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Dentists per 10,000 people — Nicaragua

Dentists per 10,000 people in Nicaragua in 2022 — 0.36 per 10k. Ranked 92 in the world out of 129. Since 2003, the indicator has fallen by 23.4%.

2022 0.36 per 10k −2.7% vs 2021
World rank 92of 129
Period maximum 0.48 per 10k2008
Period minimum 0.36 per 10k2022

Trend over time

2003–2022 · per 10,000 people

Dentists per 10,000 people — Nicaragua, 2003–20220.350.40.450.5200320052007200920112013201520172019202120222003: 0.47 per 10k2005: 0.46 per 10k2006: 0.45 per 10k2007: 0.44 per 10k2008: 0.48 per 10k2009: 0.47 per 10k2010: 0.45 per 10k2011: 0.45 per 10k2012: 0.45 per 10k2013: 0.44 per 10k2014: 0.43 per 10k2015: 0.42 per 10k2016: 0.41 per 10k2017: 0.4 per 10k2018: 0.39 per 10k2019: 0.39 per 10k2020: 0.38 per 10k2021: 0.37 per 10k2022: 0.36 per 10k
Change over the period: −0.11 (−23.4%) Average annual rate: -1.39 %

Comparison, 2022

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

Nicaragua 0.36 per 10k
Central America computed 1.54 per 10k
Dentists per 10,000 people — Nicaragua, by year Nicaragua All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 10k Change Change, %
2022 0.36 −0.01 −2.7%
2021 0.37 −0.01 −2.63%
2020 0.38 −0.01 −2.56%
2019 0.39 +0 +0%
2018 0.39 −0.01 −2.5%
2017 0.4 −0.01 −2.44%
2016 0.41 −0.01 −2.38%
2015 0.42 −0.01 −2.33%
2014 0.43 −0.01 −2.27%
2013 0.44 −0.01 −2.22%
2012 0.45 +0 +0%
2011 0.45 +0 +0%
2010 0.45 −0.02 −4.26%
2009 0.47 −0.01 −2.08%
2008 0.48 +0.04 +9.09%
2007 0.44 −0.01 −2.22%
2006 0.45 −0.01 −2.17%
2005 0.46 — —
2003 0.47 — —

Central America, 2022

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

CR Costa Rica 10.89 PA Panama 2.8 BZ Belize 1.71 SV El Salvador 1.55 MX Mexico 1.19 NI Nicaragua 0.36
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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.

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