In-patient average length of stay (days) by NUTS 2 region - total - historical data (1999-2021) by country
Countries reporting
29
Highest
9.7
Hungary
Lowest
4.5
Netherlands
Median
7.6
Years covered
23
1999–2021
Data points
2,548
What the numbers show
In-patient average length of stay (days) by NUTS 2 region - total - historical data (1999-2021) is currently reported for 29 countries. The highest value is 9.7 in Hungary; the lowest is 4.5 in Netherlands.
The median across all reporting countries is 7.6, and the mean is 7.41.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.
Over the past decade 12 countries rose and 14 fell. The largest increase was in Portugal (up 145.5%), and the largest decrease in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (down 21.8%).
In-patient average length of stay (days) by NUTS 2 region - total: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungary | 9.7 | 2021 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 2 | Czechia | 9.5 | 2021 | down 3.1% | falling |
| 2 | Martinique | 9.5 | 2021 | — | flat |
| 4 | Guadeloupe | 9 | 2021 | — | flat |
| 5 | Luxembourg | 8.9 | 2015 | up 2.3% | flat |
| 6 | Germany | 8.8 | 2021 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 6 | France | 8.8 | 2021 | up 57.1% | rising |
| 8 | Croatia | 8.4 | 2020 | down 15.2% | falling |
| 9 | Spain | 8.3 | 2021 | up 23.9% | rising |
| 9 | Italy | 8.3 | 2020 | up 9.2% | rising |
| 11 | Switzerland | 8.1 | 2021 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 11 | Portugal | 8.1 | 2021 | up 145.5% | rising |
| 13 | Liechtenstein | 7.7 | 2021 | up 51.0% | rising |
| 13 | Romania | 7.7 | 2021 | up 2.7% | falling |
| 15 | Lithuania | 7.6 | 2016 | down 14.6% | falling |
| 15 | Malta | 7.6 | 2019 | up 16.9% | rising |
| 17 | Finland | 7.3 | 2021 | down 20.7% | falling |
| 17 | Poland | 7.3 | 2021 | up 5.8% | flat |
| 17 | Slovakia | 7.3 | 2020 | down 2.7% | falling |
| 20 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 6.8 | 2016 | down 21.8% | falling |
| 21 | Slovenia | 6.5 | 2021 | down 9.7% | falling |
| 22 | Iceland | 5.9 | 2019 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 22 | Mayotte | 5.9 | 2021 | — | falling |
| 24 | Belgium | 5.7 | 2021 | down 14.9% | falling |
| 25 | Bulgaria | 5.5 | 2021 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 25 | Sweden | 5.5 | 2021 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 27 | Denmark | 5.4 | 2016 | down 19.4% | falling |
| 28 | Norway | 5.2 | 2021 | up 15.6% | rising |
| 29 | Netherlands | 4.5 | 2021 | down 15.1% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Extra-Regio NUTS 2 24.9
- Canarias 12.2
- Mecklenburg-Vorpommern 10.6
- Schleswig-Holstein 10.5
- Comunidad Foral de Navarra 10.5
- Jihozápad 10.1
- Moravskoslezsko 10
- Brandenburg 10
- Corse 10
- Střední Čechy 9.9
- Corse (NUTS 2013) 9.8
- Auvergne (NUTS 2013) 9.7
- Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur (NUTS 2013) 9.6
- Auvergne 9.6
- Střední Morava 9.5
- Thüringen 9.5
- País Vasco 9.5
- Castilla y León 9.5
- Sachsen 9.4
- Noreste 9.4
- Piemonte 9.4
- Provincia Autonoma di Trento 9.4
- Centre — Val de Loire 9.4
- Severovýchod 9.3
- Jihovýchod 9.3
- Liguria 9.3
- Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur 9.3
- Hessen 9.2
- Cataluña 9.2
- Ile de France 9.2
- Franche-Comté 9.2
- Languedoc-Roussillon 9.2
- Baden-Württemberg 9.1
- Aragón 9.1
- Centre (FR) (NUTS 2013) 9.1
- Bourgogne (NUTS 2013) 9.1
- Franche-Comté (NUTS 2013) 9.1
- Bretagne (NUTS 2013) 9.1
- Languedoc-Roussillon (NUTS 2013) 9.1
- Bourgogne 9.1