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Countries Ranked by Hospital beds (per 1,000 people)

Showing every country with available data for 2023 • World Bank: SH.MED.BEDS.ZS

The indicator page shows only the leaders and the laggards — useful for headlines, but it leaves out the middle of the distribution, which is where most countries actually sit. This page lists every country with reported hospital beds (per 1,000 people) data for 2023, ranked from highest to lowest, so you can find any country's exact position rather than guessing whether it falls inside the top or bottom ten.

Of the 73 countries reporting, the median value is 2.81, meaning half the world sits above this line and half below. Use the search box below to jump straight to a country, or scroll the full table. Each country name links through to its detailed country × indicator page with the 20-year trend.

Top Country in Each Region

East Asia & Pacific

Mongolia

8.58

Europe & Central Asia

Belarus

9.77

Latin America & Caribbean

Barbados

6.40

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan

Israel

3.14

South Asia

Sri Lanka

3.93

Sub-Saharan Africa

Mauritius

3.80

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Rank	Country	Region	Hospital beds (per 1,000 people)
1	Belarus	Europe & Central Asia	9.77
2	Mongolia	East Asia & Pacific	8.58
3	Bulgaria	Europe & Central Asia	8.20
4	Germany	Europe & Central Asia	7.55
5	Russian Federation	Europe & Central Asia	6.81
6	Barbados	Latin America & Caribbean	6.40
7	China	East Asia & Pacific	5.63
8	Croatia	Europe & Central Asia	5.60
9	Slovak Republic	Europe & Central Asia	5.57
10	Moldova	Europe & Central Asia	5.54
11	Belgium	Europe & Central Asia	5.42
12	Latvia	Europe & Central Asia	4.95
13	Haiti	Latin America & Caribbean	4.90
14	Uzbekistan	Europe & Central Asia	4.89
15	Switzerland	Europe & Central Asia	4.38
16	Cuba	Latin America & Caribbean	4.33
17	Armenia	Europe & Central Asia	4.24
18	Estonia	Europe & Central Asia	4.13
19	Tajikistan	Europe & Central Asia	4.04
20	Georgia	Europe & Central Asia	4.04
21	St. Kitts and Nevis	Latin America & Caribbean	3.98
22	Dominica	Latin America & Caribbean	3.97
23	Luxembourg	Europe & Central Asia	3.95
24	Sri Lanka	South Asia	3.93
25	Mauritius	Sub-Saharan Africa	3.80
26	Kyrgyz Republic	Europe & Central Asia	3.73
27	Azerbaijan	Europe & Central Asia	3.68
28	Brunei Darussalam	East Asia & Pacific	3.58
29	Antigua and Barbuda	Latin America & Caribbean	3.42
30	Norway	Europe & Central Asia	3.30
31	Guyana	Latin America & Caribbean	3.24
32	Israel	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	3.14
33	Turkiye	Europe & Central Asia	3.05
34	Grenada	Latin America & Caribbean	3.01
35	Ireland	Europe & Central Asia	2.96
36	Spain	Europe & Central Asia	2.91
37	Singapore	East Asia & Pacific	2.81
38	Seychelles	Sub-Saharan Africa	2.63
39	New Zealand	East Asia & Pacific	2.51
40	Uruguay	Latin America & Caribbean	2.44
41	Denmark	Europe & Central Asia	2.43
42	Saudi Arabia	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	2.41
43	Thailand	East Asia & Pacific	2.39
44	Trinidad and Tobago	Latin America & Caribbean	2.37
45	Bahamas, The	Latin America & Caribbean	2.17
46	Bhutan	South Asia	2.16
47	Malaysia	East Asia & Pacific	1.96
48	Panama	Latin America & Caribbean	1.95
49	Chile	Latin America & Caribbean	1.94
50	Tunisia	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	1.82
51	Lao PDR	East Asia & Pacific	1.71
52	Jamaica	Latin America & Caribbean	1.65
53	Peru	Latin America & Caribbean	1.56
54	Bolivia	Latin America & Caribbean	1.49
55	Jordan	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	1.41
56	Indonesia	East Asia & Pacific	1.37
57	Ecuador	Latin America & Caribbean	1.32
58	El Salvador	Latin America & Caribbean	1.21
59	Gambia, The	Sub-Saharan Africa	1.11
60	Eritrea	Sub-Saharan Africa	1.02
61	Belize	Latin America & Caribbean	1.00
62	Oman	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	0.99
63	Bangladesh	South Asia	0.92
64	Rwanda	Sub-Saharan Africa	0.75
65	Dominican Republic	Latin America & Caribbean	0.75
66	Morocco	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	0.73
67	Papua New Guinea	East Asia & Pacific	0.62
68	Nepal	South Asia	0.54
69	Honduras	Latin America & Caribbean	0.53
70	Yemen, Rep.	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	0.46
71	Guatemala	Latin America & Caribbean	0.45
72	Timor-Leste	East Asia & Pacific	0.38
73	Afghanistan	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	0.35

Source: World Bank Open Data (SH.MED.BEDS.ZS), CC BY 4.0. Rankings include only countries with reported values for 2023; countries with suppressed or unavailable data are omitted.

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