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Hospital Beds per 1,000 by African country

3.8Mauritius · highest shown · 2023

Mauritius has the highest reported hospital beds per 1,000 people among the 7 countries shown, at 3.8 (2023).

Hospital beds — inpatient beds in public, private, general and specialised hospitals — per 1,000 people. 7 of 54 countries are shown. Open a country to see its source details and available history.

#1 vs #75.2×Mauritius vs Morocco
Median1.11Gambia
Lowest0.73Morocco

By region

unweighted mean of countries shown
East Africa2.05
4 countries shown · highest value: Mauritius
North Africa1.28
2 countries shown · highest value: Tunisia
West Africa1.11
1 countries shown · highest value: Gambia

Full ranking

7 of 54 countries
#CountryHospital Beds per 1,000Period
1Mauritius
3.82023
2Seychelles
2.632023
3Tunisia
1.822023
4Gambia
1.112023
5Eritrea
1.022023
6Rwanda
0.752023
7Morocco
0.732023

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GET /v1/data

Request the latest available Hospital Beds per 1,000 values for the selected countries as JSON. The response includes source metadata; check reporting periods before comparing values.

curl "https://api.africa-api.com/v1/data?metric_key=hospital_beds_per_1000&latest=true&country_codes=NG,KE,ZA,EG" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $AFRICA_API_KEY"

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Which observations are included?

The table includes 7 of 54 countries with available observations for 2023 or later and within 2 years of the freshest result. Each row shows its reporting period. Countries without an eligible observation are omitted.

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