Dentists per 10,000 people — all countries

Dentists per 10,000 people — Namibia

Dentists per 10,000 people in Namibia in 2024 — 1.14 per 10k. Ranked 33 in the world out of 64. Since 2004, the indicator has risen by 171.4%.

2024 1.14 per 10k +15.15% vs 2023
World rank 33of 64
Period maximum 1.14 per 10k2024
Period minimum 0.29 per 10k2014

Trend over time

2004–2024 · per 10,000 people

Dentists per 10,000 people — Namibia, 2004–202400.511.5200420062008201020122014201620182020202220242004: 0.42 per 10k2007: 0.45 per 10k2014: 0.29 per 10k2018: 0.34 per 10k2019: 0.44 per 10k2020: 0.51 per 10k2021: 0.57 per 10k2022: 0.78 per 10k2023: 0.99 per 10k2024: 1.14 per 10k
Change over the period: +0.72 (+171.43%) Average annual rate: 5.12 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Namibia 1.14 per 10k
Southern Africa computed 1 per 10k
Dentists per 10,000 people — Namibia, by year Namibia All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 10k Change Change, %
2024 1.14 +0.15 +15.15%
2023 0.99 +0.21 +26.92%
2022 0.78 +0.21 +36.84%
2021 0.57 +0.06 +11.76%
2020 0.51 +0.07 +15.91%
2019 0.44 +0.1 +29.41%
2018 0.34
2014 0.29
2007 0.45
2004 0.42

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.