Dentists per 10,000 people — all countries

Dentists per 10,000 people — Southern Asia

Dentists per 10,000 people in Southern Asia in 2023 — 2.11 per 10k. Since 2004, the indicator has risen by 336.4%.

2023 2.11 per 10k +18.18% vs 2020
World rank
Period maximum 2.11 per 10k2023
Period minimum 0.48 per 10k2004

Trend over time

2004–2023 · per 10,000 people

Dentists per 10,000 people — Southern Asia, 2004–20230123200420062008201020122014201620182020202220232004: 0.48 per 10k2014: 1.13 per 10k2015: 1.13 per 10k2016: 1.26 per 10k2017: 1.67 per 10k2018: 1.49 per 10k2019: 0.87 per 10k2020: 1.79 per 10k2023: 2.11 per 10k
Change over the period: +1.63 (+336.35%) Average annual rate: 8.06 %
Dentists per 10,000 people — Southern Asia, by year Southern Asia All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 10k Change Change, %
2023 2.11
2020 1.79 +0.92 +105.5%
2019 0.87 −0.62 −41.77%
2018 1.49 −0.18 −10.59%
2017 1.67 +0.41 +32.55%
2016 1.26 +0.13 +11.8%
2015 1.13 −0 −0.24%
2014 1.13
2004 0.48

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.