Dentists per 10,000 people — all countries

Dentists per 10,000 people — Gambia

Dentists per 10,000 people in the Gambia in 2022 — 0.03 per 10k. Ranked 117 in the world out of 129. Since 2003, the indicator has fallen by 25%.

2022 0.03 per 10k −25% vs 2021
World rank 117of 129
Period maximum 0.08 per 10k2015
Period minimum 0.02 per 10k2018

Trend over time

2003–2022 · per 10,000 people

Dentists per 10,000 people — Gambia, 2003–202200.020.040.060.08200320052007200920112013201520172019202120222003: 0.04 per 10k2005: 0.06 per 10k2006: 0.06 per 10k2007: 0.06 per 10k2008: 0.07 per 10k2015: 0.08 per 10k2018: 0.02 per 10k2019: 0.05 per 10k2020: 0.03 per 10k2021: 0.04 per 10k2022: 0.03 per 10k
Change over the period: −0.01 (−25%) Average annual rate: -1.5 %

Comparison, 2022

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

Gambia 0.03 per 10k
Sub-Saharan Africa computed 0.2 per 10k
Western Africa computed 0.16 per 10k
Low-income countries computed 0.54 per 10k
Dentists per 10,000 people — Gambia, by year Gambia All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 10k Change Change, %
2022 0.03 −0.01 −25%
2021 0.04 +0.01 +33.33%
2020 0.03 −0.02 −40%
2019 0.05 +0.03 +150%
2018 0.02
2015 0.08
2008 0.07 +0.01 +16.67%
2007 0.06 +0 +0%
2006 0.06 +0 +0%
2005 0.06
2003 0.04

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.