Hospital beds in World
The world had 3.3 hospital beds per 1,000 people in 2021. The value for 2021 is the highest since 1991.
World is a group: All economies covered by the World Bank. The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
World, 2021
3.3
Change from 2020
+0.2per 1,000 people
European Union, 2021
5.2 per 1,000 people
Hospital beds in World 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 | World | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | – | 5.1 per 1,000 people |
| 2021 | 3.3 per 1,000 people | 5.2 per 1,000 people |
| 2020 | 3.1 per 1,000 people | 5.3 per 1,000 people |
| 2019 | 3.0 per 1,000 people | 5.3 per 1,000 people |
| 2018 | 3.1 per 1,000 people | 5.4 per 1,000 people |
| 2017 | 3.0 per 1,000 people | 5.4 per 1,000 people |
| 2016 | 2.9 per 1,000 people | 5.5 per 1,000 people |
| 2015 | 2.9 per 1,000 people | 5.5 per 1,000 people |
| 2014 | 2.9 per 1,000 people | 5.6 per 1,000 people |
| 2013 | 2.8 per 1,000 people | 5.6 per 1,000 people |
| 2012 | 2.9 per 1,000 people | 5.7 per 1,000 people |
| 2011 | 2.7 per 1,000 people | 5.7 per 1,000 people |
| 2010 | 2.8 per 1,000 people | 5.7 per 1,000 people |
| 2009 | 2.8 per 1,000 people | 5.8 per 1,000 people |
| 2008 | 2.7 per 1,000 people | 5.9 per 1,000 people |
| 2007 | 2.8 per 1,000 people | 6.0 per 1,000 people |
| 2006 | 2.8 per 1,000 people | 6.1 per 1,000 people |
| 2005 | 2.9 per 1,000 people | 6.1 per 1,000 people |
| 2004 | 2.9 per 1,000 people | 6.2 per 1,000 people |
| 2003 | 2.9 per 1,000 people | 6.3 per 1,000 people |
| 2002 | 3.0 per 1,000 people | 6.5 per 1,000 people |
| 2001 | 3.0 per 1,000 people | 6.6 per 1,000 people |
| 2000 | 3.1 per 1,000 people | 6.7 per 1,000 people |
| 1999 | – | 6.7 per 1,000 people |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +0.2 from 3.1 per 1,000 people in 2020.
- Since 2011, when it was 2.7 per 1,000 people, the figure has changed by +0.6.
- The figure for the European Union in 2021 was 5.2 per 1,000 people.
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