Dentists per 10,000 people — all countries

Dentists per 10,000 people — Northern Africa

Dentists per 10,000 people in Northern Africa in 2020 — 2.71 per 10k. Since 2004, the indicator has risen by 114.5%.

2020 2.71 per 10k +21.75% vs 2015
World rank
Period maximum 2.71 per 10k2020
Period minimum 1.26 per 10k2004

Trend over time

2004–2020 · per 10,000 people

Dentists per 10,000 people — Northern Africa, 2004–202011.522.532004200620082010201220142016201820202004: 1.26 per 10k2015: 2.23 per 10k2020: 2.71 per 10k
Change over the period: +1.45 (+114.54%) Average annual rate: 4.89 %
Dentists per 10,000 people — Northern Africa, by year Northern Africa All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 10k Change Change, %
2020 2.71
2015 2.23
2004 1.26

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.