Dentists per 10,000 people — all countries

Dentists per 10,000 people — North Korea

Dentists per 10,000 people in North Korea in 2024 — 3 per 10k. Ranked 19 in the world out of 64. Since 2003, the indicator has risen by 82.9%.

2024 3 per 10k +38.25% vs 2017
World rank 19of 64
Period maximum 3 per 10k2024
Period minimum 1.64 per 10k2003

Trend over time

2003–2024 · per 10,000 people

Dentists per 10,000 people — North Korea, 2003–20241.522.53200320062009201220152018202120242003: 1.64 per 10k2008: 1.74 per 10k2012: 1.83 per 10k2017: 2.17 per 10k2024: 3 per 10k
Change over the period: +1.36 (+82.93%) Average annual rate: 2.92 %
Dentists per 10,000 people — North Korea, by year North Korea All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 10k Change Change, %
2024 3
2017 2.17
2012 1.83
2008 1.74
2003 1.64

Eastern Asia, 2024

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

MN Mongolia 6.31 KP North Korea 3

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.