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Countries With the Fastest Decline in Hospital beds per 10,000 (5-Year Change)

Change in Hospital beds per 10,000 over the five years to each country's latest year, in points (a share or rate is not shown as a % of itself). Only countries that fell are listed. Source: The World Bank (CC BY 4.0).

Summary

Argentina fell the most: by 16.3, from 49.9 beds per 10,000 people to 33.6 beds per 10,000 people in the five years to 2022. Finland is second (−11.4), followed by St. Kitts and Nevis (−11). 77 countries fell over that period; the median change among them was −1.9.

#1
Argentina · −16.3
Median
−1.9
Coverage
77 countries
Data year
2022
Last updated
2026-11-14
Top 10: 5-year change (beds per 10,000 people)Bar chart of the top 10: 1. Argentina -16.3; 2. Finland -11.4; 3. St. Kitts and Nevis -11; 4. Lithuania -8.5; 5. Netherlands -8.2; 6. Austria -6.7; 7. Ukraine -6.6; 8. Bahamas, The -6.1; 9. Luxembourg -5.6; 10. Latvia -5.4.Argentina-16.3Finland-11.4St. Kitts and Nevis-11Lithuania-8.5Netherlands-8.2Austria-6.7Ukraine-6.6Bahamas, The-6.1Luxembourg-5.6Latvia-5.4
Top 10: 5-year change (beds per 10,000 people). Bar chart of the top 10: 1. Argentina -16.3; 2. Finland -11.4; 3. St. Kitts and Nevis -11; 4. Lithuania -8.5; 5. Netherlands -8.2; 6. Austria -6.7; 7. Ukraine -6.6; 8. Bahamas, The -6.1; 9. Luxembourg -5.6; 10. Latvia -5.4.

Full ranking

Countries With the Fastest Decline in Hospital beds per 10,000 (5-Year Change), 2022
RankCountryFromTo5-year change (beds per 10,000 people)
1Argentina49.933.6−16.3
2Finland37.526.1−11.4
3St. Kitts and Nevis50.839.8−11
4Lithuania65.657.1−8.5
5Netherlands32.424.2−8.2
6Austria73.767−6.7
7Ukraine6861.4−6.6
8Bahamas, The27.821.7−6.1
9Luxembourg45.139.5−5.6
10Latvia54.949.5−5.4
11Poland65.860.4−5.4
12Dominican Republic12.47.5−4.9
13Kyrgyz Republic4237.3−4.7
14France61.256.5−4.7
15Japan130.1125.9−4.2
16Estonia45.341.3−4
17Malta44.940.9−4
18Slovenia45.141.1−4
19Germany79.475.5−3.9
20Haiti52.949−3.9
21Hungary70.266.3−3.9
22Maldives49.445.6−3.8
23Grenada33.430.1−3.3
24Russian Federation71.468.1−3.3
25Chad4.71.5−3.2
26Sweden22.119−3.1
27Togo6.43.3−3.1
28Tajikistan43.440.4−3
29Iceland31.228.3−2.9
30Turkmenistan38.836−2.8
31Azerbaijan39.536.8−2.7
32Seychelles2926.3−2.7
33Switzerland46.343.8−2.5
34St. Lucia13.210.9−2.3
35Norway35.233−2.2
36Iraq12.810.6−2.2
37Moldova57.555.4−2.1
38Belgium56.254.2−2
39Egypt, Arab Rep.12.510.6−1.9
40Botswana25.423.6−1.8
41Denmark26.124.3−1.8
42Georgia42.240.4−1.8
43Czechia67.165.4−1.7
44Belarus99.397.7−1.6
45Eritrea11.610.2−1.4
46Italy31.930.6−1.3
47Slovak Republic5755.7−1.3
48Honduras6.55.3−1.2
49United States2826.8−1.2
50Chile20.519.4−1.1
51Cyprus22.621.5−1.1
52United Kingdom25.324.2−1.1
53Croatia5756−1
54Oman10.99.9−1
55Cambodia8.27.3−0.9
56India16.815.9−0.9
57New Zealand25.925.1−0.8
58Uruguay25.224.4−0.8
59Ecuador1413.2−0.8
60Saudi Arabia24.824.1−0.7
61Trinidad and Tobago24.423.7−0.7
62Montenegro38.838.2−0.6
63Philippines10.39.7−0.6
64Afghanistan43.5−0.5
65Mozambique7.97.4−0.5
66Peru16.115.6−0.5
67Algeria16.616.1−0.5
68Belize10.410−0.4
69Spain29.529.1−0.4
70Jamaica16.916.5−0.4
71Timor-Leste4.23.8−0.4
72Syrian Arab Republic14.614.3−0.3
73West Bank and Gaza13.213−0.2
74Ireland29.729.6−0.1
75Costa Rica11.511.4−0.1
76Panama19.619.5−0.1
77Sudan6.76.6−0.1

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Source and method

Change in Hospital beds per 10,000 over the five years to each country's latest year, in points (a share or rate is not shown as a % of itself). Only countries that fell are listed.

Source: The World Bank, indicator SH.MED.BEDS.ZS. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved: 2026-11-14.

The World Bank: Hospital beds (per 1,000 people): WHO data, supplemented by country data, World Health Organization (WHO) (via World Development Indicators)

Original data provider, as recorded by the World Bank: WHO data, supplemented by country data, World Health Organization (WHO).

Values are shown as published (changes are computed from the published values). Provider terms: The World Bank. All licences: Sources & licences.