This entry provides the number of hospital beds per 1,000 people; it serves as a general measure of inpatient service availability. 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. Because the level of inpatient services required for individual countries depends on several factors - such as demographic issues and the burden of disease - there is no global target for the number of hospital beds per country. So, while 2 beds per 1,000 in one country may be sufficient, 2 beds per 1,000 in another may be woefully inadequate because of the number of people hospitalized by disease.

List by rank

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES

Rank		Country	Value		Date of Info
182	.	Afghanistan	0.40		2010
222	.	Akrotiri	NA		NA
93	.	Albania	2.40		2011
123	.	Algeria	1.70		2004
221	.	American Samoa	NA		NA
91	.	Andorra	2.50		2009
160	.	Angola	0.80		2005
223	.	Anguilla	NA		NA
226	.	Antarctica	NA		NA
103	.	Antigua and Barbuda	2.10		2011
48	.	Argentina	4.50		2011
53	.	Armenia	4.00		2011
224	.	Aruba	NA		NA
225	.	Ashmore and Cartier Islands	NA		NA
55	.	Australia	3.90		2010
10	.	Austria	7.60		2010
46	.	Azerbaijan	4.60		2011
76	.	Bahamas, The	3.10		2010
116	.	Bahrain	1.80		2009
175	.	Bangladesh	0.60		2011
17	.	Barbados	6.60		2010
4	.	Belarus	11.10		2011
19	.	Belgium	6.50		2011
150	.	Belize	1.10		2011
178	.	Benin	0.50		2010
255	.	Bermuda	NA		NA
119	.	Bhutan	1.80		2011
149	.	Bolivia	1.10		2011
65	.	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3.50		2010
118	.	Botswana	1.80		2010
254	.	Bouvet Island	NA		NA
95	.	Brazil	2.30		2011
256	.	British Indian Ocean Territory	NA		NA
231	.	British Virgin Islands	NA		NA
83	.	Brunei	2.80		2011
18	.	Bulgaria	6.50		2010
183	.	Burkina Faso	0.40		2010
173	.	Burma	0.60		2006
112	.	Burundi	1.90		2011
104	.	Cabo Verde	2.10		2010
168	.	Cambodia	0.70		2011
141	.	Cameroon	1.30		2010
72	.	Canada	3.20		2010
232	.	Cayman Islands	NA		NA
153	.	Central African Republic	1.00		2011
179	.	Chad	0.43		2005
109	.	Chile	2.00		2010
56	.	China	3.80		2011
233	.	Christmas Island	NA		NA
234	.	Clipperton Island	NA		NA
239	.	Cocos (Keeling) Islands	NA		NA
135	.	Colombia	1.40		2011
98	.	Comoros	2.20		2006
161	.	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	0.80		2006
129	.	Congo, Republic of the	1.60		2005
238	.	Cook Islands	NA		NA
236	.	Coral Sea Islands	NA		NA
145	.	Costa Rica	1.20		2011
184	.	Cote d'Ivoire	0.40		2006
25	.	Croatia	6.00		2011
36	.	Cuba	5.10		2011
237	.	Curacao	NA		NA
61	.	Cyprus	3.50		2010
12	.	Czech Republic	7.00		2010
62	.	Denmark	3.50		2010
235	.	Dhekelia	NA		NA
136	.	Djibouti	1.40		2010
57	.	Dominica	3.80		2011
125	.	Dominican Republic	1.70		2011
130	.	Ecuador	1.60		2010
124	.	Egypt	1.70		2010
154	.	El Salvador	1.00		2011
105	.	Equatorial Guinea	2.10		2010
169	.	Eritrea	0.70		2011
35	.	Estonia	5.30		2010
22	.	Ethiopia	6.30		2011
31	.	European Union	5.50		2010
240	.	Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)	NA		NA
243	.	Faroe Islands	NA		2012
106	.	Fiji	2.10		2009
27	.	Finland	5.90		2010
16	.	France	6.60		2010
241	.	French Polynesia	NA		NA
242	.	French Southern and Antarctic Lands	NA		NA
23	.	Gabon	6.30		2010
148	.	Gambia, The	1.10		2011
245	.	Gaza Strip	NA		NA
81	.	Georgia	2.90		2011
8	.	Germany	8.30		2010
157	.	Ghana	0.90		2011
247	.	Gibraltar	NA		NA
38	.	Greece	4.90		2009
248	.	Greenland	NA		2009
63	.	Grenada	3.50		2011
244	.	Guam	NA		NA
170	.	Guatemala	0.70		2011
246	.	Guernsey	NA		NA
187	.	Guinea	0.30		2011
155	.	Guinea-Bissau	1.00		2009
110	.	Guyana	2.00		2009
142	.	Haiti	1.30		2007
249	.	Heard Island and McDonald Islands	NA		NA
251	.	Holy See (Vatican City)	NA		NA
171	.	Honduras	0.70		2011
252	.	Hong Kong	NA		NA
11	.	Hungary	7.20		2010
28	.	Iceland	5.80		2007
158	.	India	0.90		2005
174	.	Indonesia	0.60		2010
126	.	Iran	1.70		2009
143	.	Iraq	1.30		2010
73	.	Ireland	3.20		2010
250	.	Isle of Man	NA		NA
68	.	Israel	3.40		2011
64	.	Italy	3.50		2010
117	.	Jamaica	1.80		2010
253	.	Jan Mayen	NA		NA
2	.	Japan	13.70		2009
207	.	Jersey	NA		NA
113	.	Jordan	1.80		2010
9	.	Kazakhstan	7.60		2009
134	.	Kenya	1.40		2010
138	.	Kiribati	1.30		2011
3	.	Korea, North	13.20		2002
5	.	Korea, South	10.30		2009
206	.	Kosovo	NA		NA
108	.	Kuwait	2.00		2009
39	.	Kyrgyzstan	4.80		2011
166	.	Laos	0.70		2010
34	.	Latvia	5.30		2010
60	.	Lebanon	3.50		2009
137	.	Lesotho	1.30		2006
159	.	Liberia	0.80		2010
58	.	Libya	3.70		2009
208	.	Liechtenstein	NA		NA
13	.	Lithuania	6.80		2010
32	.	Luxembourg	5.40		2010
209	.	Macau	NA		NA
45	.	Macedonia	4.60		2010
188	.	Madagascar	0.20		2010
139	.	Malawi	1.30		2011
114	.	Malaysia	1.80		2011
50	.	Maldives	4.30		2009
189	.	Mali	0.10		2010
49	.	Malta	4.40		2011
86	.	Marshall Islands	2.70		2010
181	.	Mauritania	0.40		2006
66	.	Mauritius	3.40		2011
122	.	Mexico	1.70		2010
71	.	Micronesia, Federated States of	3.20		2009
24	.	Moldova	6.20		2011
1	.	Monaco	16.50		2011
14	.	Mongolia	6.80		2011
52	.	Montenegro	4.00		2010
211	.	Montserrat	NA		NA
146	.	Morocco	1.10		2009
167	.	Mozambique	0.70		2011
87	.	Namibia	2.70		2009
214	.	Nauru	NA		NA
212	.	Navassa Island	NA		NA
42	.	Nepal	4.70		2009
43	.	Netherlands	4.70		2009
210	.	New Caledonia	NA		NA
94	.	New Zealand	2.30		2011
147	.	Nicaragua	1.10		2011
185	.	Niger	0.31		2005
176	.	Nigeria	0.53		2004
213	.	Niue	NA		NA
218	.	Norfolk Island	NA		NA
220	.	Northern Mariana Islands	NA		NA
69	.	Norway	3.30		2010
115	.	Oman	1.80		2009
172	.	Pakistan	0.60		2010
40	.	Palau	4.80		2010
92	.	Panama	2.40		2010
216	.	Papua New Guinea	NA		NA
219	.	Paracel Islands	NA		NA
140	.	Paraguay	1.30		2011
132	.	Peru	1.50		2011
151	.	Philippines	1.00		2011
217	.	Pitcairn Islands	NA		NA
15	.	Poland	6.60		2010
67	.	Portugal	3.40		2010
215	.	Puerto Rico	NA		NA
144	.	Qatar	1.20		2009
21	.	Romania	6.30		2010
6	.	Russia	9.70		2006
128	.	Rwanda	1.60		2007
227	.	Saint Barthelemy	NA		NA
229	.	Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha	NA		NA
41	.	Saint Kitts and Nevis	4.80		2011
127	.	Saint Lucia	1.60		2011
230	.	Saint Martin	NA		NA
228	.	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	NA		NA
88	.	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	2.70		2011
152	.	Samoa	1.00		2005
54	.	San Marino	3.90		2011
80	.	Sao Tome and Principe	2.90		2011
97	.	Saudi Arabia	2.20		2009
186	.	Senegal	0.30		2008
33	.	Serbia	5.40		2009
59	.	Seychelles	3.60		2011
180	.	Sierra Leone	0.40		2006
84	.	Singapore	2.70		2011
192	.	Sint Maarten	NA		NA
20	.	Slovakia	6.40		2010
44	.	Slovenia	4.60		2010
133	.	Solomon Islands	1.40		2005
194	.	Somalia	NA		NA
82	.	South Africa	2.80		2005
190	.	South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands	NA		NA
191	.	South Sudan	NA		NA
70	.	Spain	3.20		2010
195	.	Spratly Islands	NA		NA
75	.	Sri Lanka	3.10		2004
163	.	Sudan	0.70		2009
74	.	Suriname	3.10		2010
193	.	Svalbard	NA		NA
101	.	Swaziland	2.10		2011
85	.	Sweden	2.70		2010
37	.	Switzerland	5.00		2010
131	.	Syria	1.50		2010
197	.	Taiwan	NA		NA
30	.	Tajikistan	5.50		2011
164	.	Tanzania	0.70		2010
100	.	Thailand	2.10		2010
26	.	Timor-Leste	5.90		2010
165	.	Togo	0.70		2011
198	.	Tokelau	NA		NA
89	.	Tonga	2.60		2010
102	.	Trinidad and Tobago	2.10		2.1
99	.	Tunisia	2.10		2010
90	.	Turkey	2.50		2010
51	.	Turkmenistan	4.10		2011
196	.	Turks and Caicos Islands	NA		NA
29	.	Tuvalu	5.60		2001
177	.	Uganda	0.50		2010
7	.	Ukraine	8.70		2009
111	.	United Arab Emirates	1.90		2008
78	.	United Kingdom	3.00		2010
77	.	United States	3.00		2010
200	.	United States Pacific Island Wildlife Refuges	NA		NA
79	.	Uruguay	3.00		2011
47	.	Uzbekistan	4.50		2010
121	.	Vanuatu	1.70		2008
156	.	Venezuela	0.90		2011
96	.	Vietnam	2.20		2010
199	.	Virgin Islands	NA		NA
204	.	Wake Island	NA		NA
205	.	Wallis and Futuna	NA		NA
201	.	West Bank	NA		NA
202	.	Western Sahara	NA		NA
203	.	World	NA		NA
162	.	Yemen	0.70		2010
107	.	Zambia	2.00		2010
120	.	Zimbabwe	1.70		2011