Poland is up there at the top with 6.6, except we have no medical staff to man them. All capable doctors moved to the west, leaving hospitals chronically understaffed.
Pretty similar situation in Russia, №3 in the list.
And there is also the fact that larger cities, like Moscow and SPB, have
a deficit of beds, while smaller towns have a surplus. Most hospitals
were planned and built in the USSR, and a large part of the the
population has moved into cities since then, leaving the whole system
unbalanced.
This paper tries to compare the number of ICU beds by country. Unfortunately there is wide variation in the definition of ICU beds from country to country. But what you realize is there are barely any ICU beds per capita to go around during something like a coronavirus outbreak where respiratory assistance is needed.
It does so by running a substantial government budget deficit (~3-4%).
Japan has not had a surplus since the early 90's and it seems unlikely it will generate one this decade [1], challenging traditional economic wisdom on the consequences of financing your country by printing money (the Japanese central bank is key buyer of government issued bonds).
As a result, Japan has the highest government debt level in the developed word, well over 200% of GDP [2].
Germany is also on the top 5 and we pay about 40-60 percent of our income to the state and the employer pays another ~20% on top.
I pay about 7% of my income for the health insurance and my employer pays another 7% on top.
I'm sure in Japan it will be similar.
Yeah that's right. up to ~700 Euros per month for the public health care system. If you earn ~60k or more, you can opt out and get a private plan for less money with other perks. But, overall German's pay ca. 7% (you) +7% (employer) into health care.