Dentists per 10,000 people — all countries

Dentists per 10,000 people — European Union

Dentists per 10,000 people in the European Union in 2023 — 8.11 per 10k. Since 1990, the indicator has risen by 63.4%.

2023 8.11 per 10k +1.54% vs 2022
World rank
Period maximum 8.15 per 10k2020
Period minimum 4.96 per 10k1990

Trend over time

1990–2023 · per 10,000 people

Dentists per 10,000 people — European Union, 1990–20234567891990199419982002200620102014201820221990: 4.96 per 10k1991: 5.15 per 10k1992: 5.46 per 10k1993: 5.59 per 10k1994: 5.68 per 10k1995: 5.58 per 10k1996: 5.77 per 10k1997: 5.8 per 10k1998: 5.95 per 10k1999: 6.02 per 10k2000: 5.98 per 10k2001: 5.98 per 10k2002: 6.05 per 10k2003: 6.13 per 10k2004: 6.27 per 10k2005: 6.33 per 10k2006: 6.46 per 10k2007: 6.45 per 10k2008: 6.38 per 10k2009: 6.48 per 10k2010: 6.62 per 10k2011: 6.67 per 10k2012: 6.86 per 10k2013: 7.1 per 10k2014: 7.2 per 10k2015: 7.27 per 10k2016: 7.36 per 10k2017: 7.44 per 10k2018: 7.51 per 10k2019: 8.08 per 10k2020: 8.15 per 10k2021: 8.14 per 10k2022: 7.99 per 10k2023: 8.11 per 10k
Change over the period: +3.15 (+63.45%) Average annual rate: 1.5 %
Dentists per 10,000 people — European Union, by year European Union All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 10k Change Change, %
2023 8.11 +0.12 +1.54%
2022 7.99 −0.15 −1.88%
2021 8.14 −0.01 −0.07%
2020 8.15 +0.06 +0.77%
2019 8.08 +0.58 +7.68%
2018 7.51 +0.07 +0.91%
2017 7.44 +0.08 +1.03%
2016 7.36 +0.1 +1.35%
2015 7.27 +0.06 +0.85%
2014 7.2 +0.11 +1.54%
2013 7.1 +0.23 +3.41%
2012 6.86 +0.2 +2.93%
2011 6.67 +0.04 +0.66%
2010 6.62 +0.14 +2.23%
2009 6.48 +0.09 +1.46%
2008 6.38 −0.06 −0.96%
2007 6.45 −0.01 −0.23%
2006 6.46 +0.13 +2.07%
2005 6.33 +0.06 +0.92%
2004 6.27 +0.14 +2.31%
2003 6.13 +0.08 +1.28%
2002 6.05 +0.08 +1.3%
2001 5.98 −0 −0.07%
2000 5.98 −0.04 −0.74%
1999 6.02 +0.07 +1.23%
1998 5.95 +0.15 +2.56%
1997 5.8 +0.04 +0.66%
1996 5.77 +0.19 +3.39%
1995 5.58 −0.1 −1.81%
1994 5.68 +0.09 +1.6%
1993 5.59 +0.13 +2.42%
1992 5.46 +0.31 +5.94%
1991 5.15 +0.19 +3.81%
1990 4.96

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.