Saudi Arabia had a total of 484 hospitals for the year ending September 2017, rising by 14 hospitals YoY, data by the General Authority for Statistics showed.

 

A 67 percent of Saudi Arabia's total hospitals are owned by ministry of health, while the remaining percentage is run by the private sector.

 

Hospital density stood at 1.50 hospital per 100,000 persons last year, rising from 1.48 hospital per 100,000 persons the year before.

 

Total number of hospitals across Saudi Arabia

Period

Hospitals owned by ministry of health

Hospitals owned by other govt bodies

Hospitals owned by the private sector

Total

1434 (2012/2013)

268

41

136

445

1435 (2013/2014)

270

42

141

453

1436 (2014/2015)

274

43

145

462

1437 (2015/2016)

274

44

152

470

1438 (2016/2017)

282

44

158

484

 

Makkah accounted for the biggest number of hospitals at 104, followed by Riyadh (102 hospitals) and Eastern Province (74 hospitals).

 

Number of hospitals by region

Region

Number of hospitals

Percentage of total hospitals

Mecca

104

21%

Riyadh

102

21%

Eastern province

74

15%

Asir

41

8%

Medina

33

7%

Jazan

25

5%

Qassim

24

5%

Najran

17

4%

Tabuk

15

3%

Hail

15

3%

Al Jouf

13

3%

Al Baha

11

2%

Northern boarders

10

2%

 

The number of beds increased by 3 percent YoY to 72,980 last year. The health ministry hospitals have 55,360 beds, while hospitals run by the private sector have 17,620 beds.

 

Riyadh has the highest number of hospital beds at 18,720, or 26 percent of the total hospital bed capacity, followed by Makkah (22 percent).

 

Number of hospital beds across country

Period

Hospitals owned by ministry of health

Hospitals owned by other gov't bodies

Hospitals owned by the private sector

Total

1434 (2012/2013)

38,970

11,414

14,310

64,694

1435 (2013/2014)

40,300

12,032

15,665

67,997

1436 (2014/2015)

41,297

11,449

16,648

69,394

1437 (2015/2016)

41,835

11,581

17,428

70,844

1438 (2016/2017)

43,080

12,279

17,622

72,981

 

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