Dentists per 10,000 people — all countries

Dentists per 10,000 people — ASEAN

Dentists per 10,000 people in ASEAN in 2021 — 1.71 per 10k. Since 2004, the indicator has fallen by 29.2%.

2021 1.71 per 10k +3.88% vs 2020
World rank
Period maximum 2.41 per 10k2004
Period minimum 0.56 per 10k2009

Trend over time

2004–2021 · per 10,000 people

Dentists per 10,000 people — ASEAN, 2004–2021012320042006200820102012201420162018202020212004: 2.41 per 10k2008: 0.75 per 10k2009: 0.56 per 10k2010: 0.99 per 10k2011: 1.58 per 10k2012: 0.92 per 10k2014: 1.65 per 10k2015: 1.03 per 10k2016: 1.58 per 10k2017: 1.18 per 10k2018: 1.17 per 10k2019: 1.26 per 10k2020: 1.64 per 10k2021: 1.71 per 10k
Change over the period: −0.7 (−29.17%) Average annual rate: -2.01 %
Dentists per 10,000 people — ASEAN, by year ASEAN All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 10k Change Change, %
2021 1.71 +0.06 +3.88%
2020 1.64 +0.38 +30.54%
2019 1.26 +0.08 +7.16%
2018 1.17 −0 −0.23%
2017 1.18 −0.41 −25.73%
2016 1.58 +0.56 +54.32%
2015 1.03 −0.62 −37.77%
2014 1.65
2012 0.92 −0.67 −42.04%
2011 1.58 +0.59 +60.2%
2010 0.99 +0.43 +77.29%
2009 0.56 −0.19 −25.54%
2008 0.75
2004 2.41

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.