Dentists per 10,000 people — all countries

Dentists per 10,000 people — Rwanda

Dentists per 10,000 people in Rwanda in 2024 — 0.09 per 10k. Ranked 51 in the world out of 64. Since 2008, the indicator has risen by 50%.

2024 0.09 per 10k −59.09% vs 2023
World rank 51of 64
Period maximum 0.22 per 10k2023
Period minimum 0.06 per 10k2008

Trend over time

2008–2024 · per 10,000 people

Dentists per 10,000 people — Rwanda, 2008–202400.10.20.32008201020122014201620182020202220242008: 0.06 per 10k2009: 0.07 per 10k2015: 0.11 per 10k2018: 0.18 per 10k2019: 0.19 per 10k2020: 0.16 per 10k2021: 0.21 per 10k2022: 0.2 per 10k2023: 0.22 per 10k2024: 0.09 per 10k
Change over the period: +0.03 (+50%) Average annual rate: 2.57 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Rwanda 0.09 per 10k
Eastern Africa computed 0.07 per 10k
Dentists per 10,000 people — Rwanda, by year Rwanda All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 10k Change Change, %
2024 0.09 −0.13 −59.09%
2023 0.22 +0.02 +10%
2022 0.2 −0.01 −4.76%
2021 0.21 +0.05 +31.25%
2020 0.16 −0.03 −15.79%
2019 0.19 +0.01 +5.56%
2018 0.18
2015 0.11
2009 0.07 +0.01 +16.67%
2008 0.06

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.