Dentists per 10,000 people — all countries

Dentists per 10,000 people — Lesotho

Dentists per 10,000 people in Lesotho in 2024 — 0.12 per 10k. Ranked 46 in the world out of 64. Since 2003, the indicator has risen by 500%.

2024 0.12 per 10k −29.41% vs 2019
World rank 46of 64
Period maximum 0.17 per 10k2019
Period minimum 0.02 per 10k2003

Trend over time

2003–2024 · per 10,000 people

Dentists per 10,000 people — Lesotho, 2003–202400.050.10.150.2200320062009201220152018202120242003: 0.02 per 10k2019: 0.17 per 10k2024: 0.12 per 10k
Change over the period: +0.1 (+500%) Average annual rate: 8.91 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Lesotho 0.12 per 10k
Southern Africa computed 1 per 10k
Dentists per 10,000 people — Lesotho, by year Lesotho All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 10k Change Change, %
2024 0.12
2019 0.17
2003 0.02

Southern Africa, 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.