Dentists per 10,000 people — all countries

Dentists per 10,000 people — Ghana

Dentists per 10,000 people in Ghana in 2024 — 0.2 per 10k. Ranked 41 in the world out of 64. Since 2004, the indicator has risen by 300%.

2024 0.2 per 10k −13.04% vs 2018
World rank 41of 64
Period maximum 0.23 per 10k2018
Period minimum 0.01 per 10k2007

Trend over time

2004–2024 · per 10,000 people

Dentists per 10,000 people — Ghana, 2004–202400.10.20.3200420062008201020122014201620182020202220242004: 0.05 per 10k2007: 0.01 per 10k2008: 0.02 per 10k2016: 0.14 per 10k2018: 0.23 per 10k2024: 0.2 per 10k
Change over the period: +0.15 (+300%) Average annual rate: 7.18 %
Dentists per 10,000 people — Ghana, by year Ghana All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 10k Change Change, %
2024 0.2
2018 0.23
2016 0.14
2008 0.02 +0.01 +100%
2007 0.01
2004 0.05

Western Africa, 2024

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.