Dentists per 10,000 people — all countries

Dentists per 10,000 people — Malawi

Dentists per 10,000 people in Malawi in 2024 — 0.07 per 10k. Ranked 52 in the world out of 64. Since 2008, the indicator has fallen by 41.7%.

2024 0.07 per 10k +0% vs 2023
World rank 52of 64
Period maximum 0.12 per 10k2008
Period minimum 0.05 per 10k2022

Trend over time

2008–2024 · per 10,000 people

Dentists per 10,000 people — Malawi, 2008–20240.040.060.080.10.122008201020122014201620182020202220242008: 0.12 per 10k2018: 0.06 per 10k2020: 0.08 per 10k2022: 0.05 per 10k2023: 0.07 per 10k2024: 0.07 per 10k
Change over the period: −0.05 (−41.67%) Average annual rate: -3.31 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Malawi 0.07 per 10k
Eastern Africa computed 0.07 per 10k
Dentists per 10,000 people — Malawi, by year Malawi All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 10k Change Change, %
2024 0.07 +0 +0%
2023 0.07 +0.02 +40%
2022 0.05
2020 0.08
2018 0.06
2008 0.12

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.