Dentists per 10,000 people — all countries

Dentists per 10,000 people — Sao Tome and Principe

Dentists per 10,000 people in Sao Tome and Principe in 2022 — 0.27 per 10k. Ranked 96 in the world out of 129. Since 2019, the indicator has fallen by 3.6%.

2022 0.27 per 10k −3.57% vs 2019
World rank 96of 129
Period maximum 0.28 per 10k2019
Period minimum 0.27 per 10k2022

Trend over time

2019–2022 · per 10,000 people

Dentists per 10,000 people — Sao Tome and Principe, 2019–20220.270.280.280.2920192020202120222019: 0.28 per 10k2022: 0.27 per 10k
Change over the period: −0.01 (−3.57%) Average annual rate: -1.2 %

Comparison, 2022

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Sao Tome and Principe

Sao Tome and Principe 0.27 per 10k
Sub-Saharan Africa computed 0.2 per 10k
Middle Africa computed 0.05 per 10k
Dentists per 10,000 people — Sao Tome and Principe, by year Sao Tome and Principe All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 10k Change Change, %
2022 0.27
2019 0.28

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.