Dentists per 10,000 people — all countries

Dentists per 10,000 people — Portugal

Dentists per 10,000 people in Portugal in 2023 — 12.25 per 10k. Ranked 3 in the world out of 99. Since 1990, the indicator has risen by 624.9%.

2023 12.25 per 10k +1.66% vs 2022
World rank 3of 99
Period maximum 12.25 per 10k2023
Period minimum 1.69 per 10k1990

Trend over time

1990–2023 · per 10,000 people

Dentists per 10,000 people — Portugal, 1990–20230510151990199419982002200620102014201820221990: 1.69 per 10k1991: 1.7 per 10k1992: 1.78 per 10k1993: 2.07 per 10k1994: 2.31 per 10k1995: 2.52 per 10k1996: 2.76 per 10k1997: 2.99 per 10k1998: 3.34 per 10k1999: 3.76 per 10k2000: 4.33 per 10k2001: 4.69 per 10k2002: 5.03 per 10k2003: 5.34 per 10k2004: 5.61 per 10k2005: 5.93 per 10k2006: 6.49 per 10k2007: 6.44 per 10k2008: 6.8 per 10k2009: 7.33 per 10k2010: 7.66 per 10k2011: 7.68 per 10k2012: 8.05 per 10k2013: 8.48 per 10k2014: 8.77 per 10k2015: 9.13 per 10k2016: 9.54 per 10k2017: 10.08 per 10k2018: 10.55 per 10k2019: 10.86 per 10k2020: 11.25 per 10k2021: 11.7 per 10k2022: 12.05 per 10k2023: 12.25 per 10k
Change over the period: +10.56 (+624.85%) Average annual rate: 6.19 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Portugal 12.25 per 10k
Europe & Central Asia computed 6.62 per 10k
Southern Europe computed 8.02 per 10k
Dentists per 10,000 people — Portugal, by year Portugal All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 10k Change Change, %
2023 12.25 +0.2 +1.66%
2022 12.05 +0.35 +2.99%
2021 11.7 +0.45 +4%
2020 11.25 +0.39 +3.59%
2019 10.86 +0.31 +2.94%
2018 10.55 +0.47 +4.66%
2017 10.08 +0.54 +5.66%
2016 9.54 +0.41 +4.49%
2015 9.13 +0.36 +4.1%
2014 8.77 +0.29 +3.42%
2013 8.48 +0.43 +5.34%
2012 8.05 +0.37 +4.82%
2011 7.68 +0.02 +0.26%
2010 7.66 +0.33 +4.5%
2009 7.33 +0.53 +7.79%
2008 6.8 +0.36 +5.59%
2007 6.44 −0.05 −0.77%
2006 6.49 +0.56 +9.44%
2005 5.93 +0.32 +5.7%
2004 5.61 +0.27 +5.06%
2003 5.34 +0.31 +6.16%
2002 5.03 +0.34 +7.25%
2001 4.69 +0.36 +8.31%
2000 4.33 +0.57 +15.16%
1999 3.76 +0.42 +12.57%
1998 3.34 +0.35 +11.71%
1997 2.99 +0.23 +8.33%
1996 2.76 +0.24 +9.52%
1995 2.52 +0.21 +9.09%
1994 2.31 +0.24 +11.59%
1993 2.07 +0.29 +16.29%
1992 1.78 +0.08 +4.71%
1991 1.7 +0.01 +0.59%
1990 1.69

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.