Hospital beds in United Kingdom
United Kingdom had 2.4 hospital beds per 1,000 people in 2022.
United Kingdom, 2022
2.4
Change from 2021
0per 1,000 people
World, 2021
3.3 per 1,000 people
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2022
3.5 per 1,000 people
Hospital beds in United Kingdom 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.
| Period | United Kingdom | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2.4 per 1,000 people | – |
| 2021 | 2.4 per 1,000 people | 3.3 per 1,000 people |
| 2020 | 2.4 per 1,000 people | 3.1 per 1,000 people |
| 2019 | 2.4 per 1,000 people | 3.0 per 1,000 people |
| 2018 | 2.5 per 1,000 people | 3.1 per 1,000 people |
| 2017 | 2.5 per 1,000 people | 3.0 per 1,000 people |
| 2016 | 2.6 per 1,000 people | 2.9 per 1,000 people |
| 2015 | 2.6 per 1,000 people | 2.9 per 1,000 people |
| 2014 | 2.7 per 1,000 people | 2.9 per 1,000 people |
| 2013 | 2.8 per 1,000 people | 2.8 per 1,000 people |
| 2012 | 2.8 per 1,000 people | 2.9 per 1,000 people |
| 2011 | 2.9 per 1,000 people | 2.7 per 1,000 people |
| 2010 | 2.9 per 1,000 people | 2.8 per 1,000 people |
| 2009 | 3.3 per 1,000 people | 2.8 per 1,000 people |
| 2008 | 3.3 per 1,000 people | 2.7 per 1,000 people |
| 2007 | 3.4 per 1,000 people | 2.8 per 1,000 people |
| 2006 | 3.5 per 1,000 people | 2.8 per 1,000 people |
| 2005 | 3.7 per 1,000 people | 2.9 per 1,000 people |
| 2004 | 3.9 per 1,000 people | 2.9 per 1,000 people |
| 2003 | 3.9 per 1,000 people | 2.9 per 1,000 people |
| 2002 | 4.0 per 1,000 people | 3.0 per 1,000 people |
| 2001 | 4.0 per 1,000 people | 3.0 per 1,000 people |
| 2000 | 4.1 per 1,000 people | 3.1 per 1,000 people |
| 1999 | 4.2 per 1,000 people | – |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of 0 from 2.4 per 1,000 people in 2021.
- Since 2012, when it was 2.8 per 1,000 people, the figure has changed by −0.4.
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Health spending share of GDP
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