Dentists per 10,000 people — all countries

Dentists per 10,000 people — United Kingdom

Dentists per 10,000 people in the United Kingdom in 2023 — 5.08 per 10k. Ranked 48 in the world out of 99. Since 1997, the indicator has risen by 13.4%.

2023 5.08 per 10k −0.78% vs 2022
World rank 48of 99
Period maximum 5.4 per 10k2020
Period minimum 4.48 per 10k1997

Trend over time

1997–2023 · per 10,000 people

Dentists per 10,000 people — United Kingdom, 1997–20234.254.54.7555.255.519972000200320062009201220152018202120231997: 4.48 per 10k2007: 4.79 per 10k2008: 4.94 per 10k2009: 5.02 per 10k2010: 5.13 per 10k2011: 5.23 per 10k2012: 5.2 per 10k2013: 5.23 per 10k2014: 5.3 per 10k2015: 5.3 per 10k2016: 5.29 per 10k2017: 5.24 per 10k2018: 5.24 per 10k2019: 5.3 per 10k2020: 5.4 per 10k2021: 5.12 per 10k2022: 5.12 per 10k2023: 5.08 per 10k
Change over the period: +0.6 (+13.39%) Average annual rate: 0.48 %

Comparison, 2023

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

United Kingdom 5.08 per 10k
Europe & Central Asia computed 6.62 per 10k
Northern Europe computed 5.86 per 10k
Dentists per 10,000 people — United Kingdom, by year United Kingdom All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 10k Change Change, %
2023 5.08 −0.04 −0.78%
2022 5.12 +0 +0%
2021 5.12 −0.28 −5.19%
2020 5.4 +0.1 +1.89%
2019 5.3 +0.06 +1.15%
2018 5.24 +0 +0%
2017 5.24 −0.05 −0.95%
2016 5.29 −0.01 −0.19%
2015 5.3 +0 +0%
2014 5.3 +0.07 +1.34%
2013 5.23 +0.03 +0.58%
2012 5.2 −0.03 −0.57%
2011 5.23 +0.1 +1.95%
2010 5.13 +0.11 +2.19%
2009 5.02 +0.08 +1.62%
2008 4.94 +0.15 +3.13%
2007 4.79
1997 4.48

Northern Europe, 2023

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

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.