Hospital beds include inpatient beds available in public, private, general, and specialized hospitals and rehabilitation centers. In most cases beds for both acute and chronic care are included.
| 1970 | 1990 | 2000 | 2005 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Djibouti | 6.1 | 2.5 | 1.8 | 1.6 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 1.4 | |||
| Egypt, Arab Rep. | 2.2 | 2.1 | 2.0 | 1.9 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 1.1 | |
| Libya | 3.8 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 3.2 |
| Tunisia | 2.4 | 1.9 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 2.4 | 2.4 |
| Burundi | 1.3 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.7 | ||||||||||||
| Comoros | 2.8 | 2.2 | ||||||||||||||
| Congo, Dem. Rep. | 3.3 | 1.4 | 1.1 | |||||||||||||
| Eritrea | 1.4 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | ||||
| Ethiopia | 0.3 | 0.2 | 6.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | |||||||||||
| Kenya | 1.3 | 1.6 | 1.4 | 1.3 | ||||||||||||
| Madagascar | 2.8 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | ||||||||
| Malawi | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.3 | |||||||||||||
| Mauritius | 4.0 | 3.8 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 3.3 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 3.7 | |
| Rwanda | 1.3 | 1.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | |||
| Seychelles | 6.5 | 4.8 | 3.6 | 3.4 | 3.2 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 3.2 | |||
| Somalia | 1.4 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 | ||||||
| Sudan | 1.0 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | |
| Eswatini | 3.4 | 2.1 | 2.0 | |||||||||||||
| Uganda | 1.6 | 1.0 | 0.5 | |||||||||||||
| Zambia | 3.2 | 2.0 | ||||||||||||||
| Zimbabwe | 3.5 | 0.5 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 1.9 | 2.0 |