Dentists per 10,000 people — all countries

Dentists per 10,000 people — Afghanistan

Dentists per 10,000 people in Afghanistan in 2020 — 0.06 per 10k. Ranked 119 in the world out of 130. Since 2006, the indicator has fallen by 53.8%.

2020 0.06 per 10k −14.29% vs 2019
World rank 119of 130
Period maximum 0.14 per 10k2008
Period minimum 0.03 per 10k2014

Trend over time

2006–2020 · per 10,000 people

Dentists per 10,000 people — Afghanistan, 2006–202000.050.10.15200620082010201220142016201820202006: 0.13 per 10k2007: 0.12 per 10k2008: 0.14 per 10k2014: 0.03 per 10k2015: 0.04 per 10k2016: 0.04 per 10k2018: 0.05 per 10k2019: 0.07 per 10k2020: 0.06 per 10k
Change over the period: −0.07 (−53.85%) Average annual rate: -5.37 %

Comparison, 2020

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Afghanistan

Afghanistan 0.06 per 10k
South Asia computed 1.79 per 10k
Southern Asia computed 1.79 per 10k
Dentists per 10,000 people — Afghanistan, by year Afghanistan All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 10k Change Change, %
2020 0.06 −0.01 −14.29%
2019 0.07 +0.02 +40%
2018 0.05
2016 0.04 +0 +0%
2015 0.04 +0.01 +33.33%
2014 0.03
2008 0.14 +0.02 +16.67%
2007 0.12 −0.01 −7.69%
2006 0.13

Southern Asia, 2020

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

About the indicator

The number of dentistry personnel per 10,000 people, from WHO. Dentistry is set apart as a separate indicator because almost everywhere it is financed differently from the rest of medicine — more often out of personal funds — and provision of it is poorly predicted by overall provision of physicians.

Important: The World Bank database has no such indicator, so coverage here is narrower: 193 territories against 245 for nursing personnel.

Source: Global Health Observatory (WHO), license CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO.