Dentists per 10,000 people — all countries

Dentists per 10,000 people — Central America

Dentists per 10,000 people in Central America in 2022 — 1.54 per 10k. Since 2005, the indicator has risen by 20.9%.

2022 1.54 per 10k +0.93% vs 2021
World rank
Period maximum 1.86 per 10k2018
Period minimum 1.11 per 10k2007

Trend over time

2005–2022 · per 10,000 people

Dentists per 10,000 people — Central America, 2005–202211.21.41.61.8220052007200920112013201520172019202120222005: 1.28 per 10k2007: 1.11 per 10k2008: 1.33 per 10k2012: 1.5 per 10k2016: 1.65 per 10k2017: 1.6 per 10k2018: 1.86 per 10k2019: 1.67 per 10k2020: 1.62 per 10k2021: 1.53 per 10k2022: 1.54 per 10k
Change over the period: +0.27 (+20.86%) Average annual rate: 1.12 %
Dentists per 10,000 people — Central America, by year Central America All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 10k Change Change, %
2022 1.54 +0.01 +0.93%
2021 1.53 −0.09 −5.56%
2020 1.62 −0.05 −3.23%
2019 1.67 −0.19 −10.27%
2018 1.86 +0.26 +16.28%
2017 1.6 −0.05 −3.14%
2016 1.65
2012 1.5
2008 1.33 +0.22 +20%
2007 1.11
2005 1.28

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.