Dentists per 10,000 people — all countries

Dentists per 10,000 people — OPEC

Dentists per 10,000 people in OPEC in 2022 — 2.21 per 10k. Since 2010, the indicator has risen by 81.1%.

2022 2.21 per 10k +12.62% vs 2020
World rank
Period maximum 2.21 per 10k2022
Period minimum 1.22 per 10k2010

Trend over time

2010–2022 · per 10,000 people

Dentists per 10,000 people — OPEC, 2010–202211.251.51.7522.2520102012201420162018202020222010: 1.22 per 10k2014: 1.95 per 10k2015: 1.92 per 10k2016: 1.48 per 10k2017: 1.98 per 10k2018: 2.19 per 10k2019: 1.86 per 10k2020: 1.97 per 10k2022: 2.21 per 10k
Change over the period: +0.99 (+81.12%) Average annual rate: 5.07 %
Dentists per 10,000 people — OPEC, by year OPEC All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 10k Change Change, %
2022 2.21
2020 1.97 +0.1 +5.57%
2019 1.86 −0.33 −14.87%
2018 2.19 +0.21 +10.63%
2017 1.98 +0.5 +33.48%
2016 1.48 −0.44 −22.91%
2015 1.92 −0.02 −1.27%
2014 1.95
2010 1.22

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.