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Dentists per 10,000 people — all countries

Dentists per 10,000 people — OECD

Dentists per 10,000 people in the OECD in 2023 — 6.32 per 10k. Since 1990, the indicator has risen by 49%.

2023 6.32 per 10k −1.75% vs 2022
World rank —
Period maximum 6.44 per 10k2020
Period minimum 4.05 per 10k1991

Trend over time

1990–2023 · per 10,000 people

Dentists per 10,000 people — OECD, 1990–202345671990199419982002200620102014201820221990: 4.25 per 10k1991: 4.05 per 10k1992: 4.66 per 10k1993: 4.47 per 10k1994: 4.83 per 10k1995: 4.56 per 10k1996: 4.98 per 10k1997: 4.73 per 10k1998: 5.16 per 10k1999: 4.92 per 10k2000: 5.08 per 10k2001: 5.1 per 10k2002: 5.32 per 10k2003: 5.16 per 10k2004: 5.47 per 10k2005: 5.28 per 10k2006: 5.57 per 10k2007: 5.35 per 10k2008: 5.59 per 10k2009: 5.43 per 10k2010: 5.81 per 10k2011: 5.42 per 10k2012: 5.76 per 10k2013: 5.67 per 10k2014: 5.94 per 10k2015: 5.81 per 10k2016: 6.07 per 10k2017: 5.93 per 10k2018: 6.17 per 10k2019: 6.21 per 10k2020: 6.44 per 10k2021: 6.3 per 10k2022: 6.44 per 10k2023: 6.32 per 10k
Change over the period: +2.08 (+48.98%) Average annual rate: 1.22 %
Dentists per 10,000 people — OECD, by year OECD All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 10k Change Change, %
2023 6.32 −0.11 −1.75%
2022 6.44 +0.14 +2.19%
2021 6.3 −0.14 −2.15%
2020 6.44 +0.22 +3.6%
2019 6.21 +0.05 +0.79%
2018 6.17 +0.23 +3.91%
2017 5.93 −0.13 −2.21%
2016 6.07 +0.26 +4.5%
2015 5.81 −0.13 −2.26%
2014 5.94 +0.27 +4.84%
2013 5.67 −0.09 −1.6%
2012 5.76 +0.34 +6.28%
2011 5.42 −0.4 −6.8%
2010 5.81 +0.38 +7.01%
2009 5.43 −0.16 −2.78%
2008 5.59 +0.24 +4.46%
2007 5.35 −0.22 −3.9%
2006 5.57 +0.29 +5.4%
2005 5.28 −0.19 −3.47%
2004 5.47 +0.31 +6%
2003 5.16 −0.16 −2.97%
2002 5.32 +0.22 +4.36%
2001 5.1 +0.02 +0.34%
2000 5.08 +0.16 +3.21%
1999 4.92 −0.24 −4.64%
1998 5.16 +0.43 +9.06%
1997 4.73 −0.25 −4.99%
1996 4.98 +0.42 +9.17%
1995 4.56 −0.27 −5.65%
1994 4.83 +0.37 +8.27%
1993 4.47 −0.2 −4.25%
1992 4.66 +0.61 +15.16%
1991 4.05 −0.2 −4.6%
1990 4.25 — —

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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