Health in Lop Buri, Thailand: official figures
Lop Buri had 16 hospitals and medical establishments with patient beds in 2024, holding 1,808 beds between them; Thailand had 1,404 such establishments and 174,336 beds.
How many hospital beds are there in Lop Buri?
Lop Buri has 2.4 hospital beds for every 1,000 residents (using the 2024 population estimate), 37th lowest of 77 provinces; for Thailand it is 2.5.
Source: National Statistical Office of Thailand, from Ministry of Public Health data · saved copyAre there more public or private hospital beds in Lop Buri?
Of the 1,808 beds in Lop Buri, 1,552 (86%) were in the 12 Ministry of Public Health establishments and 93 (5%) in the 2 private ones; the rest were run by other ministries, local government, state enterprises and independent public agencies.
Source: National Statistical Office of Thailand, from Ministry of Public Health data · saved copyIs Lop Buri getting more hospital beds?
The number of hospital beds in Lop Buri went from 1,926 in 2022 to 1,808 in 2024, down 6.1%.
Source: National Statistical Office of Thailand, from Ministry of Public Health data · saved copyHow many doctors are there in Lop Buri?
Lop Buri had 4.2 physicians for every 10,000 residents in 2024 (B.E. 2567) in the Ministry of Public Health's medical personnel statistics, about one for every 2,360 people, ranking 34th lowest of 77 provinces.
Source: National Statistical Office of Thailand, from Ministry of Public Health (Office of the Permanent Secretary) data · saved copyHow many nurses are there in Lop Buri?
Lop Buri had 23.6 professional nurses per 10,000 residents in 2024, ranking 29th lowest of 77 provinces.
Source: National Statistical Office of Thailand, from Ministry of Public Health (Office of the Permanent Secretary) data · saved copyHow many dentists are there in Lop Buri?
There were 1.1 dentists and 2.2 pharmacists per 10,000 people in Lop Buri in 2024; the dentist ratio is 29th lowest of 77 and the pharmacist ratio joint 37th lowest of 77 among the provinces.
Source: National Statistical Office of Thailand, from Ministry of Public Health (Office of the Permanent Secretary) data · saved copyHow Lop Buri compares with other provinces
Hospital beds per 1,000 people (2024)
Lop Buri ranks 41 of 77, highest first. Beds in hospitals and medical establishments with patient beds, divided by the NESDC 2024 population estimate.
| Rank | Region | Hospital beds per 1,000 people |
|---|---|---|
| 38 | Amnat Charoen | 2.4 |
| 39 | Chaiyaphum | 2.4 |
| 40 | Songkhla | 2.4 |
| 41 | Lop Buri | 2.4 |
| 42 | Trang | 2.4 |
| 43 | Trat | 2.3 |
| 44 | Nakhon Phanom | 2.3 |
Physicians per 10,000 people (2024)
Lop Buri ranks 44 of 77, highest first. Ministry of Public Health medical personnel statistics, B.E. 2567.
| Rank | Region | Physicians per 10,000 people |
|---|---|---|
| 41 | Prachuap Khiri Khan | 4.3 |
| 42 | Prachin Buri | 4.3 |
| 43 | Nan | 4.3 |
| 44 | Lop Buri | 4.2 |
| 45 | Uthai Thani | 4.2 |
| 46 | Ang Thong | 4.2 |
| 47 | Sukhothai | 4.1 |
Professional nurses per 10,000 people (2024)
Lop Buri ranks 49 of 77, highest first. Ministry of Public Health medical personnel statistics, B.E. 2567.
| Rank | Region | Professional nurses per 10,000 people |
|---|---|---|
| 46 | Mukdahan | 24.0 |
| 47 | Loei | 23.6 |
| 48 | Mae Hong Son | 23.6 |
| 49 | Lop Buri | 23.6 |
| 50 | Uthai Thani | 23.5 |
| 51 | Samut Prakan | 23.5 |
| 52 | Kanchanaburi | 23.1 |
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Sources
- National Statistical Office of Thailand, from Ministry of Public Health data: Hospitals and medical establishments with patient beds, and number of beds, by province and type of operator (to B.E. 2567 / 2024), read 24 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 8e9c224ab8db…)
- National Statistical Office of Thailand, from Ministry of Public Health (Office of the Permanent Secretary) data: Ratio of medical personnel to the population by province (physicians, dentists, pharmacists and professional nurses per 10,000 people, to B.E. 2567 / 2024), read 24 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 95ac7bd4234a…)
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