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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Angola | 2.7 | 1.3 | 0.8 | 0.8 | ||||||||||||
| Botswana | 1.6 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 2.4 | 2.5 | 2.4 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 2.2 | |
| Comoros | 2.8 | 2.2 | ||||||||||||||
| Congo, Dem. Rep. | 3.3 | 1.4 | 1.1 | |||||||||||||
| Lesotho | 1.7 | |||||||||||||||
| 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 | |
| Mozambique | 1.2 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 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 | |||
| South Africa | 2.8 | 2.3 | ||||||||||||||
| Eswatini | 3.4 | 2.1 | 2.0 | |||||||||||||
| Tanzania | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.6 | |||||||
| Zambia | 3.2 | 2.0 | ||||||||||||||
| Zimbabwe | 3.5 | 0.5 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 1.9 | 2.0 |