Long-term care beds in nursing and residential care facilities by NUTS 2 region - historical data (1980-2021) by country

Countries reporting
33
Highest
969,553
Germany
Lowest
248
Albania
Median
40,549
Years covered
42
1980–2021
Data points
2,837

What the numbers show

Long-term care beds in nursing and residential care facilities by NUTS 2 region - historical data (1980-2021) is currently reported for 33 countries. The highest value is 969,553 in Germany; the lowest is 248 in Albania.

The median across all reporting countries is 40,549, and the mean is 125,043.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 3,909.

Over the past decade 27 countries rose and 6 fell. The largest increase was in Luxembourg (up 86.1%), and the largest decrease in Bulgaria (down 57.7%).

Long-term care beds in nursing and residential care facilities by: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Germany 969,553 2019 up 14.7% rising
2 France 659,416 2020 up 12.8% rising
3 United Kingdom 525,704 2019 down 3.5% flat
4 Spain 399,046 2020 up 62.3% rising
5 Italy 260,052 2021 up 17.8% rising
6 Netherlands 239,609 2020 up 39.1% rising
7 Belgium 148,945 2021 up 10.0% rising
8 Sweden 133,852 2020 up 0.5% flat
9 Switzerland 100,694 2020 up 9.7% rising
10 Hungary 84,687 2020 up 2.6% rising
11 Austria 77,867 2020 up 37.4% rising
12 Czechia 75,174 2020 up 15.1% rising
13 Poland 73,684 2020 up 15.2% falling
14 Finland 67,427 2020 up 15.6% rising
15 Slovak Republic 42,436 2020 up 29.2% rising
16 Romania 40,796 2020 up 58.0% rising
17 Denmark 40,549 2021 down 14.4% flat
18 Norway 39,307 2021 down 4.8% flat
19 Ireland 31,842 2021 up 14.9% rising
20 Serbia, Republic of 23,456 2020 up 58.3% rising
21 Lithuania 21,409 2020 up 15.0% rising
22 Slovenia 21,321 2020 up 11.5% rising
23 Estonia 10,580 2020 up 25.1% rising
24 Croatia, Republic of 9,966 2020 up 11.5% rising
25 Luxembourg 7,317 2021 up 86.1% rising
26 Malta 6,456 2020 up 46.4% rising
27 Latvia 4,879 2020 down 20.8% rising
28 Greece 4,232 2019 up 2.9% rising
29 Iceland 2,675 2020 up 5.4% rising
30 Bulgaria 1,933 2020 down 57.7% falling
31 North Macedonia, Republic of 1,003 2020 up 5.2% rising
32 Liechtenstein 311 2021 up 29.0% rising
33 Albania 248 1992 down 54.9% falling

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Long-term care beds in nursing and residential care facilities by NUTS 2 region - historical data (1980-2021)
Source
Eurostat
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Eurostat)
Coverage
211 places, 2,837 data points, 1980–2021
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