Dentists per 10,000 people — all countries

Dentists per 10,000 people — Philippines

Dentists per 10,000 people in the Philippines in 2024 — 2.86 per 10k. Ranked 21 in the world out of 64. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 164.8%.

2024 2.86 per 10k +13.94% vs 2021
World rank 21of 64
Period maximum 5.31 per 10k2004
Period minimum 0.2 per 10k2008

Trend over time

2000–2024 · per 10,000 people

Dentists per 10,000 people — Philippines, 2000–202402462000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 1.08 per 10k2002: 5.2 per 10k2004: 5.31 per 10k2008: 0.2 per 10k2010: 2.25 per 10k2011: 2.27 per 10k2012: 2.24 per 10k2013: 2.24 per 10k2014: 2.25 per 10k2015: 2.26 per 10k2016: 2.3 per 10k2017: 2.36 per 10k2018: 2.44 per 10k2019: 2.51 per 10k2020: 2.53 per 10k2021: 2.51 per 10k2024: 2.86 per 10k
Change over the period: +1.78 (+164.81%) Average annual rate: 4.14 %
Dentists per 10,000 people — Philippines, by year Philippines All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 10k Change Change, %
2024 2.86
2021 2.51 −0.02 −0.79%
2020 2.53 +0.02 +0.8%
2019 2.51 +0.07 +2.87%
2018 2.44 +0.08 +3.39%
2017 2.36 +0.06 +2.61%
2016 2.3 +0.04 +1.77%
2015 2.26 +0.01 +0.44%
2014 2.25 +0.01 +0.45%
2013 2.24 +0 +0%
2012 2.24 −0.03 −1.32%
2011 2.27 +0.02 +0.89%
2010 2.25
2008 0.2
2004 5.31
2002 5.2
2000 1.08

South-Eastern Asia, 2024

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.