Dentists per 10,000 people — all countries

Dentists per 10,000 people — Euro area

Dentists per 10,000 people in the Euro area in 2023 — 7.83 per 10k. Since 1990, the indicator has risen by 64.1%.

2023 7.83 per 10k +1.4% vs 2022
World rank
Period maximum 8.08 per 10k2020
Period minimum 4.77 per 10k1990

Trend over time

1990–2023 · per 10,000 people

Dentists per 10,000 people — Euro area, 1990–20234567891990199419982002200620102014201820221990: 4.77 per 10k1991: 5.06 per 10k1992: 5.55 per 10k1993: 5.7 per 10k1994: 5.79 per 10k1995: 5.81 per 10k1996: 6.05 per 10k1997: 6.12 per 10k1998: 6.3 per 10k1999: 6.46 per 10k2000: 6.44 per 10k2001: 6.46 per 10k2002: 6.49 per 10k2003: 6.54 per 10k2004: 6.61 per 10k2005: 6.73 per 10k2006: 6.86 per 10k2007: 6.81 per 10k2008: 6.7 per 10k2009: 6.83 per 10k2010: 6.97 per 10k2011: 6.99 per 10k2012: 7.23 per 10k2013: 7.51 per 10k2014: 7.59 per 10k2015: 7.65 per 10k2016: 7.74 per 10k2017: 7.84 per 10k2018: 7.91 per 10k2019: 8.03 per 10k2020: 8.08 per 10k2021: 7.98 per 10k2022: 7.73 per 10k2023: 7.83 per 10k
Change over the period: +3.06 (+64.08%) Average annual rate: 1.51 %
Dentists per 10,000 people — Euro area, by year Euro area All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 10k Change Change, %
2023 7.83 +0.11 +1.4%
2022 7.73 −0.25 −3.15%
2021 7.98 −0.1 −1.24%
2020 8.08 +0.05 +0.57%
2019 8.03 +0.12 +1.51%
2018 7.91 +0.07 +0.89%
2017 7.84 +0.1 +1.35%
2016 7.74 +0.09 +1.15%
2015 7.65 +0.07 +0.87%
2014 7.59 +0.08 +1.04%
2013 7.51 +0.28 +3.87%
2012 7.23 +0.23 +3.35%
2011 6.99 +0.03 +0.38%
2010 6.97 +0.14 +2.01%
2009 6.83 +0.13 +1.9%
2008 6.7 −0.11 −1.56%
2007 6.81 −0.05 −0.7%
2006 6.86 +0.13 +1.86%
2005 6.73 +0.12 +1.81%
2004 6.61 +0.07 +1.07%
2003 6.54 +0.05 +0.76%
2002 6.49 +0.03 +0.5%
2001 6.46 +0.02 +0.25%
2000 6.44 −0.02 −0.26%
1999 6.46 +0.16 +2.54%
1998 6.3 +0.18 +2.86%
1997 6.12 +0.07 +1.15%
1996 6.05 +0.25 +4.22%
1995 5.81 +0.02 +0.27%
1994 5.79 +0.09 +1.61%
1993 5.7 +0.15 +2.7%
1992 5.55 +0.49 +9.64%
1991 5.06 +0.29 +6.06%
1990 4.77

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.