Number of hospital beds fell 1.04% to 382,712 beds in France in 2021, according to World Bank / WHO.
Historically, number of hospital beds in France reached an all time high of 507,996 beds in 1997 and an all time low of 382,712 beds in 2021. When compared to France's main peers, number of hospital beds in Belgium amounted to 63,634 beds, 645,620 beds in Germany, 184,724 beds in Italy and 140,397 beds in Spain in 2021.
France has been ranked 7th within the group of 40 countries we follow in terms of number of hospital beds, 2 places 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 | ||||||||||||||||
| France | beds | 403,995 | 399,344 | 395,437 | 391,781 | 386,722 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Germany | beds | 663,941 | 661,448 | 661,880 | 657,662 | 650,167 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Italy | beds | 192,315 | 192,548 | 189,753 | 188,909 | 189,351 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Luxembourg | beds | ... | ... | 2,804 | 2,780 | 2,740 | 2,644 | 2,644 | ... | |||||||||||||
| Morocco | beds | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Netherlands | beds | 58,090 | 56,136 | 54,871 | 52,398 | 50,777 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Poland | beds | ... | 252,136 | 251,537 | 248,239 | 234,417 | 234,617 | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Portugal | beds | 35,037 | 34,953 | 35,409 | 36,092 | 36,019 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Slovenia | beds | 9,266 | 9,294 | 9,183 | 9,256 | 8,994 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Spain | beds | 137,867 | 138,581 | 139,061 | 138,861 | 139,977 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Switzerland | beds | 39,254 | 39,330 | 39,401 | 39,390 | 38,705 | ... |
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