The table illustrates the number of hospital beds per thousand people across 8 countries, while the pie charts show the government health investment in Japan, the Netherlands, and the US.
Overall, Japan offered the highest hospital beds and also had the highest average life expectancy, while the United States had the least hospital beds per thousand inhabitants, though it had the highest health spending per person.
Looking first at the figure of hospital beds for each thousand people in Japan and Germany, the former offers the highest number of facilities at 14 thousand per population, slightly ahead of the latter, at 8 per thousand. In contrast, those sectors with the lowest number of hospital beds for their citizens were Canada, Spain, and the United States, which provide nearly 4 per thousand population. Regarding Australia, Netherlands, and the United Kingdom, their figure hovered around 4 beds per thousand people, almost half of Germany.
Turning to the number of health investments per person in the US, reaching the best-paid in health spending per person at $6,719, followed by the Netherlands, at $3, 481. Notably, while the health spending per person of the US was the best-paid, it had the lowest average life expectancy at 78 years old, which was 2 years lower than that of the Netherlands. In terms of Japan, notwithstanding a minimalist health contribution per person, this nation witnessed the top average life expectancy, at 83 years old.