Dentists per 10,000 people — all countries

Dentists per 10,000 people — Iraq

Dentists per 10,000 people in Iraq in 2023 — 6.8 per 10k. Ranked 35 in the world out of 99. Since 2010, the indicator has risen by 338.7%.

2023 6.8 per 10k +35.46% vs 2022
World rank 35of 99
Period maximum 6.8 per 10k2023
Period minimum 1.55 per 10k2010

Trend over time

2010–2023 · per 10,000 people

Dentists per 10,000 people — Iraq, 2010–202302468201020122014201620182020202220232010: 1.55 per 10k2014: 2.16 per 10k2015: 1.94 per 10k2016: 2.01 per 10k2017: 2.42 per 10k2019: 3.47 per 10k2020: 3.33 per 10k2021: 4.36 per 10k2022: 5.02 per 10k2023: 6.8 per 10k
Change over the period: +5.25 (+338.71%) Average annual rate: 12.05 %
Dentists per 10,000 people — Iraq, by year Iraq All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 10k Change Change, %
2023 6.8 +1.78 +35.46%
2022 5.02 +0.66 +15.14%
2021 4.36 +1.03 +30.93%
2020 3.33 −0.14 −4.03%
2019 3.47
2017 2.42 +0.41 +20.4%
2016 2.01 +0.07 +3.61%
2015 1.94 −0.22 −10.19%
2014 2.16
2010 1.55

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.