Dentists per 10,000 people — all countries

Dentists per 10,000 people — Palau

Dentists per 10,000 people in Palau in 2023 — 3.96 per 10k. Ranked 54 in the world out of 99. Since 1998, the indicator has fallen by 69.5%.

2023 3.96 per 10k −29.54% vs 2022
World rank 54of 99
Period maximum 12.97 per 10k1998
Period minimum 2.25 per 10k2018

Trend over time

1998–2023 · per 10,000 people

Dentists per 10,000 people — Palau, 1998–20230510151998200120042007201020132016201920221998: 12.97 per 10k2007: 2.59 per 10k2018: 2.25 per 10k2019: 2.25 per 10k2020: 3.37 per 10k2021: 3.93 per 10k2022: 5.62 per 10k2023: 3.96 per 10k
Change over the period: −9.01 (−69.47%) Average annual rate: -4.63 %
Dentists per 10,000 people — Palau, by year Palau All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 10k Change Change, %
2023 3.96 −1.66 −29.54%
2022 5.62 +1.69 +43%
2021 3.93 +0.56 +16.62%
2020 3.37 +1.12 +49.78%
2019 2.25 +0 +0%
2018 2.25
2007 2.59
1998 12.97

Micronesia, 2023

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

PW Palau 3.96 KI Kiribati 0.53

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.