Number of hospital beds rose 1.94% to 51,763 beds in Netherlands in 2021, according to World Bank / WHO.
Historically, number of hospital beds in Netherlands reached an all time high of 103,276 beds in 1972 and an all time low of 50,777 beds in 2020. When compared to Netherlands's main peers, number of hospital beds in Belgium amounted to 63,634 beds, 14,716 beds in Denmark, 645,620 beds in Germany and 162,951 beds in United Kingdom in 2021.
Netherlands has been ranked 21st within the group of 40 countries we follow in terms of number of hospital beds, 4 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 | ||||||||||||||||
| 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 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Ireland | beds | 14,042 | 14,279 | 14,475 | 14,213 | 14,412 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Luxembourg | beds | ... | ... | 2,804 | 2,780 | 2,740 | 2,644 | 2,644 | ... | |||||||||||||
| Netherlands | beds | 58,090 | 56,136 | 54,871 | 52,398 | 50,777 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Norway | beds | 19,277 | 18,996 | 18,737 | 18,555 | 18,281 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Poland | beds | ... | 252,136 | 251,537 | 248,239 | 234,417 | 234,617 | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Sweden | beds | 23,209 | 22,247 | 21,707 | 21,280 | 21,184 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| United Kingdom | beds | 168,934 | 167,589 | 165,844 | 163,873 | 162,723 |
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