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India, measured — every morning · est. 2026

Hospital beds per 1,000

Hospital beds per thousand people — the capacity the pandemic tested in public view. Low by the standard of richer economies, and the gap the growth in private hospitals only partly fills.

Latest
1.59
2021
Published by
World Bank / WHO
irregular

Hospital beds per 1,000 over time

00.511.522.5196019701980199020002010202020211.59
1960–2021 · 30 observations · per 1,000 people
View as table
PeriodHospital beds per 1,000
20211.59
20201.61
20191.62
20181.64
20171.66
20161.68
20151.7
20141.72
20131.74
20121.76
20111.79
20101.81
20091.84
20081.87
20071.89
20061.92
20051.95
20041.99
20032.02
20022.05
20012.09
20002.13
19910.787
19870.718
19850.769
19810.769
19800.77
19750.588
19700.604
19600.459

Compared with

Japan
12.6
Germany
7.55
China
5.63
Sri Lanka
3.93
United States
2.68
Brazil
2.52
Vietnam
2.52
South Africa
2.25
India
1.59
Indonesia
1.37
Bangladesh
0.92
Pakistan
0.63
Nepal
0.54
Latest available year for each country · per 1,000 people

Source

World Bank / WHO — https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SH.MED.BEDS.ZS