Number of hospital beds rose 1.08% to 14,567 beds in Ireland in 2021, according to World Bank / WHO.
Historically, number of hospital beds in Ireland reached an all time high of 32,334 beds in 1987 and an all time low of 11,692 beds in 2012.
Ireland has been ranked 34th within the group of 40 countries we follow in terms of number of hospital beds, 8 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 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||||||||||||
| Belgium | beds | 65,314 | 64,423 | 64,248 | 63,962 | 63,847 | ||||||||||||||||
| Canada | beds | 93,715 | 92,462 | 94,673 | 94,748 | 96,849 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Denmark | beds | ... | 14,871 | 15,037 | 15,131 | 15,076 | 15,089 | ... | ||||||||||||||
| France | beds | 403,995 | 399,344 | 395,437 | 391,781 | 386,722 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Germany | beds | 663,941 | 661,448 | 661,880 | 657,662 | 650,167 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Iceland | beds | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1,051 | 1,052 | 1,014 | 1,009 | 1,039 | ... | ... | |||||||||
| Ireland | beds | 14,042 | 14,279 | 14,475 | 14,213 | 14,412 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Italy | beds | 192,315 | 192,548 | 189,753 | 188,909 | 189,351 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Mexico | beds | 121,794 | 121,728 | 121,983 | 120,736 | 126,449 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Norway | beds | 19,277 | 18,996 | 18,737 | 18,555 | 18,281 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Spain | beds | 137,867 | 138,581 | 139,061 | 138,861 | 139,977 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Sweden | beds | 23,209 | 22,247 | 21,707 | 21,280 | 21,184 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| USA | beds | 894,574 | 931,203 | 924,107 | 919,559 | 920,531 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| United Kingdom | beds | 168,934 | 167,589 | 165,844 | 163,873 | 162,723 |
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