Dentists per 10,000 people — all countries

Dentists per 10,000 people — El Salvador

Dentists per 10,000 people in El Salvador in 2023 — 1.57 per 10k. Ranked 66 in the world out of 99. Since 1999, the indicator has fallen by 68.7%.

2023 1.57 per 10k +1.29% vs 2022
World rank 66of 99
Period maximum 8.98 per 10k2018
Period minimum 1.45 per 10k2021

Trend over time

1999–2023 · per 10,000 people

Dentists per 10,000 people — El Salvador, 1999–202302.557.5101999200220052008201120142017202020231999: 5.01 per 10k2002: 5.79 per 10k2005: 7.09 per 10k2008: 7.74 per 10k2016: 1.46 per 10k2018: 8.98 per 10k2021: 1.45 per 10k2022: 1.55 per 10k2023: 1.57 per 10k
Change over the period: −3.44 (−68.66%) Average annual rate: -4.72 %
Dentists per 10,000 people — El Salvador, by year El Salvador All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 10k Change Change, %
2023 1.57 +0.02 +1.29%
2022 1.55 +0.1 +6.9%
2021 1.45
2018 8.98
2016 1.46
2008 7.74
2005 7.09
2002 5.79
1999 5.01

Central America, 2023

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.