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Sao Tome and Principe
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#58out of 137 countries
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Historical trend

40.331.021.612.32.9196019902019Sao Tome and Principe · 2019: 3Sao Tome and Principe

Analytical takeaways

  • Sao Tome and Principe records 3 for Hospital beds (per 1,000 people) in 2019, ranking #58 globally out of 137 countries.
  • Hospital beds (per 1,000 people) declined from 40 in 1960 to 3 in 2019, a decrease of 37.
  • The country sits in the middle of the global distribution for this metric, making the page a balanced entry point for comparative analysis beyond the extremes.

Comparison

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