EU countries by hospital beds per 100,000 people

Bulgaria had the highest hospital beds per 100,000 people of 27 EU countries in 2020, at 827.6 per 100,000 people. Sweden had the lowest, at 204.6 per 100,000 people. The median was 446.3 per 100,000 people and the figure for the European Union (27) was 527.5 per 100,000 people. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest827.6Bulgaria

Lowest204.6Sweden

Median446.327 EU countries

European Union (27)527.5History

All EU countries, 2020

per 100,000 people. Source: Eurostat, Hospital beds by function and type of care, available beds in hospitals (HP.1), per 100,000 inhabitants (hlth_rs_bds1). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

Rank	EU countries	2020 per 100,000 people	Change on 2019
1	Bulgaria	827.6	+11.6 pts
2	Germany	781.8	-9.7 pts
3	Romania	712.1	+6.4 pts
4	Austria	705.1	-13.8 pts
5	Hungary	681.3	-14.9 pts
6	Czechia	660.6	-2 pts
7	Poland	625.4	+7.9 pts
8	Lithuania	597.9	-33 pts
9	Croatia	585.8	+2.6 pts
10	France	571	-8.8 pts
11	Slovakia	568.2	-7.9 pts
12	Belgium	553.3	-3.4 pts
13	Latvia	528.6	-13.8 pts
14	Estonia	446.3	-6.7 pts
15	Malta	438.2	+27.8 pts
16	Slovenia	427.8	-15.4 pts
17	Greece	424.4	+5.4 pts
18	Luxembourg	419.4	-7.1 pts
19	Portugal	346.8	-1.7 pts
20	Italy	318.6	+2.3 pts
21	Cyprus	311.1	+4.6 pts
22	Spain	295.6	+0.9 pts
23	Netherlands	291.1	-11 pts
24	Ireland	286	+0.4 pts
25	Finland Estimated	276.4	-62.9 pts
26	Denmark	246.6	-2.7 pts
27	Sweden	204.6	-2.4 pts

Other periods

About this ranking

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.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the EU countries are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

Eurostat. Hospital beds by function and type of care, available beds in hospitals (HP.1), per 100,000 inhabitants (hlth_rs_bds1). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/hlth_rs_bds1/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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Eurostat, European Commission. (2026). Hospital beds by function and type of care, available beds in hospitals (HP.1), per 100,000 inhabitants (hlth_rs_bds1) (EU countries by hospital beds per 100,000 people, 2020) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/hlth_rs_bds1/default/table

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Hospital beds by function and type of care, available beds in hospitals (HP.1), per 100,000 inhabitants (hlth_rs_bds1), EU countries by hospital beds per 100,000 people, 2020. Eurostat, European Commission, 13 July 2026, https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/hlth_rs_bds1/default/table. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/hospital-beds-per-100000-people/eu-countries?period=2020. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

Eurostat, European Commission. 2026. Hospital beds by function and type of care, available beds in hospitals (HP.1), per 100,000 inhabitants (hlth_rs_bds1). EU countries by hospital beds per 100,000 people, 2020. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/hlth_rs_bds1/default/table. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/hospital-beds-per-100000-people/eu-countries?period=2020.

Harvard

Eurostat, European Commission (2026) Hospital beds by function and type of care, available beds in hospitals (HP.1), per 100,000 inhabitants (hlth_rs_bds1), EU countries by hospital beds per 100,000 people, 2020 [Dataset]. Available at: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/hlth_rs_bds1/default/table, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/hospital-beds-per-100000-people/eu-countries?period=2020 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which EU country has the highest hospital beds per 100,000 people?

Bulgaria, with 827.6 per 100,000 people in 2020, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which EU country has the lowest hospital beds per 100,000 people?

Sweden, with 204.6 per 100,000 people in 2020.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: Eurostat, European Commission, Hospital beds by function and type of care, available beds in hospitals (HP.1), per 100,000 inhabitants (hlth_rs_bds1). Retrieved 2026-10-12.