Dentists per 10,000 people — all countries

Dentists per 10,000 people — China

Dentists per 10,000 people in China in 2017 — 4.51 per 10k. Ranked 57 in the world out of 118. Since 2005, the indicator has risen by 1,056.4%.

2017 4.51 per 10k +412.5% vs 2011
World rank 57of 118
Period maximum 4.51 per 10k2017
Period minimum 0.39 per 10k2005

Trend over time

2005–2017 · per 10,000 people

Dentists per 10,000 people — China, 2005–2017024620052007200920112013201520172005: 0.39 per 10k2011: 0.88 per 10k2017: 4.51 per 10k
Change over the period: +4.12 (+1,056.41%) Average annual rate: 22.63 %

Comparison, 2017

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

China 4.51 per 10k
Upper-middle-income countries computed 4.54 per 10k
Dentists per 10,000 people — China, by year China All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 10k Change Change, %
2017 4.51
2011 0.88
2005 0.39

Eastern Asia, 2017

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.