Dentists per 10,000 people — all countries

Dentists per 10,000 people — Mauritania

Dentists per 10,000 people in Mauritania in 2022 — 0.31 per 10k. Ranked 93 in the world out of 129. Since 2004, the indicator has risen by 93.8%.

2022 0.31 per 10k +19.23% vs 2021
World rank 93of 129
Period maximum 0.31 per 10k2022
Period minimum 0.16 per 10k2004

Trend over time

2004–2022 · per 10,000 people

Dentists per 10,000 people — Mauritania, 2004–20220.150.20.250.30.3520042006200820102012201420162018202020222004: 0.16 per 10k2009: 0.21 per 10k2018: 0.26 per 10k2019: 0.26 per 10k2020: 0.25 per 10k2021: 0.26 per 10k2022: 0.31 per 10k
Change over the period: +0.15 (+93.75%) Average annual rate: 3.74 %

Comparison, 2022

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

Mauritania 0.31 per 10k
Sub-Saharan Africa computed 0.2 per 10k
Western Africa computed 0.16 per 10k
Dentists per 10,000 people — Mauritania, by year Mauritania All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 10k Change Change, %
2022 0.31 +0.05 +19.23%
2021 0.26 +0.01 +4%
2020 0.25 −0.01 −3.85%
2019 0.26 +0 +0%
2018 0.26
2009 0.21
2004 0.16

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.