Number of hospital beds fell 1.50% to 61,927 beds in Austria in 2021, according to World Bank / WHO.
Historically, number of hospital beds in Austria reached an all time high of 75,168 beds in 1985 and an all time low of 61,927 beds in 2021. When compared to Austria's main peers, number of hospital beds in Germany amounted to 645,620 beds, 65,887 beds in Hungary, 184,724 beds in Italy and 38,592 beds in Switzerland in 2021.
Austria has been ranked 19th within the group of 40 countries we follow in terms of number of hospital beds, 7 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 | ||||||||||||||||
| 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 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Poland | beds | ... | 252,136 | 251,537 | 248,239 | 234,417 | 234,617 | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Slovakia | beds | 31,412 | 31,659 | 31,026 | 31,422 | 31,016 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Slovenia | beds | 9,266 | 9,294 | 9,183 | 9,256 | 8,994 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Switzerland | beds | 39,254 | 39,330 | 39,401 | 39,390 | 38,705 | ... |
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