Based on a comparison of 94 countries in 2019, Japan ranked the highest in hospital beds per 1,000 people with 13.0 beds followed by South Korea and Mongolia. On the other end of the scale was Afghanistan with 0.390 beds, Niger with 0.390 beds and Guatemala with 0.440 beds.
Data for more countries are available at Hospital Beds Per 1,000 People indicator page.
| Hospital Beds Per 1,000 People | Unit | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
| Austria | beds | 7.67 | 7.64 | 7.58 | 7.54 | 7.42 | ||||||||||||||||
| Bulgaria | beds | 6.61 | 6.82 | 7.13 | 7.24 | 7.27 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Czechia | beds | 6.93 | 6.70 | 6.68 | 6.67 | 6.66 | ||||||||||||||||
| France | beds | 6.34 | 6.28 | 6.20 | 6.13 | 6.06 | ||||||||||||||||
| Germany | beds | 8.34 | 8.28 | 8.23 | 8.13 | 8.06 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Hungary | beds | 7.00 | 7.04 | 6.98 | 6.99 | 7.00 | ||||||||||||||||
| Japan | beds | 13.4 | 13.3 | 13.2 | 13.2 | 13.1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Lithuania | beds | 7.45 | 7.31 | 7.26 | 6.97 | 6.69 | ||||||||||||||||
| Mongolia | beds | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 7.00 | 6.78 | 6.79 | 7.00 | 7.00 | ... | |||||||||
| Poland | beds | ... | 6.63 | 6.61 | 6.63 | 6.63 | 6.64 | |||||||||||||||
| Romania | beds | 6.60 | 6.67 | 6.71 | 6.79 | 6.84 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Russia | beds | 9.30 | 9.07 | 8.81 | 8.35 | 8.16 | ||||||||||||||||
| Serbia | beds | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 5.44 | 5.50 | 5.52 | 5.58 | 5.59 | ... | ||||||||
| Slovakia | beds | 5.91 | 5.80 | 5.79 | 5.75 | 5.78 | ||||||||||||||||
| South Korea | beds | 10.3 | 10.9 | 11.6 | 11.6 | 12.0 |
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