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# Countries ranked by hospital beds per 1,000 people

Total hospital beds per 1,000 people from OECD and Eurostat health statistics. It is a national capacity measure, not a promise of local availability or access for an individual patient.

- Canonical: /reports/countries-ranked-by-hospital-beds-per-1000/
- Last checked: 2026-09-20

## Answers

### South Korea

12.81 per 1,000
- Source: https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SH.MED.BEDS.ZS
- Checked: 2026-08-13

### Japan

12.59 per 1,000
- Source: https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SH.MED.BEDS.ZS
- Checked: 2026-08-13

### Bulgaria

8.01 per 1,000
- Source: https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SH.MED.BEDS.ZS
- Checked: 2026-08-13

### Germany

7.64 per 1,000
- Source: https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SH.MED.BEDS.ZS
- Checked: 2026-08-13

### Romania

7.23 per 1,000
- Source: https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SH.MED.BEDS.ZS
- Checked: 2026-08-13

### Austria

6.70 per 1,000
- Source: https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SH.MED.BEDS.ZS
- Checked: 2026-08-13

### Hungary

6.63 per 1,000
- Source: https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SH.MED.BEDS.ZS
- Checked: 2026-08-13

### Czechia

6.54 per 1,000
- Source: https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SH.MED.BEDS.ZS
- Checked: 2026-08-13

### Poland

6.04 per 1,000
- Source: https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SH.MED.BEDS.ZS
- Checked: 2026-08-13

### Croatia

5.76 per 1,000
- Source: https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SH.MED.BEDS.ZS
- Checked: 2026-08-13

### Lithuania

5.71 per 1,000
- Source: https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SH.MED.BEDS.ZS
- Checked: 2026-08-13

### France

5.65 per 1,000
- Source: https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SH.MED.BEDS.ZS
- Checked: 2026-08-13

### Slovakia

5.65 per 1,000
- Source: https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SH.MED.BEDS.ZS
- Checked: 2026-08-13

### Belgium

5.46 per 1,000
- Source: https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SH.MED.BEDS.ZS
- Checked: 2026-08-13

### Iceland

5.33 per 1,000
- Source: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/api/dissemination/statistics/1.0/data/hlth_rs_bds1?lang=en&freq=A&unit=HAB_P&facility=HBEDT&hlthcare=TOTAL&geo=LU&geo=IS&geo=DK&geo=FI&geo=SE&time=2023
- Checked: 2026-09-20

### Latvia

5.02 per 1,000
- Source: https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SH.MED.BEDS.ZS
- Checked: 2026-08-13

### Switzerland

4.41 per 1,000
- Source: https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SH.MED.BEDS.ZS
- Checked: 2026-08-13

### Denmark

4.28 per 1,000
- Source: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/api/dissemination/statistics/1.0/data/hlth_rs_bds1?lang=en&freq=A&unit=HAB_P&facility=HBEDT&hlthcare=TOTAL&geo=LU&geo=IS&geo=DK&geo=FI&geo=SE&time=2023
- Checked: 2026-09-20

### Greece

4.27 per 1,000
- Source: https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SH.MED.BEDS.ZS
- Checked: 2026-08-13

### Estonia

4.19 per 1,000
- Source: https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SH.MED.BEDS.ZS
- Checked: 2026-08-13

### Slovenia

4.11 per 1,000
- Source: https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SH.MED.BEDS.ZS
- Checked: 2026-08-13

### Malta

4.09 per 1,000
- Source: https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SH.MED.BEDS.ZS
- Checked: 2026-08-13

### Sweden

3.89 per 1,000
- Source: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/api/dissemination/statistics/1.0/data/hlth_rs_bds1?lang=en&freq=A&unit=HAB_P&facility=HBEDT&hlthcare=TOTAL&geo=LU&geo=IS&geo=DK&geo=FI&geo=SE&time=2023
- Checked: 2026-09-20

### Finland

3.86 per 1,000
- Source: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/api/dissemination/statistics/1.0/data/hlth_rs_bds1?lang=en&freq=A&unit=HAB_P&facility=HBEDT&hlthcare=TOTAL&geo=LU&geo=IS&geo=DK&geo=FI&geo=SE&time=2023
- Checked: 2026-09-20

### Portugal

3.48 per 1,000
- Source: https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SH.MED.BEDS.ZS
- Checked: 2026-08-13

### Norway

3.30 per 1,000
- Source: https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SH.MED.BEDS.ZS
- Checked: 2026-08-13

### Italy

3.06 per 1,000
- Source: https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SH.MED.BEDS.ZS
- Checked: 2026-08-13

### Ireland

2.96 per 1,000
- Source: https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SH.MED.BEDS.ZS
- Checked: 2026-08-13

### Spain

2.94 per 1,000
- Source: https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SH.MED.BEDS.ZS
- Checked: 2026-08-13

### United States

2.68 per 1,000
- Source: https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SH.MED.BEDS.ZS
- Checked: 2026-08-13

### New Zealand

2.57 per 1,000
- Source: https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SH.MED.BEDS.ZS
- Checked: 2026-08-13

### Canada

2.54 per 1,000
- Source: https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SH.MED.BEDS.ZS
- Checked: 2026-08-13

### Luxembourg

2.54 per 1,000
- Source: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/api/dissemination/statistics/1.0/data/hlth_rs_bds1?lang=en&freq=A&unit=HAB_P&facility=HBEDT&hlthcare=TOTAL&geo=LU&geo=IS&geo=DK&geo=FI&geo=SE&time=2023
- Checked: 2026-09-20

### Australia

2.52 per 1,000
- Source: https://sdmx.oecd.org/public/rest/data/OECD.ELS.HD,DSD_HEALTH_REAC_HOSP@DF_HOSP_REAC,1.1/.?startPeriod=2022&endPeriod=2023&dimensionAtObservation=AllDimensions
- Checked: 2026-09-20

### Netherlands

2.42 per 1,000
- Source: https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SH.MED.BEDS.ZS
- Checked: 2026-08-13

### United Kingdom

2.42 per 1,000
- Source: https://api.worldbank.org/v2/country/GB/indicator/SH.MED.BEDS.ZS?format=json&per_page=100
- Checked: 2026-08-31

### Saudi Arabia

2.41 per 1,000
- Source: https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SH.MED.BEDS.ZS
- Checked: 2026-08-13

### Cyprus

2.15 per 1,000
- Source: https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SH.MED.BEDS.ZS
- Checked: 2026-08-13

### United Arab Emirates

1.87 per 1,000
- Source: https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SH.MED.BEDS.ZS
- Checked: 2026-08-13

## Method

Require all component metrics for the same country, keep their source records, calculate hospital_beds_per_1000, then sort descending.

## Sources

Hospital beds (per 1,000 people) — https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SH.MED.BEDS.ZS
Eurostat hlth_rs_bds1 — total hospital beds — https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/api/dissemination/statistics/1.0/data/hlth_rs_bds1?lang=en&freq=A&unit=HAB_P&facility=HBEDT&hlthcare=TOTAL&geo=LU&geo=IS&geo=DK&geo=FI&geo=SE&time=2023
OECD Health Statistics — hospital beds — https://sdmx.oecd.org/public/rest/data/OECD.ELS.HD,DSD_HEALTH_REAC_HOSP@DF_HOSP_REAC,1.1/?startPeriod=2022&endPeriod=2023&dimensionAtObservation=AllDimensions
https://api.worldbank.org/v2/country/GB/indicator/SH.MED.BEDS.ZS?format=json&per_page=100 — https://api.worldbank.org/v2/country/GB/indicator/SH.MED.BEDS.ZS?format=json&per_page=100

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ImmigrationDB. (2026, September 29). Countries ranked by hospital beds per 1,000 people [ImmigrationDB compilation; version 1dca86b663fa9f16b4c2ed64a6c2bdcc]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/reports/countries-ranked-by-hospital-beds-per-1000/ Retrieved 2026-09-29. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

### BibTeX

```bibtex
@misc{immigrationdb_immigrationdb_countries-ranked-by-hospital-beds-per-1-000-people_a6d43d2252ee,
  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Countries ranked by hospital beds per 1,000 people},
  publisher = {ImmigrationDB},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-09-29},
  version = {1dca86b663fa9f16b4c2ed64a6c2bdcc},
  url = {https://immigrationdb.com/reports/countries-ranked-by-hospital-beds-per-1000/},
  note = {Retrieved 2026-09-29. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
}
```

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