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 2009, at 407.8 per 100,000 people. Melilla had the lowest, at 227.6 per 100,000 people. The median was 339.6 per 100,000 people and the figure for Spain was 315.6 per 100,000 people. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest407.8Catalonia
Lowest227.6Melilla
Median339.619 autonomous communities
Spain315.6History

All autonomous communities, 2009

Catalonia: 407.8 per 100,000 peopleCatalonia407.8Navarre: 375.6 per 100,000 peopleNavarre375.6Aragon: 375.5 per 100,000 peopleAragon375.5Basque Country: 363.7 per 100,000 peopleBasque Country363.7Galicia: 356.1 per 100,000 peopleGalicia356.1Castile and León: 353.5 per 100,000 peopleCastile and León353.5Extremadura: 348.5 per 100,000 peopleExtremadura348.5Asturias: 348.4 per 100,000 peopleAsturias348.4Cantabria: 346.8 per 100,000 peopleCantabria346.8Canary Islands: 339.6 per 100,000 peopleCanary Islands339.6Region of Murcia: 311.5 per 100,000 peopleRegion of Murcia311.5Balearic Islands: 310.3 per 100,000 peopleBalearic Islands310.3Community of Madrid: 301 per 100,000 peopleCommunity of Madrid301La Rioja: 277.9 per 100,000 peopleLa Rioja277.9Castilla-La Mancha: 259.4 per 100,000 peopleCastilla-La Mancha259.4Valencian Community: 244.6 per 100,000 peopleValencian Community244.6Ceuta: 236.8 per 100,000 peopleCeuta236.8Andalusia: 235.9 per 100,000 peopleAndalusia235.9Melilla: 227.6 per 100,000 peopleMelilla227.6
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

RankAutonomous communities2009
per 100,000 people
Change on 2008
1Catalonia407.8-5.6 pts
2Navarre375.6-3.2 pts
3Aragon375.5-0.7 pts
4Basque Country363.7-6.4 pts
5Galicia356.1-3.2 pts
6Castile and León353.5+1.6 pts
7Extremadura348.5-9.9 pts
8Asturias348.4-2.8 pts
9Cantabria346.8-9.6 pts
10Canary Islands339.6-5.6 pts
11Region of Murcia311.5-2.5 pts
12Balearic Islands310.3-13.9 pts
13Community of Madrid301-7.9 pts
14La Rioja277.9-17.7 pts
15Castilla-La Mancha259.4+2.7 pts
16Valencian Community244.6+0.7 pts
17Ceuta236.8-22.1 pts
18Andalusia235.9-3.8 pts
19Melilla227.6-0.6 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.

Citation styles

The publisher is the author. Invokely is named only as the place the figures were read, where a style asks for it.

APA 7

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, 2009) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/hlth_rs_bdsrg2/default/table

MLA 9

Hospital beds by NUTS 2 region, per 100,000 inhabitants (hlth_rs_bdsrg2), Autonomous communities of Spain by hospital beds per 100,000 people, 2009. 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=2009. 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, 2009. 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=2009.

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, 2009 [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=2009 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX
@misc{eurostat_autonomous_communities_of_spain_2009,
  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, 2009}},
  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=2009. 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.},
}
RIS
TY  - DATA
AU  - Eurostat, European Commission
TI  - Hospital beds by NUTS 2 region, per 100,000 inhabitants (hlth_rs_bdsrg2): Autonomous communities of Spain by hospital beds per 100,000 people, 2009
PY  - 2026
DA  - 2026/07/13
PB  - Eurostat, European Commission
DB  - Invokely
UR  - https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/hlth_rs_bdsrg2/default/table
L2  - https://invokely.ai/rankings/hospital-beds-per-100000-people/spain-regions?period=2009
Y2  - 2026/10/12
N1  - Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/hospital-beds-per-100000-people/spain-regions?period=2009.
N1  - 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.
ER  - 
Embed this chart

Paste this code into a web page or a blog post. The chart shows the latest figures as they are published, with the source and a link back to this page.

Sites that read oEmbed links, such as WordPress, can show the chart when you paste the link to this page.

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:

Rank Autonomous communities of Spain by hospital beds per 100,000 people using official data, and cite the source.
rank_places {"indicator":"hospital_beds_per_100k","level":"region","within":"Spain","limit":10}
GET https://invokely.ai/api/v1/rank?indicator=hospital_beds_per_100k&level=region&within=Spain&limit=10

Connect Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor in one step. The trial answers 25 calls a day without an account.

Questions

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

Catalonia, with 407.8 per 100,000 people in 2009, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

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

Melilla, with 227.6 per 100,000 people in 2009.

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 NUTS 2 region, per 100,000 inhabitants (hlth_rs_bdsrg2). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Hospital beds per 100,000 people: other rankings

Autonomous communities of Spain: more rankings