Dentists per 10,000 people — all countries

Dentists per 10,000 people — Botswana

Dentists per 10,000 people in Botswana in 2024 — 0.35 per 10k. Ranked 39 in the world out of 64. Since 2004, the indicator has risen by 66.7%.

2024 0.35 per 10k −2.78% vs 2023
World rank 39of 64
Period maximum 0.42 per 10k2018
Period minimum 0.09 per 10k2008

Trend over time

2004–2024 · per 10,000 people

Dentists per 10,000 people — Botswana, 2004–202400.20.40.6200420062008201020122014201620182020202220242004: 0.21 per 10k2007: 0.17 per 10k2008: 0.09 per 10k2009: 0.28 per 10k2010: 0.27 per 10k2011: 0.27 per 10k2012: 0.26 per 10k2016: 0.41 per 10k2018: 0.42 per 10k2019: 0.38 per 10k2020: 0.38 per 10k2021: 0.37 per 10k2022: 0.41 per 10k2023: 0.36 per 10k2024: 0.35 per 10k
Change over the period: +0.14 (+66.67%) Average annual rate: 2.59 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Botswana 0.35 per 10k
Southern Africa computed 1 per 10k
Dentists per 10,000 people — Botswana, by year Botswana All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 10k Change Change, %
2024 0.35 −0.01 −2.78%
2023 0.36 −0.05 −12.2%
2022 0.41 +0.04 +10.81%
2021 0.37 −0.01 −2.63%
2020 0.38 +0 +0%
2019 0.38 −0.04 −9.52%
2018 0.42
2016 0.41
2012 0.26 −0.01 −3.7%
2011 0.27 +0 +0%
2010 0.27 −0.01 −3.57%
2009 0.28 +0.19 +211.11%
2008 0.09 −0.08 −47.06%
2007 0.17
2004 0.21

Southern Africa, 2024

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.