Number of hospital beds fell 0.699% to 645,620 beds in Germany in 2021, according to World Bank / WHO.
Historically, number of hospital beds in Germany reached an all time high of 809,737 beds in 1991 and an all time low of 645,620 beds in 2021. When compared to Germany's main peers, number of hospital beds in Austria amounted to 61,927 beds, 63,634 beds in Belgium, 382,712 beds in France and 236,743 beds in Poland in 2021.
Germany has been ranked 5th 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 |
| Austria | beds | 64,838 | 64,805 | 64,285 | 63,838 | 62,873 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Belgium | beds | 65,314 | 64,423 | 64,248 | 63,962 | 63,847 | ||||||||||||||||
| Czechia | beds | 70,903 | 70,698 | 70,837 | 70,711 | 69,990 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| France | beds | 403,995 | 399,344 | 395,437 | 391,781 | 386,722 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Germany | beds | 663,941 | 661,448 | 661,880 | 657,662 | 650,167 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Hungary | beds | 68,713 | 68,702 | 67,947 | 67,494 | 65,886 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Italy | beds | 192,315 | 192,548 | 189,753 | 188,909 | 189,351 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Luxembourg | beds | ... | ... | 2,804 | 2,780 | 2,740 | 2,644 | 2,644 | ... | |||||||||||||
| Netherlands | beds | 58,090 | 56,136 | 54,871 | 52,398 | 50,777 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Poland | beds | ... | 252,136 | 251,537 | 248,239 | 234,417 | 234,617 | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Russia | beds | 1,197,247 | 1,182,693 | 1,172,768 | 1,173,568 | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Spain | beds | 137,867 | 138,581 | 139,061 | 138,861 | 139,977 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Switzerland | beds | 39,254 | 39,330 | 39,401 | 39,390 | 38,705 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Ukraine | beds | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
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