Dentists per 10,000 people — all countries

Dentists per 10,000 people — Sri Lanka

Dentists per 10,000 people in Sri Lanka in 2023 — 0.96 per 10k. Ranked 77 in the world out of 99. Since 1990, the indicator has risen by 336.4%.

2023 0.96 per 10k −4.95% vs 2021
World rank 77of 99
Period maximum 1.03 per 10k2019
Period minimum 0.19 per 10k1991

Trend over time

1990–2023 · per 10,000 people

Dentists per 10,000 people — Sri Lanka, 1990–202300.511.51990199419982002200620102014201820221990: 0.22 per 10k1991: 0.19 per 10k1992: 0.21 per 10k1993: 0.23 per 10k1995: 0.22 per 10k1996: 0.24 per 10k1997: 0.25 per 10k1998: 0.26 per 10k1999: 0.28 per 10k2000: 0.33 per 10k2002: 0.38 per 10k2004: 0.38 per 10k2005: 0.47 per 10k2006: 0.58 per 10k2007: 0.64 per 10k2008: 0.64 per 10k2009: 0.41 per 10k2010: 0.5 per 10k2011: 0.55 per 10k2012: 0.58 per 10k2013: 0.6 per 10k2014: 0.63 per 10k2015: 0.63 per 10k2016: 0.66 per 10k2017: 0.67 per 10k2018: 0.62 per 10k2019: 1.03 per 10k2020: 1.02 per 10k2021: 1.01 per 10k2023: 0.96 per 10k
Change over the period: +0.74 (+336.36%) Average annual rate: 4.57 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Sri Lanka 0.96 per 10k
South Asia computed 1.96 per 10k
Southern Asia computed 2.11 per 10k
Dentists per 10,000 people — Sri Lanka, by year Sri Lanka All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 10k Change Change, %
2023 0.96
2021 1.01 −0.01 −0.98%
2020 1.02 −0.01 −0.97%
2019 1.03 +0.41 +66.13%
2018 0.62 −0.05 −7.46%
2017 0.67 +0.01 +1.52%
2016 0.66 +0.03 +4.76%
2015 0.63 +0 +0%
2014 0.63 +0.03 +5%
2013 0.6 +0.02 +3.45%
2012 0.58 +0.03 +5.45%
2011 0.55 +0.05 +10%
2010 0.5 +0.09 +21.95%
2009 0.41 −0.23 −35.94%
2008 0.64 +0 +0%
2007 0.64 +0.06 +10.34%
2006 0.58 +0.11 +23.4%
2005 0.47 +0.09 +23.68%
2004 0.38
2002 0.38
2000 0.33 +0.05 +17.86%
1999 0.28 +0.02 +7.69%
1998 0.26 +0.01 +4%
1997 0.25 +0.01 +4.17%
1996 0.24 +0.02 +9.09%
1995 0.22
1993 0.23 +0.02 +9.52%
1992 0.21 +0.02 +10.53%
1991 0.19 −0.03 −13.64%
1990 0.22

Southern Asia, 2023

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.