Number of hospital beds fell 0.096% to 919,649 beds in the USA in 2021, according to World Bank / WHO.
Historically, number of hospital beds in the USA reached an all time high of 1,704,000 beds in 1965 and an all time low of 894,574 beds in 2016. When compared to USA's main peers, number of hospital beds in Canada amounted to 98,692 beds, 7,414,200 beds in China, 1,583,725 beds in Japan and 129,213 beds in Mexico in 2021.
USA has been ranked 3rd within the group of 40 countries we follow in terms of number of hospital beds, 1 place above the position seen 10 years ago.
| Number of Hospital Beds | Unit | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
| Australia | beds | ... | 92,826 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||||||||||||
| Belize | beds | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Canada | beds | 93,715 | 92,462 | 94,673 | 94,748 | 96,849 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| China | beds | 5,688,900 | 6,120,500 | 6,519,700 | 6,866,500 | 7,131,200 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Guatemala | beds | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Honduras | beds | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| India | beds | ... | ... | 634,879 | 710,761 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||
| Japan | beds | 1,664,456 | 1,653,234 | 1,641,407 | 1,620,040 | 1,593,572 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Mexico | beds | 121,794 | 121,728 | 121,983 | 120,736 | 126,449 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Russia | beds | 1,197,247 | 1,182,693 | 1,172,768 | 1,173,568 | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| South Korea | beds | 613,968 | 631,092 | 641,870 | 643,440 | 655,888 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| USA | beds | 894,574 | 931,203 | 924,107 | 919,559 | 920,531 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| United Kingdom | beds | 168,934 | 167,589 | 165,844 | 163,873 | 162,723 |
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