Dentists per 10,000 people — all countries

Dentists per 10,000 people — Laos

Dentists per 10,000 people in Laos in 2024 — 0.82 per 10k. Ranked 36 in the world out of 64. Since 2009, the indicator has risen by 121.6%.

2024 0.82 per 10k +7.89% vs 2020
World rank 36of 64
Period maximum 0.82 per 10k2024
Period minimum 0.37 per 10k2009

Trend over time

2009–2024 · per 10,000 people

Dentists per 10,000 people — Laos, 2009–20240.20.40.60.812009201120132015201720192021202320242009: 0.37 per 10k2012: 0.49 per 10k2014: 0.51 per 10k2017: 0.7 per 10k2018: 0.62 per 10k2020: 0.76 per 10k2024: 0.82 per 10k
Change over the period: +0.45 (+121.62%) Average annual rate: 5.45 %
Dentists per 10,000 people — Laos, by year Laos All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 10k Change Change, %
2024 0.82
2020 0.76
2018 0.62 −0.08 −11.43%
2017 0.7
2014 0.51
2012 0.49
2009 0.37

South-Eastern Asia, 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.