Dentists per 10,000 people — all countries

Dentists per 10,000 people — Japan

Dentists per 10,000 people in Japan in 2022 — 8.16 per 10k. Ranked 24 in the world out of 129. Since 1990, the indicator has risen by 39.7%.

2022 8.16 per 10k −1.09% vs 2020
World rank 24of 129
Period maximum 8.25 per 10k2020
Period minimum 5.84 per 10k1990

Trend over time

1990–2022 · per 10,000 people

Dentists per 10,000 people — Japan, 1990–2022567891990199419982002200620102014201820221990: 5.84 per 10k1992: 6.08 per 10k1994: 6.31 per 10k1996: 6.62 per 10k1998: 6.77 per 10k2000: 6.96 per 10k2002: 7.1 per 10k2004: 7.25 per 10k2006: 7.39 per 10k2008: 7.55 per 10k2010: 7.7 per 10k2012: 7.79 per 10k2014: 7.92 per 10k2016: 7.99 per 10k2018: 8.02 per 10k2020: 8.25 per 10k2022: 8.16 per 10k
Change over the period: +2.32 (+39.73%) Average annual rate: 1.05 %
Dentists per 10,000 people — Japan, by year Japan All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 10k Change Change, %
2022 8.16
2020 8.25
2018 8.02
2016 7.99
2014 7.92
2012 7.79
2010 7.7
2008 7.55
2006 7.39
2004 7.25
2002 7.1
2000 6.96
1998 6.77
1996 6.62
1994 6.31
1992 6.08
1990 5.84

Eastern Asia, 2022

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.