Hospital Beds in South Africa decreased to 2.29 per 1000 people in 2010 from 2.38 per 1000 people in 2008. Hospital Beds in South Africa averaged 2.65 per 1000 people from 1998 until 2010, reaching an all time high of 3.09 per 1000 people in 2002 and a record low of 2.29 per 1000 people in 2010. source: OECD