Hospitals in Slovenia 2000-2021

Since 2004, the number of hospitals in Slovenia has remained at exactly 29 with no change since that year. Prior to that, in the years 2000 to 2003, there were 27 hospitals in Slovenia. 

Healthcare workers in Slovenia

Although the number of healthcare institutions in Slovenia has remained stable, the number of personnel working within them have increased. The number of people working in hospitals in Slovenia in the period 2000 to 2018 has increased by nearly 45 percent, reaching over 26 thousand employees. In particular, the number of practicing nurses has increased by over 54 percent in Slovenia since 2000.

Spending indicators on health 

Slovenia’s expenditure on healthcare was 10.1 percent of GDP in 2020, this is the second-lowest share of healthcare spending since 2008. In comparison to other European countries, Slovenia ranked in the middle when it comes to the share of GDP spent on health. Germany had the highest share of expenditure on health, spending 12.1 percent of its GDP in this year.