Dentists per 10,000 people — all countries

Dentists per 10,000 people — Latvia

Dentists per 10,000 people in Latvia in 2023 — 7.18 per 10k. Ranked 31 in the world out of 99. Since 1990, the indicator has risen by 24%.

2023 7.18 per 10k +1.41% vs 2022
World rank 31of 99
Period maximum 7.25 per 10k2013
Period minimum 3.4 per 10k1993

Trend over time

1990–2023 · per 10,000 people

Dentists per 10,000 people — Latvia, 1990–20233456781990199419982002200620102014201820221990: 5.79 per 10k1991: 5.58 per 10k1992: 3.69 per 10k1993: 3.4 per 10k1994: 3.56 per 10k1995: 3.57 per 10k1996: 4.68 per 10k1997: 4.41 per 10k1998: 4.14 per 10k1999: 4.69 per 10k2000: 5.22 per 10k2001: 5.3 per 10k2002: 5.46 per 10k2003: 5.56 per 10k2004: 6.04 per 10k2005: 6.34 per 10k2006: 6.49 per 10k2007: 6.65 per 10k2008: 6.96 per 10k2009: 7.05 per 10k2010: 7.09 per 10k2011: 7.07 per 10k2012: 7.1 per 10k2013: 7.25 per 10k2014: 7.02 per 10k2015: 7.17 per 10k2016: 7.2 per 10k2017: 7.1 per 10k2018: 7.06 per 10k2019: 7.13 per 10k2020: 7.16 per 10k2021: 7.15 per 10k2022: 7.08 per 10k2023: 7.18 per 10k
Change over the period: +1.39 (+24.01%) Average annual rate: 0.65 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Latvia 7.18 per 10k
Europe & Central Asia computed 6.62 per 10k
Northern Europe computed 5.86 per 10k
Dentists per 10,000 people — Latvia, by year Latvia All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 10k Change Change, %
2023 7.18 +0.1 +1.41%
2022 7.08 −0.07 −0.98%
2021 7.15 −0.01 −0.14%
2020 7.16 +0.03 +0.42%
2019 7.13 +0.07 +0.99%
2018 7.06 −0.04 −0.56%
2017 7.1 −0.1 −1.39%
2016 7.2 +0.03 +0.42%
2015 7.17 +0.15 +2.14%
2014 7.02 −0.23 −3.17%
2013 7.25 +0.15 +2.11%
2012 7.1 +0.03 +0.42%
2011 7.07 −0.02 −0.28%
2010 7.09 +0.04 +0.57%
2009 7.05 +0.09 +1.29%
2008 6.96 +0.31 +4.66%
2007 6.65 +0.16 +2.47%
2006 6.49 +0.15 +2.37%
2005 6.34 +0.3 +4.97%
2004 6.04 +0.48 +8.63%
2003 5.56 +0.1 +1.83%
2002 5.46 +0.16 +3.02%
2001 5.3 +0.08 +1.53%
2000 5.22 +0.53 +11.3%
1999 4.69 +0.55 +13.29%
1998 4.14 −0.27 −6.12%
1997 4.41 −0.27 −5.77%
1996 4.68 +1.11 +31.09%
1995 3.57 +0.01 +0.28%
1994 3.56 +0.16 +4.71%
1993 3.4 −0.29 −7.86%
1992 3.69 −1.89 −33.87%
1991 5.58 −0.21 −3.63%
1990 5.79

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.