Hospital beds per 100,000 people
Beds in hospitals that are regularly maintained and staffed and immediately available for admitted patients, per 100,000 inhabitants. Includes curative, rehabilitative, long-term and other hospital beds in public and private hospitals (health care provider HP.1). Beds in nursing and residential care facilities are not included.
Countries count beds at the end of the year or as a yearly average, and a few leave out some private or military hospitals; Eurostat flags those values as following a different definition. More beds do not mean better care: countries that treat more patients as day cases or at home need fewer beds.
Key facts
- Hospital beds per 100,000 people in the European Union (27) was 507.4 per 100,000 people in 2024, according to Eurostat, European Commission.
- Bulgaria had the highest hospital beds per 100,000 people of 27 EU countries in 2024, at 870.3 per 100,000 people, and Sweden the lowest, at 186.6 per 100,000 people. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.
- Published for 227 places, with figures from 2000 to 2025.
Rankings
- EU countries
- EU regions (NUTS 2)
- Autonomous communities of Spain
- Regions of France (NUTS 2)
- Regions of Italy (NUTS 2)
- Regions of Poland (NUTS 2)
- Regions of Greece (NUTS 2)
- Regions of Belgium (NUTS 2)
- Regions of Netherlands (NUTS 2)
- Regions of Austria (NUTS 2)
- Regions of Portugal (NUTS 2)
- Regions of Czechia (NUTS 2)
EU countries by hospital beds per 100,000 people, 2024
Places with data
World, EU and euro area
Countries
- Germany
- France
- Italy
- Spain
- Poland
- Romania
- Netherlands
- Belgium
- Czechia
- Portugal
- Sweden
- Bulgaria
- Ireland
- Denmark
- Slovenia
- Slovakia
Regions and states
- Ile-de-France
- Lombardia
- Andalusia
- Catalonia
- Community of Madrid
- Rhône-Alpes
- Lazio
- Campania
- Valencian Community
- Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur
- Aragon
- Jihovýchod
- Severovýchod
- Västsverige
- Közép-Dunántúl
- Severozápad
Use this data in your AI agent
Invokely serves this figure to AI assistants through MCP and to code through a REST API, with the source and citation attached. Ask your assistant:
Which places have the highest hospital beds per 100,000 people? Use official data and cite it.
rank_places {"indicator":"hospital_beds_per_100k","level":"country","within":"European Union (27)"}
GET https://invokely.ai/api/v1/rank?indicator=hospital_beds_per_100k&level=country&within=European%20Union%20(27)