Dentists per 10,000 people — all countries

Dentists per 10,000 people — Nepal

Dentists per 10,000 people in Nepal in 2024 — 1.8 per 10k. Ranked 28 in the world out of 64. Since 2004, the indicator has risen by 1,900%.

2024 1.8 per 10k +9.76% vs 2023
World rank 28of 64
Period maximum 2.17 per 10k2017
Period minimum 0.09 per 10k2004

Trend over time

2004–2024 · per 10,000 people

Dentists per 10,000 people — Nepal, 2004–20240123200420062008201020122014201620182020202220242004: 0.09 per 10k2017: 2.17 per 10k2018: 0.97 per 10k2019: 1.13 per 10k2020: 1.27 per 10k2021: 1.39 per 10k2023: 1.64 per 10k2024: 1.8 per 10k
Change over the period: +1.71 (+1,900%) Average annual rate: 16.16 %
Dentists per 10,000 people — Nepal, by year Nepal All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 10k Change Change, %
2024 1.8 +0.16 +9.76%
2023 1.64
2021 1.39 +0.12 +9.45%
2020 1.27 +0.14 +12.39%
2019 1.13 +0.16 +16.49%
2018 0.97 −1.2 −55.3%
2017 2.17
2004 0.09

Southern Asia, 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.