Japan is Miles Ahead in Hospital Bed Capacity
When it comes to the availability of hospital beds across the world, there are significant differences between developed and emerging markets. Japan has by far the highest capacity with 13.6 hospital beds per 1000 inhabitants.
Germany is also well known for its efficient health system and it has 8.3 hospital beds per 1000 people. The United States is significantly worse off with 3.1 hospital beds per 1000 inhabitants while the situation is grim in Mexico where there are only 1.7 beds for every 1000 people.
Countries with the highest density of hospital beds worldwide as of 2012 (per 10,000 population)*
Number of beds in hospitals per 100,000 inhabitants in Japan from 2014 to 2023
Ranking of the average number of hospital beds available per 1,000 people by country 2024
Number of hospital beds in select countries as of 2023 (per 1,000 population)
Ranking of the number of hospital beds by country 2024 (in thousands)
Number of available hospital beds per 1,000 people in Japan from 2000 to 2050
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