Dentists per 10,000 people — all countries

Dentists per 10,000 people — Upper-middle-income countries

Dentists per 10,000 people in upper-middle-income countries in 2022 — 3.37 per 10k. Since 2010, the indicator has fallen by 16.7%.

2022 3.37 per 10k −13.31% vs 2021
World rank
Period maximum 4.54 per 10k2017
Period minimum 2.39 per 10k2012

Trend over time

2010–2022 · per 10,000 people

Dentists per 10,000 people — Upper-middle-income countries, 2010–2022234520102012201420162018202020222010: 4.04 per 10k2012: 2.39 per 10k2017: 4.54 per 10k2018: 3.46 per 10k2019: 2.88 per 10k2020: 3.04 per 10k2021: 3.89 per 10k2022: 3.37 per 10k
Change over the period: −0.68 (−16.7%) Average annual rate: -1.51 %
Dentists per 10,000 people — Upper-middle-income countries, by year Upper-middle-income countries All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 10k Change Change, %
2022 3.37 −0.52 −13.31%
2021 3.89 +0.85 +27.79%
2020 3.04 +0.16 +5.45%
2019 2.88 −0.58 −16.75%
2018 3.46 −1.08 −23.76%
2017 4.54
2012 2.39
2010 4.04

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.