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A pair of series

Beds and doctors

Hospital beds and physicians per 1,000. Two Bank stocks.

Hospital beds is infrastructure; Physicians is people. Do not average them.

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Hospital beds

Hospital beds per 1,000 people. Bank. A stock of beds, not health.

The file

Hospital beds per 1,000 people. World Bank.

The indicator

SH.MED.BEDS.ZS. A stock of beds, not Life expectancy at birth.

What the numbers show

More beds is not a longer life. Read with Health expenditure.

Longseries, “Hospital beds”. World Bank Open Data (SH.MED.BEDS.ZS), 1960–2023, Brazil, China, Czechia, Germany, Spain, France, United Kingdom, India, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Poland, Sweden, United States, World. Retrieved 2026-09-15. CC BY 4.0. https://longseries.com/en/d/hospital-beds/

Latest values

Sorted by the latest published value. The rest of the file is under the fold.

15 places — sorted by latest value
CountryYearValue
Japan202212.6
Germany20237.6
Czechia20226.5
Poland20226.0
France20225.7
China20235.6
World20213.3
Italy20223.1
The rest of the places (7)
Remaining 7 places
Spain20232.9
United States20222.7
Brazil20212.5
United Kingdom20222.4
Netherlands20222.4
Sweden20221.9
India20211.6

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4.45.05.66.36.919601981200120226.0
Poland

Calculations from this window

We compute from the published level in the selected years. Nothing is invented — CAGR and Δ are functions of those rows.

Poland

Hospital beds

4.6→6.0

Change
+1.4 pts
Years
1960–2022

Poland: 4.6 (1960) → 6.0 (2022). Difference +1.4 pts. Highest 6.7 in 2003; lowest 4.6 in 1960.

Hospital beds — Poland
YearCountryValue
2022Poland6.0
2021Poland6.2
2020Poland6.2
2019Poland6.1
2018Poland6.5
2017Poland6.6
2016Poland6.6
2015Poland6.6
2014Poland6.6
2013Poland6.6
2012Poland6.6
2011Poland6.6
2010Poland6.6
2009Poland6.7
2008Poland6.6
2007Poland6.4
2006Poland6.5
2005Poland6.5
2004Poland6.7
2003Poland6.7
1999Poland5.1
1998Poland5.3
1997Poland5.4
1996Poland5.5
1995Poland5.5
1994Poland5.6
1993Poland5.6
1992Poland5.6
1991Poland5.7
1990Poland5.7
1985Poland5.7
1980Poland5.6
1970Poland5.2
1960Poland4.6

Physicians

Doctors per 1,000 people. Bank / WHO. A people stock, not [hospital-beds].

The file

Physicians per 1,000 people. WHO via the Bank.

The indicator

SH.MED.PHYS.ZS. People, not Hospital beds.

What the numbers show

Beds and doctors are two stocks. Pair: Hospital beds. Do not average.

Longseries, “Physicians”. World Bank Open Data (SH.MED.PHYS.ZS), 1960–2023, Brazil, China, Czechia, Germany, Spain, France, United Kingdom, India, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Poland, Sweden, United States, World. Retrieved 2026-09-15. CC BY 4.0. https://longseries.com/en/d/physicians/

Latest values

Sorted by the latest published value. The rest of the file is under the fold.

15 places — sorted by latest value
CountryYearValue
Germany20224.5
Sweden20214.4
Czechia20224.4
Spain20224.3
Italy20224.2
Poland20234.0
Netherlands20223.9
United States20223.7
The rest of the places (7)
Remaining 7 places
United Kingdom20233.3
France20223.3
China20223.1
Japan20222.6
Brazil20232.4
World20221.9
India20200.7

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0.71.62.53.44.319601981200220234.0
Poland

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We compute from the published level in the selected years. Nothing is invented — CAGR and Δ are functions of those rows.

Poland

Physicians

1.0→4.0

Change
+3.0 pts
Years
1960–2023

Poland: 1.0 (1960) → 4.0 (2023). Difference +3.0 pts. Highest 4.0 in 2023; lowest 1.0 in 1960.

Physicians — Poland
YearCountryValue
2023Poland4.0
2022Poland3.4
2021Poland3.4
2020Poland3.3
2019Poland3.3
2018Poland2.3
2017Poland2.4
2016Poland2.4
2015Poland2.3
2014Poland2.3
2013Poland2.2
2012Poland2.2
2011Poland2.2
2010Poland2.2
2009Poland2.2
2008Poland2.2
2007Poland2.2
2006Poland2.2
2005Poland2.1
2004Poland2.3
2003Poland2.4
2002Poland2.3
2001Poland2.3
2000Poland2.2
1999Poland2.3
1998Poland2.4
1997Poland2.4
1996Poland2.4
1995Poland2.3
1994Poland2.3
1993Poland2.2
1992Poland2.2
1991Poland2.2
1990Poland2.1
1987Poland2.1
1986Poland2.0
1985Poland2.0
1984Poland1.9
1983Poland1.9
1982Poland1.8
1981Poland1.8
1980Poland1.8
1979Poland1.7
1978Poland1.7
1977Poland1.7
1976Poland1.6
1975Poland1.6
1974Poland1.6
1973Poland1.5
1972Poland1.5
1971Poland1.5
1970Poland1.4
1969Poland1.4
1968Poland1.4
1967Poland1.3
1966Poland1.3
1965Poland1.2
1964Poland1.2
1963Poland1.1
1962Poland1.1
1961Poland1.0
1960Poland1.0