Key statistics

Average score for healthcare, 2007

Country Score
Austria 7.8

Belgium

7.7
Finland 7.6
Sweden 7.6
Luxembourg 7.4
Netherlands 7.2
France 7.1
Denmark 7.0
Norway 6.9
Spain 6.8
United Kingdom 6.5
Germany 6.0
Italy 5.3

Source: European Quality of Life Survey (EQLS) 2007

 

Number of hospital beds per 100,000 inhabitants, 2009

Country/Region Number of beds
Germany  823.9
France  665.9
Finland  624.5
Switzerland  510.4
Belgium  650.8

Ireland

 327.4
Netherlands  465.7
Norway  334.8
Italy  362.6
Denmark  349.4
United Kingdom  329.1
Spain  318.7
Sweden  275.9

 

Number of practising physicians per 100,000 inhabitants, 2009

Country/Region Number of GPs
Germany  373.1
Norway  402.3
Iceland  360.3
Belgium  292.5
Italy  367.5
Spain  354.2
Sweden  380.2
Switzerland  380.7
Denmark  348.2
Austria  478
Greece  no figure available
Luxembourg  271
Portugal  no figure available
Finland  no figure available
United Kingdom  266.8

Source: Eurostat