Dentists per 10,000 people — all countries

Dentists per 10,000 people — Gabon

Dentists per 10,000 people in Gabon in 2022 — 0.18 per 10k. Ranked 102 in the world out of 129. Since 2004, the indicator has risen by 80%.

2022 0.18 per 10k +20% vs 2020
World rank 102of 129
Period maximum 0.19 per 10k2008
Period minimum 0.1 per 10k2004

Trend over time

2004–2022 · per 10,000 people

Dentists per 10,000 people — Gabon, 2004–20220.10.130.150.180.220042006200820102012201420162018202020222004: 0.1 per 10k2008: 0.19 per 10k2017: 0.17 per 10k2018: 0.18 per 10k2019: 0.15 per 10k2020: 0.15 per 10k2022: 0.18 per 10k
Change over the period: +0.08 (+80%) Average annual rate: 3.32 %

Comparison, 2022

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

Gabon 0.18 per 10k
Sub-Saharan Africa computed 0.2 per 10k
Middle Africa computed 0.05 per 10k
Upper-middle-income countries computed 3.37 per 10k
Dentists per 10,000 people — Gabon, by year Gabon All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 10k Change Change, %
2022 0.18
2020 0.15 +0 +0%
2019 0.15 −0.03 −16.67%
2018 0.18 +0.01 +5.88%
2017 0.17
2008 0.19
2004 0.1

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.