Number of hospitals in Bulgaria 2010-2021

In 2021, there were 319 hospitals in Bulgaria. Since 2010 the number of hospitals in Bulgaria varied from 312 to 323. Some other healthcare indicators show positive signs for the Bulgarian health system.

Other healthcare indicators in Bulgaria

The number of hospital beds in Bulgaria has increased from around 44.8 thousand in 2011 to 51.7 thousand in 2018. Over the same period, the ratio of citizens to physicians in Bulgaria has decreased. In 2011, there were on average 258 individuals per physician in Bulgaria, by 2018 this had dropped to 236 people per physician.

Spending on health

Bulgaria’s expenditure on healthcare was 8.3 percent of GDP in 2018, this share has been generally increasing since 2005. In comparison to other European countries, this would rank Bulgaria rather low on the share of GDP spent on health expenditures. Switzerland had the highest share of expenditure on health, spending 12.2 percent of its GDP.