Dentists per 10,000 people — all countries

Dentists per 10,000 people — Bahamas

Dentists per 10,000 people in the Bahamas in 2017 — 2.54 per 10k. Ranked 74 in the world out of 118. Since 2008, the indicator has risen by 14.9%.

2017 2.54 per 10k +12.39% vs 2011
World rank 74of 118
Period maximum 2.54 per 10k2017
Period minimum 2.21 per 10k2008

Trend over time

2008–2017 · per 10,000 people

Dentists per 10,000 people — Bahamas, 2008–20172.22.32.42.52.620082009201020112012201320142015201620172008: 2.21 per 10k2011: 2.26 per 10k2017: 2.54 per 10k
Change over the period: +0.33 (+14.93%) Average annual rate: 1.56 %
Dentists per 10,000 people — Bahamas, by year Bahamas All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 10k Change Change, %
2017 2.54
2011 2.26
2008 2.21

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.