Number of hospital beds fell 1.62% to 20,841 beds in Sweden in 2021, according to World Bank / WHO.
Historically, number of hospital beds in Sweden reached an all time high of 128,834 beds in 1981 and an all time low of 20,841 beds in 2021.
Sweden has been ranked 29th within the group of 40 countries we follow in terms of number of hospital beds, 5 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 |
| Australia | beds | ... | 92,826 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||||||||||||
| China | beds | 5,688,900 | 6,120,500 | 6,519,700 | 6,866,500 | 7,131,200 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Denmark | beds | ... | 14,871 | 15,037 | 15,131 | 15,076 | 15,089 | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Finland | beds | 21,813 | 20,680 | 19,921 | 18,475 | 15,189 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Germany | beds | 663,941 | 661,448 | 661,880 | 657,662 | 650,167 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Iceland | beds | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1,051 | 1,052 | 1,014 | 1,009 | 1,039 | ... | ... | |||||||||
| Indonesia | beds | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 256,426 | 271,902 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||||||
| Japan | beds | 1,664,456 | 1,653,234 | 1,641,407 | 1,620,040 | 1,593,572 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Netherlands | beds | 58,090 | 56,136 | 54,871 | 52,398 | 50,777 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| New Zealand | beds | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 12,821 | 13,010 | 12,702 | 12,667 | 12,684 | |||||||||
| Norway | beds | 19,277 | 18,996 | 18,737 | 18,555 | 18,281 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Papua New Guinea | beds | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Russia | beds | 1,197,247 | 1,182,693 | 1,172,768 | 1,173,568 | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Sweden | beds | 23,209 | 22,247 | 21,707 | 21,280 | 21,184 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| USA | beds | 894,574 | 931,203 | 924,107 | 919,559 | 920,531 | ... |
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