Dentists per 10,000 people — all countries

Dentists per 10,000 people — Tanzania

Dentists per 10,000 people in Tanzania in 2024 — 0.06 per 10k. Ranked 54 in the world out of 64. Since 2002, the indicator has risen by 50%.

2024 0.06 per 10k −50% vs 2022
World rank 54of 64
Period maximum 0.12 per 10k2018
Period minimum 0.01 per 10k2006

Trend over time

2002–2024 · per 10,000 people

Dentists per 10,000 people — Tanzania, 2002–202400.050.10.15200220052008201120142017202020232002: 0.04 per 10k2006: 0.01 per 10k2012: 0.02 per 10k2014: 0.02 per 10k2018: 0.12 per 10k2022: 0.12 per 10k2024: 0.06 per 10k
Change over the period: +0.02 (+50%) Average annual rate: 1.86 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Tanzania 0.06 per 10k
Eastern Africa computed 0.07 per 10k
Dentists per 10,000 people — Tanzania, by year Tanzania All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 10k Change Change, %
2024 0.06
2022 0.12
2018 0.12
2014 0.02
2012 0.02
2006 0.01
2002 0.04

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.