Dentists per 10,000 people — all countries

Dentists per 10,000 people — Costa Rica

Dentists per 10,000 people in Costa Rica in 2022 — 10.89 per 10k. Ranked 12 in the world out of 129. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 192%.

2022 10.89 per 10k +1.49% vs 2021
World rank 12of 129
Period maximum 10.89 per 10k2022
Period minimum 3.73 per 10k2000

Trend over time

2000–2022 · per 10,000 people

Dentists per 10,000 people — Costa Rica, 2000–2022051015200020032006200920122015201820212000: 3.73 per 10k2012: 9.66 per 10k2013: 10.03 per 10k2014: 9.24 per 10k2015: 9.37 per 10k2016: 9.69 per 10k2017: 10.03 per 10k2018: 10.34 per 10k2019: 10.54 per 10k2020: 10.64 per 10k2021: 10.73 per 10k2022: 10.89 per 10k
Change over the period: +7.16 (+191.96%) Average annual rate: 4.99 %

Comparison, 2022

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

Costa Rica 10.89 per 10k
Central America computed 1.54 per 10k
Upper-middle-income countries computed 3.37 per 10k
Dentists per 10,000 people — Costa Rica, by year Costa Rica All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 10k Change Change, %
2022 10.89 +0.16 +1.49%
2021 10.73 +0.09 +0.85%
2020 10.64 +0.1 +0.95%
2019 10.54 +0.2 +1.93%
2018 10.34 +0.31 +3.09%
2017 10.03 +0.34 +3.51%
2016 9.69 +0.32 +3.42%
2015 9.37 +0.13 +1.41%
2014 9.24 −0.79 −7.88%
2013 10.03 +0.37 +3.83%
2012 9.66
2000 3.73

Central America, 2022

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.