This statistic depicts the density of hospital beds worldwide as of 2012, distributed by WHO region. As of that year, the average number of hospital beds in Southeast Asia stood at 10 per 10,000 inhabitants. Among all continents, Europe had the highest density of hospital beds per every 10,000 of its population.
Density of hospital beds worldwide as of 2012, by region (per 10,000 population)*
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