Based on a comparison of 25 countries in 2010, Israel ranked the highest in acute care occupancy as of available beds with 98.8% followed by Norway and Canada. On the other end of the scale was Netherlands with 52.8%, Mexico with 60.1% and Turkey with 63.3%.
Data for more countries are available at Acute Care Occupancy (As of Available Beds) indicator page.
Acute Care Occupancy (As of Available Beds) | Unit | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 |
Austria | % | 78.5% | 78.5% | 79.0% | 78.6% | 79.6% | ||||||||||||||||
Belgium | % | 74.7% | 74.8% | 74.1% | 73.6% | 74.0% | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
Canada | % | ... | 91.0% | 84.0% | 84.0% | 89.0% | 93.0% | ... | ||||||||||||||
Chile | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 71.3% | 71.9% | 72.7% | 74.6% | 74.4% | |||||||
Czechia | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 78.4% | ... | ... | ... | |||||||||
France | % | 74.8% | 73.5% | 73.7% | 73.9% | 74.2% | ||||||||||||||||
Germany | % | ... | 74.4% | 74.5% | 75.1% | 76.0% | 76.2% | |||||||||||||||
Ireland | % | 85.4% | 85.5% | 86.7% | 87.1% | 88.8% | ||||||||||||||||
Israel | % | 95.4% | 95.7% | 95.0% | 95.7% | 95.8% | ||||||||||||||||
Italy | % | 76.4% | 77.3% | 78.0% | 78.3% | 78.8% | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
Japan | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | 79.3% | 79.2% | 77.8% | 76.4% | 75.7% | ||||||||||||
Norway | % | ... | ... | 86.4% | 87.6% | 88.5% | 88.0% | 89.9% | ||||||||||||||
Spain | % | 78.8% | 79.1% | 78.2% | 78.2% | 77.7% | ||||||||||||||||
Switzerland | % | ... | ... | 86.3% | 86.1% | 86.8% | 85.2% | 88.2% | ||||||||||||||
United Kingdom | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 83.8% | 83.7% | 83.5% | 83.7% | 84.8% |