Nurse To Hospital Bed Ratio
Global Ranking
ratio nurses to hospital bedsSource: IMF
Definition of Nurse To Hospital Bed Ratio
The ratio of the number of professional and associate professional nurses to the number of hospital beds.
Current Rank | Country | Value | Latest Reading | Previous Rank | Previous Value |
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1 | United Kingdom | 3.16 | 2020 | 1 | 3.09 |
2 | Iceland | 3.06 | 2020 | 2 | 3.07 |
3 | United States | 2.93 | 2018 | 3 | 2.84 |
4 | Denmark | 2.74 | 2018 | 4 | 2.76 |
5 | Norway | 2.64 | 2019 | 5 | 2.58 |
6 | Canada | 2.52 | 2019 | 6 | 2.48 |
7 | New Zealand | 2.51 | 2020 | 7 | 2.42 |
8 | Mexico | 2.29 | 2019 | 8 | 2.28 |
9 | Switzerland | 1.96 | 2019 | 9 | 1.91 |
10 | Ireland | 1.86 | 2019 | 10 | 1.78 |
11 | Finland | 1.6 | 2014 | 11 | 1.47 |
12 | Netherlands | 1.44 | 2019 | 12 | 1.41 |
13 ↓ | Italy | 1.42 | 2019 | 12 | 1.41 |
14 | Luxembourg | 1.4 | 2015 | 14 | 1.4 |
15 | Belgium | 1.31 | 2018 | 15 | 1.34 |
16 ↑ | Israel | 1.28 | 2020 | 19 | 1.04 |
17 ↓ | Portugal | 1.26 | 2019 | 16 | 1.22 |
18 ↓ | Spain | 1.22 | 2019 | 17 | 1.2 |
19 ↓ | Slovenia | 1.15 | 2019 | 18 | 1.14 |
20 | Estonia | 1 | 2019 | 20 | 1.03 |
20 ↑ | Austria | 1 | 2019 | 21 | 0.97 |
22 ↓ | France | 0.98 | 2019 | 21 | 0.97 |
23 | Turkey | 0.91 | 2019 | 23 | 0.9 |
24 | Czech Republic | 0.89 | 2019 | 24 | 0.87 |
25 ↑ | Germany | 0.88 | 2019 | 26 | 0.85 |
26 ↓ | Greece | 0.87 | 2019 | 25 | 0.86 |
27 | Lithuania | 0.82 | 2019 | 27 | 0.81 |
28 | Japan | 0.6 | 2017 | 28 | 0.6 |
29 | Latvia | 0.55 | 2019 | 29 | 0.55 |
30 | Poland | 0.53 | 2017 | 30 | 0.53 |
31 ↓ | Hungary | 0.51 | 2019 | 30 | 0.53 |
31 ↑ | Chile | 0.51 | 2020 | 32 | 0.49 |
33 | South Korea | 0.42 | 2019 | 33 | 0.38 |
The ratio of the number of professional and associate professional nurses to the number of hospital beds.