Dentists per 10,000 people — all countries

Dentists per 10,000 people — Uganda

Dentists per 10,000 people in Uganda in 2024 — 0.11 per 10k. Ranked 47 in the world out of 64. Since 2004, the indicator has risen by 175%.

2024 0.11 per 10k +0% vs 2023
World rank 47of 64
Period maximum 0.11 per 10k2022
Period minimum 0.04 per 10k2004

Trend over time

2004–2024 · per 10,000 people

Dentists per 10,000 people — Uganda, 2004–20240.040.060.080.10.12200420062008201020122014201620182020202220242004: 0.04 per 10k2005: 0.04 per 10k2015: 0.07 per 10k2019: 0.07 per 10k2020: 0.06 per 10k2022: 0.11 per 10k2023: 0.11 per 10k2024: 0.11 per 10k
Change over the period: +0.07 (+175%) Average annual rate: 5.19 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Uganda 0.11 per 10k
Eastern Africa computed 0.07 per 10k
Dentists per 10,000 people — Uganda, by year Uganda All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 10k Change Change, %
2024 0.11 +0 +0%
2023 0.11 +0 +0%
2022 0.11
2020 0.06 −0.01 −14.29%
2019 0.07
2015 0.07
2005 0.04 +0 +0%
2004 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.