Dentists per 10,000 people — all countries

Dentists per 10,000 people — Kenya

Dentists per 10,000 people in Kenya in 2024 — 0.05 per 10k. Ranked 57 in the world out of 64. Since 2002, the indicator has fallen by 78.3%.

2024 0.05 per 10k −80% vs 2022
World rank 57of 64
Period maximum 0.25 per 10k2008
Period minimum 0.05 per 10k2020

Trend over time

2002–2024 · per 10,000 people

Dentists per 10,000 people — Kenya, 2002–202400.10.20.3200220052008201120142017202020232002: 0.23 per 10k2008: 0.25 per 10k2009: 0.25 per 10k2010: 0.22 per 10k2011: 0.22 per 10k2012: 0.22 per 10k2013: 0.23 per 10k2014: 0.24 per 10k2018: 0.17 per 10k2019: 0.25 per 10k2020: 0.05 per 10k2022: 0.25 per 10k2024: 0.05 per 10k
Change over the period: −0.18 (−78.26%) Average annual rate: -6.7 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Kenya 0.05 per 10k
Eastern Africa computed 0.07 per 10k
Dentists per 10,000 people — Kenya, by year Kenya All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 10k Change Change, %
2024 0.05
2022 0.25
2020 0.05 −0.2 −80%
2019 0.25 +0.08 +47.06%
2018 0.17
2014 0.24 +0.01 +4.35%
2013 0.23 +0.01 +4.55%
2012 0.22 +0 +0%
2011 0.22 +0 +0%
2010 0.22 −0.03 −12%
2009 0.25 +0 +0%
2008 0.25
2002 0.23

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.