EU countries by hospital beds per 100,000 people

Bulgaria had the highest hospital beds per 100,000 people of 27 EU countries in 2023, at 864.4 per 100,000 people. Sweden had the lowest, at 187.6 per 100,000 people. The median was 424.8 per 100,000 people and the figure for the European Union (27) was 510.7 per 100,000 people. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest864.4Bulgaria

Lowest187.6Sweden

Median424.827 EU countries

European Union (27)510.7History

All EU countries, 2023

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	2023 per 100,000 people	Change on 2022
1	Bulgaria	864.4	+18.2 pts
2	Germany	766.5	-5.5 pts
3	Romania	728.4	+0.7 pts
4	Austria	660.4	-11.4 pts
5	Hungary	650.9	-17.2 pts
6	Czechia	640.7	-13.6 pts
7	Poland	627.1	-2.4 pts
8	Slovakia	566.1	-3.1 pts
9	Croatia	565.5	-18.3 pts
10	Lithuania	548.4	-19.7 pts
11	France	539.5	-8.7 pts
12	Belgium	539.1	-5.2 pts
13	Latvia	493.5	-7.7 pts
14	Greece	424.8	-1.5 pts
15	Estonia	411.6	-7.5 pts
16	Slovenia	404.8	-7.3 pts
17	Luxembourg	393.9	-5.6 pts
18	Malta Series break	393.9	-12.5 pts
19	Portugal	333.8	-9.4 pts
20	Cyprus	319.7	+15.6 pts
21	Italy	304.1	-4.7 pts
22	Ireland	289.4	+1.5 pts
23	Spain	288.9	-5.2 pts
24	Finland Estimated	259.2	-6.1 pts
25	Denmark	233.7	-3.8 pts
26	Netherlands	225.5	-11.2 pts
27	Sweden	187.6	-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, 2023) [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, 2023. 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=2023. 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, 2023. 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=2023.

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, 2023 [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=2023 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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

Bulgaria, with 864.4 per 100,000 people in 2023, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

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

Sweden, with 187.6 per 100,000 people in 2023.

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.