Autonomous communities of Spain by hospital beds per 100,000 people

Catalonia had the highest hospital beds per 100,000 people of 19 autonomous communities in 2003, at 439.4 per 100,000 people. Valencian Community had the lowest, at 258.1 per 100,000 people. The median was 365.1 per 100,000 people and the figure for Spain was 343.5 per 100,000 people. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest439.4Catalonia

Lowest258.1Valencian Community

Median365.119 autonomous communities

Spain343.5History

All autonomous communities, 2003

per 100,000 people. Source: Eurostat, Hospital beds by NUTS 2 region, per 100,000 inhabitants (hlth_rs_bdsrg2). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

Rank	Autonomous communities	2003 per 100,000 people	Change on 2002
1	Catalonia	439.4	-18 pts
2	Canary Islands	428.2	-11.2 pts
3	Castile and León	416	-4.8 pts
4	Aragon	409	-3.9 pts
5	Navarre	390.8	-10.3 pts
6	Cantabria	383.2	-1.9 pts
7	Basque Country	380.6	-7.8 pts
8	Balearic Islands	368.7	-20.1 pts
9	Extremadura	367	+0.9 pts
10	Asturias	365.1	-10.9 pts
11	Galicia	352.9	-4.9 pts
12	Ceuta	319.7	-4.3 pts
13	Community of Madrid	319.6	-8.1 pts
14	La Rioja	310.9	-4.8 pts
15	Melilla	307.4	+2.7 pts
16	Region of Murcia	301.5	+1.2 pts
17	Andalusia	270.2	-8.7 pts
18	Castilla-La Mancha	267.1	-8.2 pts
19	Valencian Community	258.1	-8.2 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 autonomous communities are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

Eurostat. Hospital beds by NUTS 2 region, per 100,000 inhabitants (hlth_rs_bdsrg2). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/hlth_rs_bdsrg2/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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Eurostat, European Commission. (2026). Hospital beds by NUTS 2 region, per 100,000 inhabitants (hlth_rs_bdsrg2) (Autonomous communities of Spain by hospital beds per 100,000 people, 2003) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/hlth_rs_bdsrg2/default/table

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Hospital beds by NUTS 2 region, per 100,000 inhabitants (hlth_rs_bdsrg2), Autonomous communities of Spain by hospital beds per 100,000 people, 2003. Eurostat, European Commission, 13 July 2026, https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/hlth_rs_bdsrg2/default/table. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/hospital-beds-per-100000-people/spain-regions?period=2003. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

Eurostat, European Commission. 2026. Hospital beds by NUTS 2 region, per 100,000 inhabitants (hlth_rs_bdsrg2). Autonomous communities of Spain by hospital beds per 100,000 people, 2003. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/hlth_rs_bdsrg2/default/table. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/hospital-beds-per-100000-people/spain-regions?period=2003.

Harvard

Eurostat, European Commission (2026) Hospital beds by NUTS 2 region, per 100,000 inhabitants (hlth_rs_bdsrg2), Autonomous communities of Spain by hospital beds per 100,000 people, 2003 [Dataset]. Available at: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/hlth_rs_bdsrg2/default/table, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/hospital-beds-per-100000-people/spain-regions?period=2003 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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  author = {{Eurostat, European Commission}},
  title = {{Hospital beds by NUTS 2 region, per 100,000 inhabitants (hlth\_rs\_bdsrg2): Autonomous communities of Spain by hospital beds per 100,000 people, 2003}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/hlth_rs_bdsrg2/default/table},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/hospital-beds-per-100000-people/spain-regions?period=2003. Publisher attribution: Eurostat. Hospital beds by NUTS 2 region, per 100,000 inhabitants (hlth\_rs\_bdsrg2). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/hlth\_rs\_bdsrg2/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
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Which autonomous community has the highest hospital beds per 100,000 people?

Catalonia, with 439.4 per 100,000 people in 2003, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which autonomous community has the lowest hospital beds per 100,000 people?

Valencian Community, with 258.1 per 100,000 people in 2003.

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Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: Eurostat, European Commission, Hospital beds by NUTS 2 region, per 100,000 inhabitants (hlth_rs_bdsrg2). Retrieved 2026-10-12.