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One of these has 4.8× the hospital beds of the other.
North Korea vs USA
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Health Spending

USD / person / yr
USA
MEDICAL BILL
TOTAL $13,473
per person / yr

Doctors

per 1,000 people
USA
1 doctor : 272 people
North Korea
1 doctor : 275 people
1 grey figure = 25 people
has 1.01× more doctors per person than

Hospital Beds

per 1,000 people
North Korea
12.8 beds / 1,000 people
USA
2.7 beds / 1,000 people
1 bed = 1 hospital bed per 1,000 people
has 4.78× more hospital beds than

Obesity

% of adults
USA
41.0% of adults are obese
North Korea
12.0% of adults are obese
has 3.43× higher obesity than

Diabetes

% of ages 20-79
USA
13.7% 1 cube = 1% with diabetes
North Korea
9.9% 1 cube = 1% with diabetes
has 1.38× more diabetes than
The verdict
doctors USA
hospital beds North Korea
obesity North Korea
diabetes North Korea
3 — 1
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North Korea vs USA — Health

One of these has 4.8× the hospital beds of the other. Every figure here comes from the same public datasets behind the full comparison — World Bank, IMF, UN and national statistics offices.

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