Dentists per 10,000 people — all countries

Dentists per 10,000 people — Sierra Leone

Dentists per 10,000 people in Sierra Leone in 2022 — 0.02 per 10k. Ranked 120 in the world out of 129. Since 2004, the indicator has risen by 100%.

2022 0.02 per 10k +0% vs 2020
World rank 120of 129
Period maximum 0.07 per 10k2016
Period minimum 0.01 per 10k2004

Trend over time

2004–2022 · per 10,000 people

Dentists per 10,000 people — Sierra Leone, 2004–202200.020.040.060.0820042006200820102012201420162018202020222004: 0.01 per 10k2010: 0.01 per 10k2016: 0.07 per 10k2018: 0.02 per 10k2020: 0.02 per 10k2022: 0.02 per 10k
Change over the period: +0.01 (+100%) Average annual rate: 3.93 %

Comparison, 2022

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

Sierra Leone 0.02 per 10k
Sub-Saharan Africa computed 0.2 per 10k
Western Africa computed 0.16 per 10k
Low-income countries computed 0.54 per 10k
Dentists per 10,000 people — Sierra Leone, by year Sierra Leone All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 10k Change Change, %
2022 0.02
2020 0.02
2018 0.02
2016 0.07
2010 0.01
2004 0.01

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.