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Average Length of Hospital Stay (Single spontaneous delivery) (days), 2013 or latest

Health Care | January 1, 2019

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Based on a comparison of 27 countries in 2013, Slovakia ranked the highest in average length of hospital stay for single spontaneous delivery with 5.10 days followed by Hungary and Czech Republic. On the other end of the scale was Mexico with 1.30 days, United Kingdom with 1.50 days and Turkey with 1.50 days.

Data for more countries are available at Average Length of Hospital Stay (Single spontaneous delivery) indicator page.

Average Length of Hospital Stay (Single spontaneous delivery)	Unit	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013
Austria	days															4.20	4.20	4.10	4.00	4.00
Belgium	days	...	...	...	...	...	...	...								4.30	4.30	4.20	4.10	4.00		...
Czechia	days	...	...	...	...	...	...	...								5.00	4.80	4.80	4.60	4.50
Finland	days	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...							3.40	3.40	3.20	3.10	3.10
France	days	...	...	...	...											4.40	4.40	4.30	4.30	4.20
Hungary	days	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...				5.40	5.20	5.20	5.10	5.20		...
Israel	days	...	...	...	...	...	...	...								2.90	2.90	2.90	2.90	3.00
Italy	days	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...							3.50	3.50	3.50	3.40	3.40
Latvia	days	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...
Lithuania	days	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...
Luxembourg	days	...	...	...	...	...										4.10	4.20	4.00	4.10	4.00
Poland	days	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...					4.60	4.40	4.10	4.00	3.90
Slovakia	days	...	...	...	...	...	...	...								5.60	5.50	5.40	5.30	5.20		...
Slovenia	days	...	...	...	...	...										4.00	3.90	4.00	4.00	3.90
Switzerland	days	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...						4.40	4.30	4.20	4.00	3.90		...