The number of hospital beds per thousand people

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6.9.2026
The number of hospital beds per thousand people

https://x.com/NHSMillion/status/2096145199122485371

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The number of hospital beds per thousand people according to the most recent figures:

🇰🇷 Korea = 12.6
🇯🇵 Japan = 12.5
🇧🇬 Bulgaria = 8.6
🇩🇪 Germany = 7.7
🇷🇴 Romania = 7.3
🇦🇹 Austria = 6.6
🇭🇺 Hungary = 6.5
🇨🇿 Czechia = 6.4
🇵🇱 Poland = 6.3
🇸🇰 Slovak Republic = 5.7
🇭🇷 Croatia = 5.7
🇱🇹 Lithuania = 5.5
🇫🇷 France = 5.5
🇧🇪 Belgium = 5.4
🇨🇳 China = 5.2
🇱🇻 Latvia = 5.0
🇨🇭 Switzerland = 4.4
🇬🇷 Greece = 4.2
🇪🇪 Estonia = 4.1
🇸🇮 Slovenia = 4.1
🇱🇺 Luxembourg = 3.9
🇦🇺 Australia = 3.8
🇵🇹 Portugal = 3.4
🇳🇴 Norway = 3.3
🇦🇷 Argentina = 3.3
🇹🇷 Türkiye = 3.1
🇮🇹 Italy = 3.0
🇮🇱 Israel = 3.0
🇮🇪 Ireland = 2.9
🇪🇸 Spain = 2.9
🇺🇸 United States = 2.8
🇫🇮 Finland = 2.6
🇮🇸 Iceland = 2.6
🇨🇦 Canada = 2.5
🇳🇿 New Zealand = 2.5
🇧🇷 Brazil = 2.5

United Kingdom...
9:55 AM · Sep 5, 2026
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🇬🇧 United Kingdom = just 2.4 hospital beds per thousand people

43% lower than the OECD average

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NHS Million @NHSMillion

Successive governments have failed to address our chronic capacity issues, and in fact the number of beds has actually gone down from 2.8 in 2013.

We think the NHS needs a proper plan to resolve this asap, involving appropriate staffing, funding, and system-wide measures to support it.

Do you agree?

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Data source: The OECD published in November 2025:

https://www.oecd.org/en/publications/2025/11/health-at-a-glance-2025_a894f72e/full-report/hospital-beds-and-occupancy_152d839e.html

Hospital beds and occupancy: Health at a Glance 2025
"Health at a Glance provides a comprehensive set of indicators on population health and health system performance across OECD Members, Key Partners and accession candidate countries. These indicators..."
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