Number of hospital beds fell 2.44% to 184,724 beds in Italy in 2021, according to World Bank / WHO.
Historically, number of hospital beds in Italy reached an all time high of 588,103 beds in 1975 and an all time low of 184,724 beds in 2021. When compared to Italy's main peers, number of hospital beds in Austria amounted to 61,927 beds, 382,712 beds in France, 8,958 beds in Slovenia and 38,592 beds in Switzerland in 2021.
Italy has been ranked 10th 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 | ||||||||||||||||
| Croatia | beds | 22,917 | 22,878 | 22,960 | 23,040 | 22,923 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| 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 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| 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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