people | 2.9 per 1,000 people |
| 2004 | 5.3 per 1,000 people | 2.9 per 1,000 people |
| 2003 | 5.0 per 1,000 people | 2.9 per 1,000 people |
| 2002 | 5.0 per 1,000 people | 3.0 per 1,000 people |
| 2001 | 3.8 per 1,000 people | 3.0 per 1,000 people |
| 2000 | 3.8 per 1,000 people | 3.1 per 1,000 people |
| 1999 | 3.9 per 1,000 people | – |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −0.1 from 3.4 per 1,000 people in 2022.
- Since 2013, when it was 3.9 per 1,000 people, the figure has changed by −0.6.
More for Norway
All statistics for Norway
Hospital beds
320 per 100,000 people
2024 · Eurostat
Physicians
4.98 per 1,000 people
2023 · World Bank
Life expectancy at birth
83.2 years
2024 · Eurostat
Infant mortality rate
2.1 per 1,000 live births
2024 · Eurostat
Practising physicians
507 per 100,000 people
2024 · Eurostat
People reporting good or very good health
73.7%
2025 · Eurostat