North Africa
Comparing hospital beds and health workers in four North African countries
Tunisia had 1.81 hospital beds and 2.47 nurses and midwives per 1,000 people in the 2017 comparison. All four countries have observations for those two measures that year. Later records exist for some countries, but their reporting dates differ.
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Hospital beds
Shared scale · 0 per 1,000 to 2.467 per 1,000
Nurses and midwives
Shared scale · 0 per 1,000 to 2.467 per 1,000
Switch between beds and nurses and midwives. Both rates are per 1,000 people.
The two 2017 comparisons had the same order
Tunisia had 1.81 beds per 1,000, Algeria 1.61, Egypt 1.27 and Morocco 0.72. The nurses and midwives series gave 2.467, 2.207, 1.792 and 1.394 respectively. The two figures describe different resources and should not be added together. Source 1 Source 2
Recent bed observations are available for three countries
In 2023, Tunisia recorded 1.82 beds per 1,000 and Morocco 0.73. Egypt’s latest observation in this extract was 1.06 in 2021. Algeria’s latest was 1.61 in 2017. The table allows separate comparisons without treating those dates as a common snapshot. Source 1
Physician observations have their own schedule
In 2021, Tunisia recorded 1.315 physicians per 1,000 people and Morocco 0.740. Egypt’s latest observation was 0.671 in 2020 and Algeria’s was 1.660 in 2022. The availability of a bed or nursing figure in one year does not mean the physician series reported in that year. Source 3
Counts per resident do not measure access to an appointment
Hospital bed density measures the stock of beds relative to population. Staffing ratios count people in specified occupations relative to population. They do not show hospital occupancy, the distribution of services within a country or how many beds were available to a particular patient. Source 1 Source 2 Source 3 Source 4