Dentists per 10,000 people — all countries

Dentists per 10,000 people — Panama

Dentists per 10,000 people in Panama in 2022 — 2.8 per 10k. Ranked 66 in the world out of 129. Since 1990, the indicator has risen by 35.9%.

2022 2.8 per 10k −2.78% vs 2021
World rank 66of 129
Period maximum 3.28 per 10k2012
Period minimum 2.06 per 10k1990

Trend over time

1990–2022 · per 10,000 people

Dentists per 10,000 people — Panama, 1990–202222.533.51990199419982002200620102014201820221990: 2.06 per 10k1991: 2.12 per 10k1992: 2.23 per 10k1993: 2.2 per 10k1994: 2.35 per 10k1995: 2.49 per 10k1996: 2.64 per 10k1997: 2.62 per 10k1998: 2.72 per 10k1999: 2.7 per 10k2001: 2.49 per 10k2002: 2.87 per 10k2003: 2.72 per 10k2004: 2.84 per 10k2005: 2.83 per 10k2006: 2.82 per 10k2007: 2.75 per 10k2008: 2.83 per 10k2009: 2.9 per 10k2010: 3.01 per 10k2011: 3.02 per 10k2012: 3.28 per 10k2013: 2.71 per 10k2015: 3 per 10k2016: 2.78 per 10k2017: 3.04 per 10k2018: 2.96 per 10k2019: 3.03 per 10k2020: 2.8 per 10k2021: 2.88 per 10k2022: 2.8 per 10k
Change over the period: +0.74 (+35.92%) Average annual rate: 0.96 %

Comparison, 2022

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

Panama 2.8 per 10k
Central America computed 1.54 per 10k
Dentists per 10,000 people — Panama, by year Panama All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 10k Change Change, %
2022 2.8 −0.08 −2.78%
2021 2.88 +0.08 +2.86%
2020 2.8 −0.23 −7.59%
2019 3.03 +0.07 +2.36%
2018 2.96 −0.08 −2.63%
2017 3.04 +0.26 +9.35%
2016 2.78 −0.22 −7.33%
2015 3
2013 2.71 −0.57 −17.38%
2012 3.28 +0.26 +8.61%
2011 3.02 +0.01 +0.33%
2010 3.01 +0.11 +3.79%
2009 2.9 +0.07 +2.47%
2008 2.83 +0.08 +2.91%
2007 2.75 −0.07 −2.48%
2006 2.82 −0.01 −0.35%
2005 2.83 −0.01 −0.35%
2004 2.84 +0.12 +4.41%
2003 2.72 −0.15 −5.23%
2002 2.87 +0.38 +15.26%
2001 2.49
1999 2.7 −0.02 −0.74%
1998 2.72 +0.1 +3.82%
1997 2.62 −0.02 −0.76%
1996 2.64 +0.15 +6.02%
1995 2.49 +0.14 +5.96%
1994 2.35 +0.15 +6.82%
1993 2.2 −0.03 −1.35%
1992 2.23 +0.11 +5.19%
1991 2.12 +0.06 +2.91%
1990 2.06

Central America, 2022

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

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.