Hospital beds include inpatient beds available in public, private, general, and specialized hospitals and rehabilitation centers. In most cases beds for both acute and chronic care are included.
| 1970 | 1990 | 2000 | 2005 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brunei Darussalam | 3.5 | 2.8 | 3.2 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 2.7 | 2.8 | 2.7 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 3.9 | 3.9 | |
| Cambodia | 1.1 | 2.1 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.7 | |||||||
| Fiji | 2.9 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 1.9 | |||||||
| Indonesia | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 1.4 |
| Republic of Korea | 3.1 | 4.7 | 5.9 | 8.9 | 9.7 | 10.4 | 11.0 | 11.6 | 11.6 | 12.0 | 12.3 | 12.4 | 12.4 | 12.7 | 12.8 | |
| Lao People’s Democratic Republic | 0.9 | 2.6 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 1.7 | 1.3 | 1.3 |
| Malaysia | 3.5 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| Mongolia | 9.5 | 7.3 | 7.1 | 6.6 | 6.9 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 7.1 | 7.3 | 7.6 | 7.7 | 7.9 | 7.9 | 8.2 | 10.6 | |
| Myanmar | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 1.1 | |
| Papua New Guinea | 6.6 | 4.0 | 0.2 | |||||||||||||
| Philippines | 1.2 | 1.4 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| Singapore | 3.7 | 3.6 | 3.2 | 2.2 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 2.5 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 2.7 | |
| Thailand | 1.1 | 1.6 | 2.2 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 2.1 | 2.0 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 2.3 | 2.3 |
| Timor-Leste | 5.9 | |||||||||||||||
| Vanuatu | 10.7 | 4.1 | ||||||||||||||
| Viet Nam | 3.8 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 2.2 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 2.4 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.6 | |||||
| Azerbaijan | 10.1 | 7.6 | 7.1 | 4.5 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 3.9 | |||
| Belarus | 13.2 | 11.7 | 10.4 | 10.6 | 10.4 | 10.5 | 10.2 | 10.1 | 10.0 | 9.8 | 9.8 | 9.7 | 9.7 | |||
| Turkmenistan | 11.5 | 5.2 | 4.4 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 4.0 | |
| Uzbekistan | 12.5 | 5.6 | 5.4 | 4.9 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 4.9 | |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 6.5 | 6.6 | 2.4 | 2.2 | 2.1 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 4.0 | 3.4 | 3.2 | 3.3 | |||||
| Barbados | 10.2 | 8.4 | 6.7 | 6.9 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 6.1 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 6.1 | 6.1 | 5.7 | 5.7 | |||
| Belize | 5.4 | 2.7 | 1.9 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 1.0 | |||
| Bolivia | 2.3 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.4 | |
| Chile | 3.8 | 3.2 | 2.7 | 2.3 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| Colombia | 2.1 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.7 | |||
| Cuba | 4.6 | 5.4 | 5.3 | 4.9 | 4.6 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.2 |
| Dominica | 4.4 | 3.0 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 3.3 | 3.1 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| Dominican Republic | 2.6 | 1.9 | 2.0 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.4 | ||
| Ecuador | 2.3 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.3 |
| Grenada | 7.3 | 8.0 | 6.2 | 4.1 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 3.2 | ||||
| Guatemala | 2.2 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.4 | |||
| Guyana | 4.8 | 2.8 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 2.2 | 2.3 | 2.6 | ||||
| Haiti | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 5.3 | 4.9 | 5.0 | 4.8 | |||||||
| Honduras | 1.8 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 |
| Jamaica | 4.1 | 2.2 | 1.7 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.7 | |
| Nicaragua | 2.3 | 1.8 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 0.9 | |
| Panama | 3.0 | 2.5 | 2.3 | 2.0 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 2.0 | 1.9 | 1.9 | |
| Peru | 2.2 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.6 | ||
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 5.9 | 9.2 | 5.7 | 4.8 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.3 | |
| Saint Lucia | 5.0 | 4.0 | 2.3 | 3.0 | 1.5 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.7 | 2.0 | ||||||
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 5.0 | 4.7 | 4.5 | 2.6 | 2.5 | 2.4 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.2 | |||
| Suriname | 5.7 | 5.7 | 3.9 | 3.0 | 3.1 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 2.9 | 2.8 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 2.7 | 2.9 | ||
| Bahamas | 5.1 | 4.0 | 3.2 | 3.1 | 2.9 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 2.7 | 2.8 | 2.9 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 2.7 | |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 4.9 | 4.0 | 3.3 | 2.6 | 2.0 | 2.6 | 2.5 | 2.8 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 1.6 | |
| Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 2.7 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 1.0 | |||||||
| Algeria | 2.8 | 2.5 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.6 | |||||
| Bahrain | 4.3 | 2.6 | 2.3 | 1.8 | 2.1 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.7 | |||
| Djibouti | 6.1 | 2.5 | 1.8 | 1.6 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 1.4 | |||
| Egypt | 2.2 | 2.1 | 2.0 | 1.9 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 1.1 | |
| Iran | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 1.4 | 1.7 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 2.0 | 1.9 | ||
| Iraq | 2.0 | 1.7 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.3 |
| Jordan | 1.1 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.6 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.4 |
| Kuwait | 4.8 | 2.4 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.4 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.4 | ||
| Lebanon | 4.1 | 1.7 | 3.1 | 3.6 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 3.4 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 2.7 |
| Libya | 3.8 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 3.2 |
| Morocco | 1.5 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.7 | ||
| Oman | 2.1 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.2 | ||
| Qatar | 5.5 | 2.1 | 2.0 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 1.1 | |||
| Saudi Arabia | 1.2 | 2.5 | 2.3 | 2.2 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 2.2 |
| Syrian Arab Republic | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.4 |
| Tunisia | 2.4 | 1.9 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 2.4 | 2.4 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2.6 | 2.1 | 1.4 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 2.0 | |
| Yemen | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | ||||
| Afghanistan | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Bangladesh | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 | |||
| Bhutan | 0.8 | 1.7 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 2.2 | |
| India | 0.6 | 2.1 | 2.0 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 0.5 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.6 | |
| Maldives | 0.8 | 1.7 | 2.6 | 5.0 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 5.0 | 6.4 | 5.0 | |||||||
| Nepal | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.4 | |
| Pakistan | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | ||
| Sri Lanka | 3.0 | 2.7 | 3.0 | 3.1 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 4.0 | 4.0 | |
| Angola | 2.7 | 1.3 | 0.8 | 0.8 | ||||||||||||
| Benin | 1.2 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.5 | |
| Botswana | 1.6 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 2.4 | 2.5 | 2.4 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 2.2 | |
| Burkina Faso | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.2 | ||||||||||||
| Burundi | 1.3 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.7 | ||||||||||||
| केप वर्दे | 1.4 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 2.0 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 2.0 | |||||
| Cameroon | 1.8 | 2.6 | 1.3 | 2.7 | ||||||||||||
| Central African Republic | 1.9 | 0.9 | 1.0 | |||||||||||||
| Chad | 1.3 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.5 | ||||||||||||
| Comoros | 2.8 | 2.2 | ||||||||||||||
| Congo | 4.4 | 3.3 | 1.6 | |||||||||||||
| Côte d'Ivoire | 1.2 | 0.8 | ||||||||||||||
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | 3.3 | 1.4 | 1.1 | |||||||||||||
| Equatorial Guinea | 2.2 | 2.1 | ||||||||||||||
| Eritrea | 1.4 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | ||||
| Ethiopia | 0.3 | 0.2 | 6.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | |||||||||||
| Gabon | 9.9 | 3.2 | 6.3 | 2.0 | ||||||||||||
| Ghana | 1.3 | 1.5 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | |||||||
| Guinea | 1.8 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.3 | ||||||||||||
| Guinea Bissau | 1.6 | 1.5 | ||||||||||||||
| Kenya | 1.3 | 1.6 | 1.4 | 1.3 | ||||||||||||
| Lesotho | 1.7 | |||||||||||||||
| Liberia | 1.6 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 1.6 | 1.6 | |||||||||||
| Madagascar | 2.8 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | ||||||||
| Malawi | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.3 | |||||||||||||
| Mali | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 | |||||
| Mauritania | 0.3 | 0.7 | ||||||||||||||
| Mauritius | 4.0 | 3.8 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 3.3 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 3.7 | |
| Mozambique | 1.2 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | ||
| Niger | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 | ||||
| Nigeria | 0.6 | 1.7 | 1.2 | |||||||||||||
| Rwanda | 1.3 | 1.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | |||
| Sao Tome and Principe | 26.7 | 2.9 | 2.9 | |||||||||||||
| Senegal | 1.3 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | |||||||||||
| Seychelles | 6.5 | 4.8 | 3.6 | 3.4 | 3.2 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 3.2 | |||
| Sierra Leone | 0.9 | |||||||||||||||
| Somalia | 1.4 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 | ||||||
| South Africa | 2.8 | 2.3 | ||||||||||||||
| Sudan | 1.0 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | |
| इस्वातिनी | 3.4 | 2.1 | 2.0 | |||||||||||||
| United Republic of Tanzania | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.6 | |||||||
| Gambia | 0.6 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 1.2 | |||||||
| Togo | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.6 | |||
| Uganda | 1.6 | 1.0 | 0.5 | |||||||||||||
| Zambia | 3.2 | 2.0 | ||||||||||||||
| Zimbabwe | 3.5 | 0.5 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 1.9 | 2.0 |