Hospital Beds - Ranking 2009
In 2009, Monaco (15.19), Japan (13.60), and Belarus (10.68) ranked highest in hospital beds among all countries. Mali ranked lowest at 0.20.
Data & analysis
- Korea — 13.15
- Japan — 12.27
- Belarus — 9.76
- Mongolia — 9.53
- Bulgaria — 8.38
The 2025 World Bank data on hospital beds per 1,000 people reveals a stark global disparity in healthcare infrastructure. The top of the ranking is dominated by East Asian nations, with Korea at 13.154 beds and Japan at 12.271, reflecting long-term public investment in universal health coverage and aging populations that require high inpatient capacity. These countries, alongside Belarus and Mongolia, demonstrate a structural commitment to hospital-based care. At the bottom, Papua New Guinea records a negative value of -0.0367, a statistical anomaly likely indicating data reporting errors or a complete absence of formal inpatient facilities. The extreme lag of low-income nations such as Togo (0.085) and Afghanistan (0.344) is primarily driven by insufficient public health spending and reliance on outpatient or traditional medicine. As telemedicine and decentralized primary care models expand in the 2020s, future rankings could shift if nations prioritize community-based care over hospital expansion, potentially reducing the premium placed on bed counts.
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY % |
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