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Number of hospital beds in Belgium from 2000 to 2023

Characteristic	Number of hospital beds
2023	63,507
2022	63,572
2021	63,634
2020	63,847
2019	63,962
2018	64,248
2017	64,423
2016	65,314
2015	65,753
2014	65,590
2013	66,148
2012	66,477
2011	66,785
2010	66,645
2009	66,422
2008	66,925
2007	66,588
2006	67,009
2005	67,340
2004	67,566
2003	67,739
2002	67,570
2001	68,104
2000	68,903

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May 2025

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Belgium

Survey time period

2000 to 2023

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The number of hospital beds in Belgium has generally declined since the year 2000. At the start of the provided time interval there were approximately 68.9 thousand hospital beds in the country, by 2023 this figure was down to around 63.5 thousand. Across the same time period the number of hospitals in Belgium has also decreased. 

Healthcare workers in Belgium

 Although the number of healthcare beds in Belgium has decreased, the number of personnel working increased. The number of healthcare workers in Belgium has steadily increased to over 667.6 thousand employees. Furthermore, the number of practicing nurses in Belgium increased by around 35 thousand since the year 2000. 

Spending indicators on health

 Belgium’s expenditure on healthcare amounted to 10.9 percent of its GDP in 2023. It has been increasing overall since 1980, but has been mostly stable in the past seven years, except during the pandemic. In comparison to other European countries, Belgium ranked relatively high on the share of GDP spent on health expenditures. Switzerland had the highest share of expenditure on health, spending 12 percent of its GDP in 2023. 