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Papua New Guinea
Hospital beds (per 1,000 people)

Hospital beds include inpatient beds available in public, private, general, and specialized hospitals and rehabilitation centers. In most cases beds for both acute and chronic care are included.

Global rank#67out of 73 countries
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Historical trend

6.65.03.41.80.2197019972023Papua New Guinea · 2023: 1Papua New Guinea

Analytical takeaways

  • Papua New Guinea records 1 for Hospital beds (per 1,000 people) in 2023, ranking #67 globally out of 73 countries.
  • Hospital beds (per 1,000 people) declined from 7 in 1970 to 1 in 2023, a decrease of 6.
  • The country sits in the bottom quartile of the global distribution for this metric, which also makes the page relevant for low-value and lagging-performance searches.

Comparison

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