Dentists per 10,000 people — all countries

Dentists per 10,000 people — Maldives

Dentists per 10,000 people in the Maldives in 2020 — 1.02 per 10k. Ranked 90 in the world out of 130. Since 2004, the indicator has risen by 209.1%.

2020 1.02 per 10k −9.73% vs 2019
World rank 90of 130
Period maximum 1.45 per 10k2015
Period minimum 0.2 per 10k2016

Trend over time

2004–2020 · per 10,000 people

Dentists per 10,000 people — Maldives, 2004–202000.511.52004200620082010201220142016201820202004: 0.33 per 10k2009: 1.29 per 10k2010: 0.89 per 10k2015: 1.45 per 10k2016: 0.2 per 10k2017: 0.72 per 10k2018: 0.53 per 10k2019: 1.13 per 10k2020: 1.02 per 10k
Change over the period: +0.69 (+209.09%) Average annual rate: 7.31 %

Comparison, 2020

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

Maldives 1.02 per 10k
South Asia computed 1.79 per 10k
Southern Asia computed 1.79 per 10k
Upper-middle-income countries computed 3.04 per 10k
Dentists per 10,000 people — Maldives, by year Maldives All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 10k Change Change, %
2020 1.02 −0.11 −9.73%
2019 1.13 +0.6 +113.21%
2018 0.53 −0.19 −26.39%
2017 0.72 +0.52 +260%
2016 0.2 −1.25 −86.21%
2015 1.45
2010 0.89 −0.4 −31.01%
2009 1.29
2004 0.33

Southern Asia, 2020

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.