Based on a comparison of 35 countries in 2021, Colombia ranked the highest in number of hospitals with 10,899 followed by Japan and USA. On the other end of the scale was Iceland with 8.00, Luxembourg with 10.0 and Estonia with 29.0.
Data for more countries are available at Number of Hospitals indicator page.
| Number of Hospitals | Unit | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
| Australia | 1,331 | 1,353 | 1,343 | 1,354 | 1,354 | ... | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Canada | 719 | 722 | 722 | 715 | 709 | ... | ||||||||||||||||
| Colombia | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 10,315 | 10,498 | 10,506 | 10,522 | 10,635 | ... | |||||||
| France | 3,089 | 3,065 | 3,046 | 3,042 | 3,008 | ... | ||||||||||||||||
| Germany | 3,108 | 3,100 | 3,084 | 3,051 | 3,026 | ... | ||||||||||||||||
| Italy | 1,115 | 1,090 | 1,063 | 1,059 | 1,056 | ... | ||||||||||||||||
| Japan | 8,480 | 8,442 | 8,412 | 8,372 | 8,300 | ... | ||||||||||||||||
| Mexico | 4,457 | 4,474 | 4,538 | 4,629 | 4,707 | |||||||||||||||||
| Netherlands | 517 | 534 | 546 | 549 | 568 | ... | ||||||||||||||||
| Poland | 1,067 | 1,064 | 1,274 | 1,276 | 1,236 | ... | ||||||||||||||||
| South Korea | 3,678 | 3,788 | 3,887 | 3,924 | 4,020 | ... | ||||||||||||||||
| Spain | 765 | 764 | 779 | 782 | 777 | ... | ||||||||||||||||
| Turkey | 1,533 | 1,510 | 1,518 | 1,534 | 1,538 | ... | ||||||||||||||||
| USA | 5,564 | 5,534 | 6,210 | 6,146 | 6,090 | ... | ... | |||||||||||||||
| United Kingdom | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1,882 | 1,922 | 1,920 | 1,910 | 1,978 | ... |
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